Tag Archives: health

Editorial: Nation’s ‘atomic veterans’ deserve recognition via Gazette

Posted on 2017/07/18 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Thousands of military veterans who were exposed to radiation — including many who developed debilitating and sometimes fatal diseases — as the result of nuclear weapons tests between 1945 and 1962 are closer to receiving the long-overdue recognition they deserve. … Continue reading →

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In the Grand Canyon, uranium mining threatens a tribe’s survival via The Guardian

Posted on 2017/07/17 by nfield

[…] “The water talks to us, it has a voice you can hear all the time. We drink it, we depend on it. If it gets poisoned we are finished,” he said. Tilousi is vice-chairman of the Havasupai Native Americans, a … Continue reading →

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Radiation Could Be Contaminating Vermonters’ Well Water. Test Today. via Burlington Free Press

Posted on 2017/07/17 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Chemicals like arsenic and lead are known for their potential harm when in our drinking water, but there’s another contaminant we need to watch out for: radiation. Radiation can affect your health, which is why you should have your well … Continue reading →

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Employees Exposed to Radioactive Substance at St. Raphael’s Hospital in New Haven via NBC

Posted on 2017/07/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Hazmat crews responded to St. Raphael’s Hospital in New Haven after someone broke into a nuclear medicine lab, according to fire officials. New Haven Fire Chief John Alston said employees discovered the lab had been vandalized when they came in … Continue reading →

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BROWN: What to do with nuclear waste? via app

Posted on 2017/07/16 by yukimiyamotodepaul

“Oh No! Now what do we do with the waste!” There seems to be a collective gasp among elected officials as they confront a practically impossible task — what to do with the tons of highly radioactive waste scattered across … Continue reading →

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Minister opposes releasing treated water from Fukushima plant into sea via The Mainichi

Posted on 2017/07/15 by yukimiyamotodepaul

TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan’s disaster reconstruction minister said Friday he is opposed to treated water from the disaster-struck Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant being released into the sea, citing the possible repercussions for local fishermen.  Masayoshi Yoshino’s remarks came shortly … Continue reading →

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The Fallout via Guernica

Posted on 2017/07/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

In St. Louis, America’s nuclear history creeps into the present, leaching into streams and bodies […] Her youngest son was napping when the phone rang. Dawn was sitting on the top bunk in his bedroom folding laundry. The man on … Continue reading →

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Fishermen express fury as Fukushima plant set to release radioactive material into ocean via The Telegraph

Posted on 2017/07/14 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Local residents and environmental groups have condemned a plan to release radioactive tritium from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean. Officials of Tokyo Electric Power Co., the operator of the plant, say tritium poses little risk to human … Continue reading →

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Activist to speak on risks of nuclear plant decommissioning via MLive

Posted on 2017/07/13 by yukimiyamotodepaul

SOUTH HAVEN, MI — Vermont activist Chris Williams will speak about the risks of decomissioning nuclear plants, as the Palisades Nuclear Plant prepares for closure.  Williams’s presentation begins at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, July 13, in room 141 at Lake Michigan … Continue reading →

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Study Links Three Mile Island Nuclear Partial Meltdown To Thyroid Cancers In Surrounding Counties via Creen Technica

Posted on 2017/07/11 by yukimiyamotodepaul

A new study from the Penn State College of Medicine has — for the first time, apparently — linked the partial meltdown of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station on March 28, 1979, to thyroid cancers in the surrounding … Continue reading →

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