WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a new compendium of 500 actions aimed at reducing death and diseases driven by environmental risk factors, the first such resource to unite this expertise from across the UN system. Environmental pollution and other environmental risks cause 24 per cent of …
The restoration of the globe’s protective shield of ozone will be delayed by decades if fast-rising emissions of a chemical used in paint stripper are not curbed, new research has revealed. Atmospheric levels of the chemical have doubled in the last decade and its use is not restricted by the …
Cape Town – Residents of Forest Glade, in Eerste River, have protested against the erection of a cellphone tower – which they say is a health hazard – on the grounds of the Perm Gardens Baptist Church, within close proximity to their homes. Protesters are unhappy about the church entering …
The Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, resulted in unprecedented radioactivity releases from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plants to the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Results are presented here from an international study of radionuclide contaminants in surface and subsurface waters, as well as in zooplankton and fish, off …
— Confirming an effect long suspected but never before proven, a study based at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital found that the reduced use of radiation in treating young cancer patients radically cuts the chances they'll develop second cancers years or decades after surviving their first. In findings published Tuesday …
NIIGATA – Smoke emerged at a service building of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture on Thursday but it quickly dissipated after a firefighting effort by workers, its operator said. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. said there was no radiation leak in the incident. The utility has …
Japan's trade ministry has almost doubled the estimated cost of compensation for the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and decommissioning of the damaged Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear plant to more than 20 trillion yen (142 billion pounds), the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday. The trade ministry at the end of 2013 calculated …
The world’s largest metal moveable structure will be unveiled Tuesday over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s doomed fourth reactor in Ukraine to ensure the safety of future generations across Europe. The giant arch — nearly as long as two soccer fields and taller than New York’s Statue of Liberty — …
The public cost of dealing with the aftermath of the March 2011 nuclear accident at Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc.’s stricken Fukushima No. 1 plant topped ¥4.2 trillion by the end of fiscal 2015, it was learned Sunday. The cumulative total at the end of last March, including costs …
Around 10,000 tons of contaminated water have pooled in underground trenches around the Nos. 1 to 4 reactor buildings of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, according to the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) has no immediate plan to remove the …
Exposures to high-dose and high-dose-rate ionizing radiation are established risk factors for childhood acute leukemia (AL). The risk of AL following exposure to lower doses due to natural background radiation (NBR) has yet to be conclusively determined. Original Source
The government on Tuesday further scaled down areas in Fukushima Prefecture subject to evacuation orders since the March 2011 nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi complex, enabling the return of more than 10,000 residents to the city of Minamisoma. Following the move, the city will become mostly habitable except for …
Study shows radioactive material has been carried across the ocean as far as the shores of U.S. Radiation levels across the Pacific Ocean are rapidly returning to normal five years after a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant spewed gases and liquids into the sea, a study showed Monday. Japan …
CHIBA – The Chiba Municipal Government on Tuesday filed for Environment Ministry approval to lift the radioactive designation for waste stored in the city that was contaminated by the Fukushima reactor meltdowns five years ago. This marked the first application in Japan seeking to lift the radioactive designation for waste …
The Center for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) in collaboration with the residents of Karonga have agreed to sue the mining investors in the district, for spoiling the environment as well as infringing the rights of workers. The concerned companies include Paladin Africa Limited and Eland Coal mine Company. Speaking …
Chennai: Ask a lay person about nuclear energy and the Kudankulam plant and the chances are the images conjured up will be of two big domes against the backdrop of the Bay of Bengal. Now, in an attempt to demystify working of the plant in Kanyakumari district, a 15-minute film …
Greenpeace India released a report titled ‘Red Alert – India’s nuclear disaster plans, outdated and inadequate’. The report assesses India's nuclear disaster plans and concludes that India’s plans do not offer a complete defence-in-depth for existing nuclear plants. According to the report, some of the disaster intervention levels set by …
A study has linked cell phone radiation to rare cancers in rats and mice. The US National Toxicology Program found that male rats exposed to cell phone radiation were more likely to develop brain and heart tumours than a control group. Scientists in Chicago, Illinois, carried out a two-year study …
FUKUSHIMA – In a survey that began in April 2014 to check the impact of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdowns, 30 children have so far been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and 27 others are suspected of having the disease, a prefectural government panel said Monday. Most of them were thought …
Recent study claims that consistent cellphone use may harm its users, most especially men, and it may lead to serious cases like getting cancer. While the study is not yet completed, advocates pushing for more researcher already found that the partial finding already suggests that cellphone radiation can lead to …
Controversy surrounding the true toll and disease burden caused by fallout from the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 has resurfaced following the release of a new study.
