Tag Archives: health effects

The Underground Nuclear Test That Didn’t Stay Underground via Atlas Obscura

Posted on 2018/04/27 by nfield

[…] Less than a decade before, after the U.S. signed onto the Partial Test Ban Treaty, nuclear testing had gone underground. The treaty was meant to stop the venting of nuclear materials into the atmosphere and limit human exposure to … Continue reading →

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Potassium iodide pills to be distributed to Amherstburg residents in Fermi nuclear plant’s ‘primary zone’ via CBC

Posted on 2018/04/27 by nfield

If you live directly across Lake Erie from the Fermi nuclear power plant, you will be offered a pill that blocks radiation. On Thursday, the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit released details of the plan to educate residents of Amherstburg about … Continue reading →

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Why the press should stop quoting the IAEA and the WHO　via Beyond Nuclear

Posted on 2018/04/27 by nfield

From IPPNW report, Health Effects of Chernobyl 25 years after the reactor catastrophe: Note on the unreliability of official data published  by WHO and IAEA  At the “Chernobyl Forum of the United Nations” organised in September 2005 by the International … Continue reading →

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Danger in the food chain via Euro/topics

Posted on 2018/04/27 by nfield

Neither Chernobyl nor Fukushima have been overcome, Maria Arvaniti-Sotiropoulou, president of the Greek section of NGO International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, warns in Avgi: “Chernobyl is not over. Its repercussions are still claiming lives and will persist … Continue reading →

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‘Downwinders’ aftermath still a reality today in Iron County via Iron County Today

Posted on 2018/04/25 by nfield

By Craig Bennett Iron County Today The bombs had names such as Morgan, Charleston and “Dirty Harry.” They appeared as flashes in the sky that looked faraway but were close enough to Southern Utah to cause damage that is still … Continue reading →

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Australia’s Least Likely Tourist Spot: A Test Site for Atom Bombs via the New York Times

Posted on 2018/04/18 by nfield

[…] “Yes, there is still radiation here,” Mr. Matthews said as he drove a minibus to the sites where the Australian and British governments dropped seven bombs between 1956 and 1963, which dotted the earth with huge craters and poisoned … Continue reading →

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​Plagued by disease, ridiculed for their explanation: A TMI ‘survivors’ group is growing via York Daily Record

Posted on 2018/03/28 by nfield

They’re battling health issues and grieving lost loved ones — and they are confident that there’s an explanation for their suffering. Nearly 4,000 people now call themselves “Three Mile Island Survivors” in a private Facebook group. The group, started in Nov. 2016, believes … Continue reading →

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Suicides hit 21,000 in 2017, down for 8th consecutive year via The Japan News

Posted on 2018/03/18 by nfield

TOKYO (Jiji Press) — The number of people who committed suicide in the nation in 2017 dropped by 576, or 2.6 percent, from the previous year to 21,321, down for the eighth consecutive year, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry … Continue reading →

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Fukushima’s Diplomatic Fallout, 7 Years After the Nuclear Disaster via The Diplomat

Posted on 2018/03/18 by nfield

[…] The Japanese government recently came under pressure in a United Nations human rights forum over the adequacy of its support for people who fled the disaster zone – and faced scrutiny about radiation levels in places where evacuees have … Continue reading →

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7 Years on, Sailors Exposed to Fukushima Radiation Seek Their Day in Court via The Nation

Posted on 2018/03/17 by nfield

By Gregg Levine   Special investigation: US military personnel are sick and dying, and want the nuclear plant’s designers and owners to take responsibility. […] The Reagan—along with two dozen other US Navy vessels—was part of Operation Tomodachi (Japanese for “friends”), … Continue reading →

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