Tag Archives: Timothy Mousseau

Experts clash on Fukushima radiation effects via AlJazeera

Posted on 2014/08/30 by yukimiyamotodepaul

Some scientists say authorities in favour of nuclear energy tend to deny the negative results of researchers. […] Negative data ignored? A broad scientific study by a United Nations committee, released earlier this year, was widely criticized by independent researchers … Continue reading →

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At Chernobyl, Hints of Nature’s Adaptation　via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/05/07 by norma field

In dozens of papers over the years Dr. Mousseau, his longtime collaborator, Anders Pape Moller of the National Center for Scientific Research in France, and colleagues have reported evidence of radiation’s toll: higher frequencies of tumors and physical abnormalities like … Continue reading →

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Concerns Over Measurement of Fukushima Fallout via The New York Times

Posted on 2014/03/17 by norma field

David McNeill/The Chronicle of Higher Education TOKYO — In the chaotic, fearful weeks after the Fukushima nuclear crisis began, in March 2011, researchers struggled to measure the radioactive fallout unleashed on the public. Michio Aoyama’s initial findings were more startling … Continue reading →

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Viewing Fukushima in the cold light of Chernobyl via Phys.org

Posted on 2013/08/21 by yukimiyamotodepaul

[…] Given the widespread interest in using nuclear power as a means of generating energy with minimal carbon emissions, the authors believe policy-makers – and not just in Japan – need to better fund independent scientists wanting to study the … Continue reading →

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Even low-level radioactivity is damaging via the USC Times

Posted on 2012/11/18 by norma field

Broad analysis of many radiation studies finds no exposure threshold that precludes harm to life Even the very lowest levels of radiation are harmful to life, scientists have concluded in the Cambridge Philosophical Society’s journal Biological Reviews. Reporting the results … Continue reading →

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