Opposition to NASA’s radiation testing on squirrel monkeys
National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) plan to subject as many as 28 squirrel monkeys to a massive dose of gamma radiation………Because of the biological differences between species, results of radiation experiments on monkeys cannot be reliably applied to humans
PETA Calls On Space Agency to Ground Cruel and Wasteful Tests and Use 21st Century Research Methods Instead
PETS Media Center
January 13, 2010
Washington — Alongside a person wearing a space suit and holding signs that read, “Stop Radiation Tests on Monkeys,” PETA members will protest outside the National Air and Space Museum in response to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) plan to subject as many as 28 squirrel monkeys to a massive dose of gamma radiation. Continue reading
World Future Energy Summit displays Solar-powered Aircraft
Solar-fuelled Aircraft to be Displayed at World Future Energy Summit Khaleej Times T. Ramavarman14 January 2010 ABU DHABI – A model of the first-ever solar powered aircraft will be showcased by the Swiss delegation at the exhibition to be held in connection with the World Future Energy Summit beginning here on January 18.
Radiation exposure in early life and breast cancer
Ionizing radiations including x-ray used in medical
diagnostics, mammogram screenings, air port whole body scanning, and cancer treatment are recognized by the U.S. National Toxicology Program as cancer-causing agents.
Cancer News: Early radiation exposure raises breast cancer risk Jan 11, 2010 (foodconsumer.org) — Exposure to radiotherapy or radiation-based diagnostics like computed tomography (CT scans) in early childhood increases breast cancer risk in adulthood, a new study in the Jan 2010 issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention…… Continue reading
“Backscatter” airport scanners and ionising radiation
“The X-rays are a form of ionizing radiation, that is, radiation powerful enough to strip molecules in the body of their electrons, creating charged particles that cause cell damage and are thought to be the mechanism through which radiation causes cancer.”
Radiation and whole-body scanners Budget Travel by: Sean O’Neill,Jan 12,” …………….. a short Q&A on the topic of cancer risk and whole-body scanning machines. Continue reading
The facts on both types of airport scanners
(USA) Imaging Technology Transportation Security Administration (TSA) 13 Jan 2010
“…….Use of advanced imaging technology is optional to all passengers.Millimeter Wave
- Millimeter wave technology beams millimeter wave radio frequency (RF) energy in the advanced imaging spectrum over the body’s surface at high speed from two antennas simultaneously as they rotate around the body.
- The energy reflected back from the body or other objects on the body is used to construct a three-dimensional image.
- The three-dimensional image, with facial features blurred for privacy, is displayed on a remote monitor for analysis.
Backscatter
- Backscatter technology uses low level X-ray to create a two-sided image.
- TSA is testing backscatter with an algorithm applied to the entire image to further protect passenger privacy.
IAEA like Dracula, managing Blood Bank records
Controversy rages over the agendas of the International Atomic Energy Agency, (IAEA), which has promoted civil nuclear power over the past 30 years,
Chernobyl nuclear accident: figures for deaths and cancers still in dispute•The Guardian UK John Vidal 10 Jan 2010 Suspected infant mortality rise difficult to prove• Predicted deaths range from 4,000 to half a million. Continue reading
IAEA’s grand new ‘peace’ plan, that just happens to promote uranium
International nuclear bank – helping world peace?
By Humphrey Hawksley
BBC News, Kazakhstan 9 Jan 2010
In 1953, eight years after the American nuclear bombing of Japan, President Dwight D Eisenhower laid out a vision that he called Atoms for Peace. Continue reading
20% renewables by 2020 for Europe
The EU hopes to generate a fifth of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources by 2020, a move which requires new modern energy grids,
Europe’s Ambitious ‘Green Grid’ Plan. To boost new energy sources such as wind, solar, and tidal, nine countries will link up producers through a C30 billion smart grid under the North Sea, Business Week 7 Jan 2010 By Valentina Pop Continue reading
Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s conflict of interest on radiation cancer studies
Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis“………Because of questions about conflict of interest and research integrity, Beyond Nuclear, among others, is asking the NRC to take a hands-off position in commissioning a new academic study.
“The NRC receives about 90 percent of its funding from nuclear power reactor licensing fees,” said Cindy Folkers, radiation and health specialist with Beyond Nuclear. “As such, NRC clearly stands to gain from more reactor construction. Therefore, it should not be doing cancer studies or directly hiring people to conduct such studies. This is a flagrant conflict-of-interest and puts a scientifically rigorous, non-biased study at great risk
t r u t h o u t | Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost
91% of Sept-Iles residents oppose uranium mining
According to the poll, 91 per cent of the 1002 Sept-Îles residents queried about the question of uranium exploration said they were opposed to the idea.
(Canada) Sept-Îles residents oppose uranium exploration , CBC News January 6, 2010 |
The Quebec government has a duty to put a stop to plans for uranium exploration in the Sept-Îles region because of the overwhelming opposition of residents, the city’s mayor, Serge Lévesque, said Tuesday. Continue reading
Patrick Moore – paid by a Nuclear Energy front group
the seemingly fresh story line…as delivered by ….Patrick Moore, whose financial ties to a Nuclear Energy Institute front group are rarely disclosed.
Meltdown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks and High Cost 06 January 2010 by: Art Levine, t r u t h o u t | News Analysis “……..despite all these problems, a seemingly benign solution for global warming – nuclear energy – has boundless, if simplistic, appeal, even if it could take years to build and threatens public health and safety, while undermining with billions devoted to nuclear bailouts genuine renewable energy.
Still, the pro-nuclear pitch is especially welcomed by media outlets when it advances the seemingly fresh story line of environmentalists embracing nuclear power, as delivered by the likes of ex-Greenpeace activist Patrick Moore, whose financial ties to a Nuclear Energy Institute front group are rarely disclosed. Continue reading
Copenhagen Accord allows for devastating temperature rise
At Copenhagen, the US and China, followed by India, decided they didn’t want an ambitious, strong, effective and equitable agreement which would sharply reduce emissions…
..Under the Copenhagen Accord, temperatures are likely to rise by nearly 4° C, aggravating climate change, wiping out small island countries and reducing billions of people to an insecure existence as sea levels inexorably rise, wind patterns abruptly change and glaciers rapidly melt, increasing hunger, displacement and devastation.
The cost of tailing the US DNA, Praful Bidwai , January 5, 2010 Continue reading
Nuclear plant cooling pools – terrorist targets
The Department of Homeland Security has marked Shearon Harris as one of the most vulnerable terrorist targets in the nation.
Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina . Nuclear Waste Pools in North Carolina In Top 25 Censored Stories for 2010 Project Censored, Organic Consumers Association January 3, 2010 One of the most lethal patches of ground in North America is located in the backwoods of North Carolina, where Shearon Harris nuclear plant is housed and owned by Progress Energy. The plant contains the largest radioactive waste storage pools in the country. Continue reading
Need for media coverage of medical radiation risks
Let’s hope the media gives this as much attention as they do with their traditionally disproportionate reporting on a given test’s benefits.
Radiation from CT scans increases the risk of cancer | KevinMD.com 29 Dec 09 The Archives of Internal Medicine recently released a study concluding that “roughly 72 million CT scans performed in the U.S. in 2007 will ultimately cause some 29,000 cases of cancer.”
That’s an attention grabber.It was found that the amount of radiation given off by CT scans can vary by a factor of ten, based on the model of the scanner itself and the hospital the test was performed in. That makes it difficult to truly estimate a patient’s exposure.
Extrapolating their model to CT-angiography, a controversial heart scan that gaining popularity, it’s estimated that “one in 270 women who [receive the study] at age 40 will develop cancer as a result of the scan, and one in 600 men.”That’s a huge number, and one that warrants discussion whenever the test is being considered. Let’s hope the media gives this as much attention as they do with their traditionally disproportionate reporting on a given test’s benefits.
Radiation from CT scans increases the risk of cancer | KevinMD.com
Nuclear facilities: the terrorists’ dream target
Bad enough that the uranium/nuclear lobby are spruiking their products to Australia. But as well, we have the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) suggesting that Australia might need nuclear weapons, too!
Not a mention in all their worthy documents of a fact (one that “blind Freddy”, every intelligent housewife, and even a cat looking at the Authorities might think of):
Every nuclear facility is a dream-built target for terrorists. Australia has just one little foot in the nuclear door – and that has already been targeted once.
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