The link between nuclear power and cancer is real, writes Chris Busby, and revealed in the UK's cancer statistics - if only you look for it. Previous approaches have focused on rare cancers over large, poorly selected populations. But look at common cancers among those most exposed to nuclear radiation, and the statistical evidence is overwhelming.
… to hide Chris Busby | 18th May 2015 News Health Nuclear Energy UK Science … than a mayfly and is now Public Health England (PHE) after a period as Health Protection Agency (Radiological …
As the new nuclear renaissance grows, so too does uranium extraction. In Niger, which boasts some of the world's richest deposits, NGOs say that the poor are being exploited for the West's 'clean energy'
… the main source of power for the industry. Health worries It was in 2003 that Bruno … about what uranium mining was doing to their health and livelihoods, he was told by … development Niger is hardly a picture of health. Ranked dead last on the U.N. Human …
With the sixth anniversary of the Fukushima disaster falling tomorrow, nuclear lobbyists are arguing over solutions to the existential crisis facing nuclear power, writes Jim Green. Some favour a multinational consolidation of large conventional reactor designs, while others back technological innovation and 'small modular reactors'. But in truth, both approaches are doomed to failure.
… 2017 News Nuclear Energy Technology Finance Health fuk-mission-cut.jpg With the sixth … biologist Ian Fairlie summarises the health impacts from the Fukushima disaster: "In sum, the health toll from the Fukushima nuclear …
The discovery of a tiny but deadly radioactive 'hot particle' in mud from the Esk estuary near Sellafield has highlighted the dangers the nuclear site poses to residents and visitors, writes Chris Busby. Independent measures of radiation show far higher levels that those of regulators, similar to readings in the Chernobyl and Fukushima exclusion zones. Local villages should be evacuated.
… | 20th March 2017 News Nuclear Radiation Health Regulation UK Energy … the problem. They were the Small Area Health Statistics Unit (SAHSU) and the … dead bodies of the children, rather than the health authority? Second, how is it that it …
Only four countries opposed a UN Resolution on 'depleted uranium' munitions: the USA, UK, France and Israel, all nuclear WMD states whose use of DU leaves battle fields contaminated with toxic, radioactive residues for millennia into the future. The overwhelming support for the Resolution puts the WMD states on notice - DU munitions are no longer acceptable.
… | 10th November 2014 Comment War WMD Nuclear Health Toxics USA UK Un … The resolution also notes the need for health and environmental research on depleted … the food chain. DU has been linked to deadly health effects like Gulf War Syndrome among US …
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)
… clusters near nuclear power stations and the health consequences of uranium mining, to name … which runs the plant, is playing down any health risk, are shocking. Such a course of … is taking place there, and what the likely health and environmental scenarios may be. Any …
The Japanese were kept in the dark from the start of the Fukushima disaster about high radiation levels and their dangers to health, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. In order to proclaim the Fukushima area 'safe', the Government increased exposure limits to twenty times the international norm. Soon, many Fukushima refugees will be forced to return home to endure damaging levels of radiation.
… 20th February 2016 News Nuclear Energy Japan Health fukushima-2-cut.jpg The Japanese were … high radiation levels and their dangers to health, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. In order to … Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health : " Unclear evacuation instructions …
The impending renewal of the license for a uranium mine in Nebraska has ignited a years long resistance among those - most of them women - for whom good health and safe, clean water in the Ogallala aquifer is as important as life itself, writes Suree Towfighnia. But for others, jobs and money come first. Now the Nuclear Regulatory Commission must reach its decision.
… Peoples USA Water Pollution Nuclear Health colleenlnancyratsisterhoodrally-cut.jpg … those - most of them women - for whom good health and safe, clean water in the Ogallala … concerned about long-term environmental, health and family issues resulting from the …
Field studies show that the intense radioactivity released by the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters is seriously and unequivocally damaging to wildlife, writes Timothy A. Mousseau - in stark contrast to theoretical studies that show little or no impact on plant and animal health and populations.
… 2016 Comment Natural World Nuclear Radiation Health Science chernobyl-storks-cut.jpg Field … show little or no impact on plant and animal health and populations. The largest nuclear … groups are still fiercely debating the health and environmental consequences of …
A legal judgment in Australia has fatally damaged the 'official' ICRP model of health damage by nuclear radiation, writes Chris Busby - reflecting the fact that cancer originates through the mutation of individual cells, not whole organs or organisms. The ruling is good news for Britain's bomb test veterans whose day in court is coming up; and for all who suffer radiation induced cancers.
… News Nuclear WMD War Australia UK Radiation Health rainy-day-hiroshima-cut.jpg A rainy … fatally damaged the 'official' ICRP model of health damage by nuclear radiation, writes … Radiation Risk and the author of Uranium and Health - The Health Effects of Exposure to …
A study of cancer incidence downwind of the Trawsfynydd nuclear plant in Wales shows a doubling of risk, writes Chris Busby, mainly from breast cancer. People eating fish caught in Trawsfynydd Lake are also at elevated risk. It's yet more proof that the nuclear industry's favourite risk model is wrong, understating the actual dangers of internal radiation - ingested or inhaled - by a factor of 1,000 to 10,000.
… power kills Chris Busby | 9th June 2015 News Health Nuclear Radiation Wales UK WMD … to get these data from the Department of Health. He was refused. He pointed out that he … stopped and fishing tickets printed with a health warning. If you live in North Wales and …
Cancer is just one of of the outcomes of the genetic damage inflicted by nuclear radiation, writes Chris Busby, and perhaps one of the least important. Of far greater long term significance is the broad-scale mutation of the human genome, and those of other species, and the resulting genomic instability that causes cascades of heritable mutations through the generations.
… damage Chris Busby | 17th March 2016 News Health Radiation Nuclear Science War Politics … control group was abandoned as being "too healthy", and many others. But we are … prestigious peer-review journal Environmental Health and Toxicology . The title is: ' …
A massive decontamination exercise is under way in Iitate Village near Fukushima, writes Kendra Ulrich: step one in a plan to force 6,000 residents back into the evacuated zone in 2017. But as radiation levels remain stubbornly high, it looks like the real plan is to 'normalize' nuclear catastrophe, while making Iitate residents nuclear victims twice over - and this time, it's deliberate.
… Japan | 29th July 2015 News Nuclear Health Japan Un Politics iitate-earth-cut.jpg … was before the disaster - with no additional health risks - then that is a powerful … decontamination of these areas and in human health risks. Compounding the gross injustice …
The Lifetime Study of Japanese A-bomb survivors is a monumental fraud which deliberately excludes controls for being 'too healthy', writes Chris Busby. Put them back in, and you find that low levels of radiation cause over 100 times more cancer than they are 'meant' to, creating a silent global massacre of the innocent. Under the Euratom treaty, the entire nuclear industry must now be 'rejustified'.
… Busby | 15th December 2016 Activism Nuclear Health Regulation Science Energy WMD UK EU … deliberately excludes controls for being 'too healthy', writes Chris Busby. Put them back … of the nuclear industry against its public health impacts - was done. I wrote about this …
Thirty years after Chernobyl former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev remains haunted by the world's greatest ever industrial catastrophe, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. Now 85 and a committed environmentalist, he's still campaigning to bring the failed nuclear experiment to an end before further disasters follow, and encouraging a clean, efficient and renewable global energy economy.
… Gunter | 26th April 2016 News Nuclear Energy Health Russia Ukraine FOI … words, Mikhail Gorbachev, is 85 now. His health is failing. He would like to travel the …
The world could soon be generating all its electricity from renewable sources, writes Dave Elliott, by harnessing diverse technologies for generation, grid balancing and energy storage. Add to that the use of power surpluses to make fuels, and it could even be feasible to make all our energy - not just electricity - renewable. A clean green future beckons.
… with their variability is included. When the health costs associated with using … the longer term global social, economic and health impacts of climate change are also …
Britain's long-suffering nuclear bomb test veterans have once again had justice denied to them, writes Chris Busby, by a shocking piece of judicial chicanery in London's High Court in which the judge whimsically excluded all the scientific evidence that did not suit the Ministry of Defence. But the veterans' fight for justice and scientific truth continues, facing its next test in the Court of Appeal.
… Busby | 8th March 2017 Comment Nuclear WMD Health Law UK kiritimati-cut.jpg Britain's … of the human race is at stake, as well as the health damage caused by radiation at the test … ordered. Chris Busby is an expert on the health effects of ionizing radiation. He …
The UK's Trident nuclear missile system has the power of 1,500 Hiroshima bombs, writes Angie Zelter - and to use it would be a monstrous and probably suicidal crime against humanity. Should we spend £130 billion renewing it? Or on schools, hospitals, libraries, social care and cycleways? The inspiring ActionAWE campaign is waking people up to the choice we face.
… by raising awareness of the humanitarian, health and security consequences of nuclear … budget cuts to other services, such as health, education, social and disability … weapons are linked to every major economic, health, environmental, political and moral …
The Fukushima catastrophe four years ago today was no natural disaster, writes Arnie Gundersen. Operator TEPCO and nuclear regulators were well aware of the danger of tsunamis, but put money before safety. Nuclear power remains the only energy source that can destroy a country overnight - and it's time to ditch it!
… of their nuclear power plants, no matter what health consequences and personal loss is … risky nuclear power without regard for the health and welfare of generations to come. The … international expert on radiation and health, are both speaking in Keswick, Cumbria, …
A legacy of lies and covered-up accidents has left nuclear energy with a serious credibility gap, writes Paul Brown. But poor safety is only the beginning of the industry's problems. With 'new improved' reactor designs all running late and way over budget, any nuclear revival can only be sustained at massive, unaffordable taxpayer cost.
… radiation. Second, the possible long-term health effects to the people involved were … governments and the industry playing down the health risks. There is still an argument about … had happened. Thirty years later the real health effects of the accident are hotly …
Fukushima has largely disappeared from the mainstream news, writes Harvey Wasserman. After all, who wants to read about children with cancer, continuing huge radiation leaks, and the very real possibility of another catastrophe as big as Chernobyl?
… 11th June 2014 News Nuclear Energy Japan USA Health Media fukushima-iaea-cut.jpg Fukushima … is more than 40 times normal. According to health expert Joe Mangano , more than 46% have …
Evolutionary biologist Timothy Mousseau and his colleagues have published 90 studies that prove beyond all doubt the deleterious genetic and developmental effects on wildlife of exposure to radiation from both the Chernobyl and Fukushima nuclear disasters, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. But all that peer-reviewed science has done little to dampen the 'official' perception of Chernobyl's silent forests as a thriving nature reserve.
… 25th April 2016 News Nuclear Radiation Energy Health Natural World Ukraine Japan … act as a sentinel for likely impending human health impacts. Mousseau and his fellow …
As the toll of climate change rises, as the summers become hotter, we have the opportunity to link struggles for cooler cities with other progressive demands. From the SYMBIOSIS RESEARCH COLLECTIVE
… air conditioners to those suffering from health effects of extreme heat. People are at … include air conditioners as part of a wider health care platform? There are some issues, … air-conditioned public spaces as a public health services; we could also redesign …
NASA scientist James Hansen is heading to COP21 in Paris to berate climate campaigners for failing to support 'safe and environmentally-friendly nuclear power', writes Jim Green. But they would gladly support nuclear power if only it really was safe and environment friendly. In fact, it's a very dangerous and hugely expensive distraction from the real climate solutions.
… biologist Dr Ian Fairlie: "In sum, the health toll from the Fukushima nuclear … from radiation-related evacuations due to ill-health and suicides. "An, as yet, unquantified … the Environment, Industry, Research, and Health - states: "There is still much R&D to …