Controversy has been raging for decades over the link between nuclear power stations and childhood leukemia. But as with tobacco and lung cancer, it's all about hiding the truth, writes Ian Fairlie. Combining data from four countries shows, with high statistical significance, that radioactive releases from nuclear plants are the cause of the excess leukemia cases.
… worry about radioactive emissions and direct radiation from the NPPs, however any theory involving radiation has a major difficulty to overcome, … increased risks. My explanation does involve radiation. It stems from KiKK's principal …
Last night's BBC Panorama programme did a good job at lifting the lid on Britain's ongoing nuclear disaster that is Sellafield, writes Ian Fairlie. But it failed to expose the full scandal of the UK's 'reprocessing' of spent fuel into 140 tonnes of plutonium, enough to build 20,000 nuclear bombs - while leaving £100s of billions of maintenance and cleanup costs to future generations.
… expensive process which results high radiation doses to the 9,000 workers employed … at Sellafield are huge and are estimated by radiation biologists to cause tens of … of storing spent fuel. It also causes high radiation exposures to workers - even to …
Monty Waldin visits La Ferme de la Sansonnière, one of France’s, if not the world’s, most complex Biodynamic vineyards
Ferme de la Sansonnière Monty Waldin | 16th December 2005 Ethical Living Biodynamic Wine Vineyards Ferme De La Sansonnière French Wine Chaptalisation Chemical Fertilisers Demeter Certified Estate Cow …
If we're serious about cutting CO2 emissions, there's no place for nuclear power, writes Ian Fairlie - because it's the least cost-effective way to do it. By far the best way is to improve energy efficiency. But tell the Government the truth, and it'll close you down.
… is an independent consultant mainly on radiation in the environment. His previous …
Making the transition from wine writer to viticulturist was a leap of faith for Monty Waldin. What could he expect from his new hilltop vineyard in the Pyrenees?
… calcium, which is said to help diffuse the radiation that interferes with plant growth, …