Australian atomic radiation victims not compensated
Ex-servicemen who were ordered into radiation zones and to clean planes and vehicles following the blasts have not received any compensation….Many have died from blood disorders and cancers
Veterans clear to chase compo over Brit N-tests Brisbane Times ANDREA HAYWARD January 16, 2010 Continue reading
Tony Abbott calls for selling uranium to India
Australian opposition calls for India uranium sales Australia’s Federal Opposition leader Tony Abbot says Australia should sell uranium to India.ABC Radio 15 Jan 2010
The incumbent Rudd government fulfilled an election promise and outlawed uranium sales to India because Delhi has not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. But Mr Abbott says selling uranium to India is a good idea……..
The former Howard government had agreed to Indian uranium sales on the back of a United States-Indian agreement allowing the sale of uranium for civil purposes. http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/201001/2792805.htm?desktop
Vital for aborigines to participate in climate change action
Environment jobs vital for aborigines, says UN study, Sydney Morning Herald YUKO NARUSHIMA 15 Jan 2010
ABORIGINES need access to jobs in the environment sector if they are to benefit from any global attempt to curb climate change, says the author of a UN report out today.
The State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples says climate change hurts indigenous people disproportionately, and in some places threatens their existence. Continue reading
Airport scanners: radio frequency type better than X ray type
Sorry, Uncle Sam, I refuse to be ionized The Daily Observer (Canada) By DR. GIFFORD-JONES15 Jan 2010
“………Transport Canada reports that more than 40 scanners will be installed in Canadian airports. Fortunately, all of these scanners will use “millimeter wave” technology. This means travellers will be exposed to radio frequency waves that produce a three-dimensional image of a person’s body to detect hidden weapons or explosives. Radio waves are not the same as harmful X-ray ionizing radiation to be used in the U.S. Continue reading
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
ERA uranium shares fall, less output and lower grade ore
Energy Resources Shares Fall After Drop in Uranium Oxide Output By James PatonJan. 13 (Bloomberg) — Energy Resources of Australia Ltd., the uranium producer controlled by Rio Tinto Group, fell the most in 2 1/2 months after saying fourth-quarter output dropped 30 percent as it processed lower grades of ore. Continue reading
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
Aboriginal’s sacred land versus AREVA’s uranium
Jeffrey just wants to go fishing Live, smile, and breathe 12 Jan 2010 The following article was first written by Lindsay Murdock on July 14, 2007.
Who wants to be a billionaire? I don’t JEFFREY Lee is not interested in the soaring price of uranium, which could make him one of the world’s richest men.”This is my country, look, it’s beautiful and I fear somebody will disturb it,” he said, waving his arm across rocky land surrounded by the Kakadu National Park, where the French mining giant Areva wants to extract 14,000 tonnes of uranium worth more than $5 billion. 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.
Dangers of radioactive uranium mill tailings
Potential hazards from uranium mill tailings League of individuals for the environment 11 Jan 2010
1994, Feb. 14 Olympic Dam, Roxby Downs, South Australia WMC Ltd. leakage of tailings dam during 2 years or more release of up to 5 million m3 of contaminated water into subsoil ?
Radionuclides contained in uranium tailings emit 20 to 100 times as much gamma-radiation as natural background levels on deposit surfaces. Gamma radiation levels decrease rapidly with distance from the pile.The radium-226 in tailings continuously decays to the radioactive gas radon-222, the decay products of which can cause lung cancer. Some of this radon escapes from the interior of the pile. Radon releases are a major hazard that continues after uranium mines are shut down….. Continue reading
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
Full-body radiation scanning for air travellers?
Labor still weighing scanner use The Age January 9, 2010 AUSTRALIA is yet to decide whether to boost airport security by using controversial whole-body imaging scanners, which the US Government is now urging other countries to adopt. 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
Uranium and the giant cuttlefish
Have you ever seen the giant cuttlefish? It is the most beautiful animal, of magically changing colours, and ballet-like gracious movement. It is unique to a special part of Spencer Gulf, where the delicate salt balance in the water provides its specialised habitat, the only one in the world.
Some people might think that to stand up for the Giant Cuttlefish, against the Giant BHP BIlliton’s plan for Olumpic Dam uranium mine, – that this is a petty argument, about some odd, unimportant little creature.
Well, think again. Australia’s giant cuttlefish is a special, unique, and iconic toAustralia as is the kangaroo or the koala. It’s a sad time when Australians let the short-term greed of a big corporation destroy our precious environmental heritage.
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