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Chemical weapon and radiation fear at Scottish RAF base
Ecologist
21st May, 2012
RAF Kinloss in Moray, Scotland, at the centre of an investigation into radioactive contamination and chemical weapons buried at the sitemore...
Fukushima: the social impact of a nuclear disaster
Hiroki & Ngaire Takano
15th February, 2012
The earthquake and nuclear meltdown in Japan last year compounded pre-existing issues like falling birth rates, fragmented families and shrinking communities. What does the future hold? more...
Battlelines drawn as Cumbrian residents square up over nuclear waste site
Matilda Lee
15th February, 2012
A decision looms on whether - and where - to build the UK's first deep disposal for nuclear waste. Two borough councils in Cumbria have 'volunteered' - but can the communities be convinced? Matilda Lee reports more...
Links between childhood leukaemia and nuclear power plant radiation
Matilda Lee
15th February, 2012
The UK government's scientific advisory group found no link between childhood leukaemia and proximity to nuclear power plants, but German and French research has found an alarming doubling of risk more...
Kazakhstan’s nuclear legacy offers lessons for Fukushima
Matilda Lee
30th August, 2011
The Semipalatinsk region suffered under four decades of Soviet nuclear testing. Now, the country wants to become an international research hub for the effects of radiation on future generations. Matilda Lee reports from Kazakhstan more...
Fukushima fall-out: why the nuclear industry's liability for an accident is too low
Dr Paul Dorfman
21st March, 2011
With Japan's nuclear catastrophe still far from resolved, Dr Paul Dorfman argues why nuclear remains 'economically unreliable' and why it will be the taxpayer who ends up being liable as well as facing all the risks more...
EU 'ignoring safety risks' in financing of nuclear expansion in Ukraine
Tom Levitt
17th March, 2011
As Japan's Fukushima disaster unfolds, the EU is financing a controversial nuclear expansion programme in Ukraine to increase exports to energy-hungry consumers in western Europe. Tom Levitt reports more...
Fukushima crisis raises fresh concerns over UK nuclear energy expansion
Kate Hudson
14th March, 2011
The UK should suspend its plans to build new nuclear power stations after the leak of radioactive material from the Fukushima plant in Japan, says Kate Hudson from the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)more...
Radiation: are we putting our health at risk with increased CT scans?
Eifion Rees
10th March, 2011
Tesco provoked an outcry by offering Clubcard members the opportunity to redeem points for a CT scan. Now, increasing numbers of scans in NHS and private hospitals are causing concerns that we are over-exposing ourselves to radiation more...
Public needs to be 'educated' into accepting GM
Ecologist
23rd September, 2009
Companies should counter organic groups' criticisms of food technologies to convince consumers to accept biotechnology and irradiation, says US study more...
Mobile phone safe radiation guide published
Ecologist
16th September, 2009
US agency publishes radiation ranking for top brands including Motorola, Blackberry and Apple iPhone more...
Mobile phones and health: what do we know?
Yanar Alkayat
21st July, 2009
In a matter of months, an Irish mobile network will launch 'Firefly' - the mobile phone for kids. With even official Government advice against such a move, Yanar Alkayat takes a timely look at what we know for certain about mobile phones and health more...
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Mobile phone study covered up
News
18th April, 2007
A study which directly linked the radiation from mobile phone transmitter masts with an increased risk of developing cancer was covered up by operator T-Mobile, a scientist has claimed. more...
Mobile phones could lead to bee decline
News
16th April, 2007
Radiation from mobile phones might be contributing to the world-wide loss of bee colonies, a new study has shown. more...
Revolt
Jay Griffiths
1st October, 2004
Costing £2.9 billion, the UK’s new police communication system Tetra has been described by one independent scientist as likely to cause ‘more civilian deaths than all the world’s terrorist organisations put together’ more...
Killing Fields - Electromagnetic Radiation
Arthur Firstenberg
1st June, 2004
An invisible electrosmog engulfs us, destroying the health of many who do not even know why they have fallen ill. Why is no one listening to the mass of evidence telling us we are frying our brains? more...Members
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