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This Medical Device Is Loaded with Radioactive Raw Material via Popular Mechanics

The L.A. Times reports that U.S. hospitals have resisted efforts to phase out a dangerous device and even added more of them instead. The device in question, a blood irradiator that sterilizes body fluids and tissue, has a dangerous amount of a radioactive … Continue reading

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Study reveals low adoption of advice to reduce nuclear cardiology radiation exposure via Eurek!Alert

Vienna, Austria – 9 May 2017: A study in 65 countries has revealed low adoption of International Atomic Energy Agency recommendations to reduce nuclear cardiology radiation exposure. The research is presented today at ICNC 2017 by Dr Edward Hulten, a … Continue reading

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A Political Meltdown via The Walrus

◇ Medical use of radiation: “a sort of peacekeeper of the nuclear world.” For decades, Canada has been a world leader in the production of medical isotopes. So why did the government announce that it was dumping the entire program? … Continue reading

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