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Compensation claims related to Fukushima plant work total 269　via The Mainichi

Posted on 2020/10/30 by nfield

TOKYO (Kyodo) – A total of 269 cases linked to the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant work have been deemed as job-related accidents and covered by compensation since the 2011 nuclear disaster, labor ministry officials said Thursday, underscoring the harsh conditions … Continue reading →

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Support the Inclusion of New Mexicans in the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA)! via Beyond the Bomb

Posted on 2020/10/19 by nfield

Send a clear message to your representatives that after sidelining the people of New Mexico for 75 years, it is time to finally include them in the amendments of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA). New Mexicans became the first victims … Continue reading →

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Activists push Congress to revive probe into links between nuclear plants and cancer via the Orange County Register

Posted on 2020/10/14 by nfield

By TERI SFORZA | tsforza@scng.com | Orange County RegisterPUBLISHED: October 5, 2020 at 4:05 p.m.  Scientists and activists were stunned back in 2015 when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission pulled the plug on what was designed to be the best study of cancer near nuclear power plants … Continue reading →

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“Take Science Seriously and Value Ethics Greatly”: Health Effects of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster　via The Asia-Pacific Journal/Japan Focus

Posted on 2020/09/30 by nfield

Interview with Hisako Sakiyama, M.D. & Ph.D. By Katsuya Hirano & Hirotaka Kasai Translated by Akiko Anson Introduction Hisako Sakiyama has a PhD in Medicine and is a Member of the Takagi School of Alternative Scientists, a Japanese NGO established in 1998 … Continue reading →

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Nuclear exposure standards discriminate on the basis of sex via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2020/09/21 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter […] And despite RBG’s immense contribution to our greater wellbeing, as women, we still face discrimination in so many walks of life. That could be about to get worse. That discrimination remains most infuriatingly true when … Continue reading →

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Fallout over Fukushima fallout papers continues as two are retracted via Retraction Watch

Posted on 2020/09/15 by nfield

20200804 A radiology journal has retracted two papers about the fallout from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan over concerns that the researchers used “ethically inappropriate data” from the people they studied.  The articles, which appeared in the Journal of Radiological Protection in … Continue reading →

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Shutdown of Iowa’s only nuclear power plant will mean less cancer via Des Moines Register

Posted on 2020/09/09 by nfield

By Joseph Mangano The Duane Arnold shutdown, at a time when safe, renewable wind power is growing rapidly, means a healthier future for Iowans. The derecho that slammed Iowa on Aug. 10 damaged the Duane Arnold nuclear reactor near Cedar … Continue reading →

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Up to 1,000 ‘downwinders’ likely got cancer from Trinity test, study says via Santa Fe New Mexican

Posted on 2020/09/03 by nfield

By Scott Wyland swyland@sfnewmexican.comSep 1, 2020 Updated Sep 2, 2020 As many as 1,000 New Mexicans living in communities near the Trinity Site, where the first atomic bomb was detonated 75 years ago, might have developed cancer from the radioactive fallout, says … Continue reading →

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A Message From the Most Bombed Nation on Earth via Al Jazeera

Posted on 2020/08/29 by nfield

By Ian Zabarte 29 August 2020 More than 900 nuclear tests were conducted on Shoshone territory in the US. Residents still live with the consequences. ou never know what is killing you when it is done in secret. I watched … Continue reading →

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On September 1st the National Cancer Institute Will Hold Virtual Briefing about Trinity Test Radioactive Fallout　via Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety

Posted on 2020/08/27 by nfield

A Tuesday, September 1st virtual briefing by the National Cancer Institute about their Study to Estimate Radiation Doses and Cancer Risks Resulting from Radioactive Fallout from the Trinity Nuclear Test is set to re-traumatize the Trinity Downwinders and their families. In 2013, when … Continue reading →

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