Tag Archives: health effects

Russia Just Seized Chernobyl: Here’s Why It Matters via Mother Jones

Posted on 2022/02/25 by nfield

“A nuclear reactor is a vulnerable source of energy because it relies on peace and stability.” Kate Brown [interview] By Isabella Dias […] Can you remind readers why was the Chernobyl nuclear accident is such a big deal and what … Continue reading →

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Voices of plaintiffs suffering from thyroid cancer in Fukushima via OurPlanet-TV

Posted on 2022/02/22 by nfield

The voices of six Fukushima youth plaintiffs who spent the last 10 years without telling anyone about their thyroid cancer

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“No Dumping of Contaminated Water into the Pacific Ocean! Rally to Protect the Ocean and Life!”　via Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World

Posted on 2021/12/18 by nfield
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The nation’s last uranium mill plans to import Estonia’s radioactive waste via High Country News

Posted on 2021/11/02 by nfield

By Jessica Douglas […] “A lot of people don’t understand what we go through here in our community,” Badback said. “We want the mill to close. We want them to clean it up.” Badback sounds frustrated and fatigued; at 48, … Continue reading →

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Japanese children of A-bomb survivors worry for health, want exposure certification: survey via The Mainichi

Posted on 2021/10/24 by nfield

TOKYO — A nationwide survey of the children of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors by the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations has found that 60.3% “have anxieties and worries as second-generation survivors.” In addition to many … Continue reading →

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Study Finds Radioactivity Migrated from Contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory During Woolsey Fire via Physicians for Social Responsibility Los Angeles

Posted on 2021/10/14 by nfield

Congressional and Local Elected Officials Release Letters to CalEPA Complaining that the SSFL Soil Cleanup, Which Was to Have Been Completed by 2017, Hasn’t Even Begun Contact: Denise Duffield, 310-339-9676 or dduffield@psr-la.orgMelissa Bumstead ‪(818) 835-5258‬ or melissabumstead@sbcglobal.netDr. Marco Kaltofen mpkaltofen@gmail.com A peer-reviewed study, just … Continue reading →

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Cold War, Hot Mess via Virginia Quarterly Review

Posted on 2021/10/07 by nfield

Lois Parshley After decades of mismanaging its nuclear waste, the US Department of Energy wrestles with its toxic legacy. […] Garza’s experience is common among Hanford workers; in July 2021, a new state report found that a shocking 57 percent … Continue reading →

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CANCER RATE IN GRUNDY COUNTY, SITE OF DRESDEN NUKE PLANT, AMONG HIGHEST IN ILLINOIS, WORST FOR RADIATION-SENSITIVE CANCERS via Radiation and Public Health Project (press release)

Posted on 2021/10/01 by nfield

The current [2014-2018] cancer incidence rate in Grundy County, the site of the Dresden nuclear plant, is 22% above the state rate, the 9thhighest** of all 102 Illinois counties, and oneof the highest in the United States, according to a … Continue reading →

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U.S. lawmakers move urgently to recognize survivors of the first atomic bomb test via National Geographic

Posted on 2021/09/28 by nfield

By Lesley M.M. Blume […] The flakes were fallout from the Manhattan Project’s Trinity test, the world’s first atomic bomb detonation. It took place at 5:29 a.m. local time atop a hundred-foot steel tower 40 miles away at the Alamogordo Bombing … Continue reading →

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First Cases of Throat Cancer Linked to Fukushima Nuclear Plant via Vice

Posted on 2021/09/20 by nfield

By Hanako Montgomery Two men developed throat cancer after being employed at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and one of them reportedly died from the illness—the first known cases of the condition linked to working at the site. The unnamed men, … Continue reading →

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