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.
… Pentz Gunter | 25th April 2016 News Nuclear Radiation Energy Health Natural World Ukraine … effects on wildlife of exposure to radiation from both the Chernobyl and … journals, related to the effects of radiation in natural populations (and more …
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.
… start of the Fukushima disaster about high radiation levels and their dangers to health, … to return home to endure damaging levels of radiation. Dr. Tetsunari Iida is the founder … is clean and safe again ! Normalizing radiation, a policy and now a practice Of …
Thirty-five years ago today the USA had its worst ever civilian nuclear accident with a reactor meltdown at Three Mile Island. Linda Pentz Gunter reports on the lies and cover ups about the true scale of the radiation release and its impacts on human health.
… and cover ups about the true scale of the radiation release and its impacts on human … Given what we know about exposure to radiation, it is medically far more probable … This supports the premise that far more radiation escaped from TMI than has been …
Five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster began to unfold, the searing psychological effects are still being felt among the 160,000 refugees who fled the fallout, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. But now there's growing pressure to return to contaminated areas declared 'safe' in efforts to whitewash the disaster's impacts. Why the rush? To clear the way for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, complete with events in Fukushima City.
… Gunter | 11th March 2016 News Nuclear Energy Radiation Health Society Japan … flee like that, Aoki says, with the threat of radiation literally hanging over you, "you … let us in. She said we were contaminated by radiation" , he related. Fukushima evacuees …
Don’t look at a society and think it is so big, so complex, that nothing can change. Don’t think: “I am one single person, what can I do?” That, says Satish Kumar, is despondency; that is pessimism. Instead, whatever you can do, do it. Step by step.
… harm nuclear power will do with its waste and radiation or if an accident happens like an …
Don’t look at a society and think it is so big, so complex, that nothing can change. Don’t think: “I am one single person, what can I do?” That, says Satish Kumar, is despondency; that is pessimism. Instead, whatever you can do, do it. Step by step.
… harm nuclear power will do with its waste and radiation or if an accident happens like an …
Social reform starts at the grassroots: Be the Change, Communicate the Change and Organise the Change.
Three steps to change the world Satish Kumar | 14th January 2022 | Other The Resurgence Trust Activism Editor’s Picks rosa-parks-1210x680.jpg Social reform starts at the grassroots: Be the Change, …
Last week a new billionaires club strode into COP21 in Paris promising big money for 'clean energy': the Breakthrough Energy Coalition. But most of its members are nuclear obsessives, writes Linda Pentz Gunter, from Bill Gates to Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson. And what the the world needs is not 'patient investment' into nuclear research, but impatient investment into renewables deployment.
… bag full of red flags proudly flying the radiation symbol. A nuclear love-affair …
Why do we humans resort to shooting, whenever a challenging problem confronts us? Whether it's culling badgers to protect hedgehogs, or renewing the Trident missile threat with expensive upgrades, our species seems determined to upset the balance of nature and harmony on Earth by shooting first - and never asking the questions at all.
… insights as: "Animals which had died from radiation poisoning would be edible if they …
Nuclear power is a uniquely hazardous technology that can destroy entire nations, Japan's prime minister at the time of the Fukushima nuclear disaster has warned British MPs. The lessons of from such catastrophes must be heeded in other countries that believe that nuclear fission can be harnessed safely, writes Linda Pentz Gunter - or they, and the world, will reap the whirlwind.
… the Fukushima Daiichi site would cause radiation levels in the surrounding …
President Obama should overcome political constraints in Hiroshima this week to say 'sorry' for the nuclear bombs, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. Even more important, he must change his stance on nuclear weapons - abandoning the US's $1 trillion WMD modernization program and lifting the threat of world-destroying nuclear conflict.
… of thousands more to an agonizing death by radiation sickness? Would it be it so terrible …
As we remember the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki this month 71 years ago, we have largely forgotten the racist propaganda that made it possible, writes LINDA PENZ GUNTER. We have likewise sanitised history to exclude the voices of African Americans who loudly protested the use of nuclear weapons, connecting them to American colonialism abroad and racism at home.
… even vaporized; of the agonizing deaths from radiation sickness. And there was Sadaki …