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
… Radiation: are we putting our health at risk … CT scans? Eifion Rees | 10th March 2011 News Radiation Medical Hospital Health Green Living … that we are over-exposing ourselves to radiation The UK population is receiving …
US agency publishes radiation ranking for top brands including Motorola, Blackberry and Apple iPhone
… Mobile phone safe radiation guide published The Ecologist | 16th September 2009 News Mobile Phones Radiation Health Iphone mobilephonegirl2.jpg US agency publishes radiation ranking for top brands including …
Forest fires raging near the abandoned Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in north Ukraine are releasing a surge of airborne plutonium particles as radioactive twigs, branches and leaf litter burn.
… Chernobyl fire radiation hazard as 'hot particles' of … The Ecologist | 30th April 2015 News Nuclear Radiation Forests Ukraine Science … been officially acknowledged yet." Serious radiation risk from re-suspended 'hot …
Stop worrying about major accidents such as Chernobyl, nuclear reactors legally emit radioactive particles that are causing clusters to erupt around the country.
… Richard Bramhall, Secretary of the Low Level Radiation Campaign (LLRC), ‘there’s an … the body, they release powerful bursts of radiation directly into body tissues. Official … like the Committee on Medical Aspects of Radiation in the Environment (COMARE), set up …
Behind the rise of smartphones and tablets, microwave pollution is a serious assault on our health reports Lynne Wycherley, whilst a new Ecologist Film Unit investigation uncovers the hidden cost of tin used in many phones
… 2012 News Smartphones Ipads Pollution Radiation Ecologist Film Unit News Natural … of the rapid growth of radiofrequency (RF) radiation, particularly from mobile-phone … one plot was shielded from a nearby town’s RF radiation, one was ‘mock’ shielded, and the …
Marking 'Chernobyl day' 2014, a website is launched that calls for the arrest of writer George Monbiot for 'Nuclear Crimes against Humanity and the Environment'.
… | 26th April 2014 News Nuclear Power Media Radiation UK monbiot-ted.jpg Marking … The £100 will instead be donated to Radiation Monitoring in Cumbria ( RADMIC ) an … disbanding of Lancashire County Council's Radiation Monitoring in Lancashire - despite …
Tepco has confirmed that steam is rising from Fukushima's melted-down Reactor 3, but insists there is 'no abnormality'.
… also been been "no significant change in the radiation dose and nuclide analysis results … to those from before the steam was observed." Radiation levels remain high on the the … Latest radiation dose monitoring results are posted …
Consumers have been left confused by the latest study on the links between mobile phone use and brain cancer. Eifion Rees reports on the struggle to find answers
… the IARC’s conclusions – that mobile phone radiation was ‘[not] definitely nor even … (HPA), whose Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation is currently engaged in its own … NGO Global Witness NEWS Mobile phone safe radiation guide published US agency publishes …
The launch of the Royal Society's report on geo-engineering raises the spectre of a quick-fix solution to climate change. But is it that simple?
… atmosphere or reducing the amount of solar radiation that reaches the earth. Although … upper atmosphere to scatter incoming solar radiation, or using remote ships to vaporise … Deflect a few per cent of incoming solar radiation, slightly reducing global …
Safety concerns may halt construction of a new nuclear facility in Finland, posing questions about the viability of the next generation of European Pressurised Reactors destined for the UK
… vital consideration as they will produce more radiation than current reactors. Doubts over … by the director general of STUK, Finland’s radiation and nuclear safety authority. In a …
Climate manipulation must be regulated at the UN level to avoid countries taking matters into their own hands, says a committee of MPs
… expressed particular concern about Solar Radiation Management (SRM), which involves … and space-based shades to reflect the sun’s radiation. The report said such attempts …
In her book 'The 21st Century is Making you Fat' former Ecologist Editor Pat Thomas details the full range of industrial and everyday chemicals known to encourage us to get fat
… a solution. Pat Thomas reports NEWS ANALYSIS Radiation: are we putting our health at risk … that we are over-exposing ourselves to radiation …
In response to a petition calling on wireless technology to be removed from schools, the Government has pronounced itself happy with WiFi safety guidelines its critics have labelled 'dangerously out of date'
… effects. Exposure to the electromagnetic radiation emitted by WiFi and its masts can … the International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). However a …
With a UN resolution on DU munitions due this autumn, the European Parliament is demanding a strong EU position supporting their abolition, or at least strict controls on these fearsome weapons whose toxic residues persist for decades after use.
… an ideal 'interceptor' for background gamma radiation, whose energy is then re-emitted, … as energetic electrons similar to beta radiation. Comprehensive studies on civilian …
The Greening-the-Box initiative aims to demonstrate that retrofitting can transform hard-to-heat housing association and council properties into models of low-tech sustainability and fuel efficiency - with almost zero heating
Low-tech retrofit experiment could transform social housing Eifion Rees | 8th July 2009 News Green Living Take Action Greening The Box Jeremy Harrall Norfolk Norwich Council House Housing Association …
Decommissioning has a ring of finality to it. But don't be fooled. A nuclear reactor will be standing for another 150 years before it is finally razed to the ground
… and monitored. If it can be demonstrated that radiation levels are below the national … that have been exposed to neutron irradiation during the reactor’s generation … on its concrete overcoat is cracking and radiation is leaking out – a fitting reminder …
It may have billion-pound profits and gushing praise for technological innovation but Apple is increasingly in the spotlight over its labour rights and environmental record. Eifion Rees reports on the 'sweatshop brand'
… and toxic components NEWS Mobile phone safe radiation guide published US agency publishes radiation ranking for top brands including …
5000 years ago the English Channel didn't exist - so where are we going to bury our nuclear waste that will be safe for up to one million years...or more?
… of nuclear waste in the UK could spread radiation over 100 kilometres. As the train … of thousands of people could be exposed to radiation. Yet local authorities along the …
Get into an argument with a climate change sceptic, and sooner or later they’ll trot out the old arguments about it being all due to cosmic rays, or the sun.
… that a reduction in the amount of cosmic radiation hitting the earth reduces the size …
Only massive and regular sulphur injections into the atmosphere would prevent sea-level rises of 30-70cm on 2000 levels by the end of the century as a result of climate change
… main options involve limiting incoming solar radiation, through the use of mirrors or by …
A leading US research body has said the range of confirmed or suspected carcinogens to which we are exposed on a daily basis is cause for serious concern, but UK campaign groups refuse to change their views
… including second-hand smoke, ultraviolet radiation, asbestos, radon gas and various …