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 …
Leaves collected one year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster from surrounding regions had sufficient radioactive toxins on them to cause butterflies to die earlier and have deformed offspring. This is the dire conclusion of a study conducted by scientists of the Universities of Rukyus (Okinawa) and Nagasaki. The study is …
Cancer was responsible for 16% deaths among Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) employees between January 2010 and April 2014, said epidemiologists from the DAE-run Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, on Tuesday. They said the figure was similar to cancer death rates in urban India. The experts said this while repudiating RTI-based …
A group of Motithang residents are concerned that the radiation being emitted by a cell phone tower located in their neighbourhood is causing them ill health. Information and communications minister DN Dhungyel confirmed that residents living near the Druk Holding and Investments office in Motithang had submitted such a complaint. …
Dr Timothy Mousseau, professor of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina and researcher for the Chernobyl and Fukushima Research Initiative, presented new findings to the International Ornithological Congress in Tokyo last week that suggest radiation contamination around Fukushima Daiichi, even at low levels, is negatively impacting biodiversity and …
The Fukushima nuclear accident will cost an estimated ¥11.08 trillion, almost double the government projection made at the end of 2011, according to a recent study by Japanese college professors. The figure includes ¥4.91 trillion to compensate affected residents, ¥2.48 trillion for radiation cleanup work, ¥2.17 trillion to scrap the …
Researchers studying the short- and long-term effects of radiation in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant incident have examined the thyroid glands of approximately 296,000 children living in the prefecture. Test results showed that of the children tested, 104 were suspected of having thyroid cancer, and …
The Environment Ministry will request a fiscal 2015 budget allocation of around ¥300 billion for decontamination of areas tainted by radioactive fallout from Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, sources said Thursday. The planned budget request is larger than the ¥258 billion actually earmarked for …
The first time it occurred to James Jackson that there could be lasting damage from his US Navy service during Japan’s tsunami and nuclear disaster came when his eldest son, Darius, was diagnosed with leukaemia. Darius, now 15, spent a month in hospital in early 2013, soon after his diagnosis. …
KAWAUCHI, FUKUSHIMA PREF. – The government said Sunday that it was considering lifting its evacuation advisory on Oct. 1 for the eastern part of the village of Kawauchi, located within 20 km of the wrecked Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. The government will formalize the lifting at a meeting …
On Tuesday, Delhi-based NGO Toxics Link released a study identifying 16 pollution ‘hotspots’ in the city, where pollution — through illegal waste disposal, segregation, severe soil, water and air contamination — is proving to be fatal for residents. In a first-of-its-kind study, the NGO covered 51 industrial clusters and identified …
Changes of quality parameters upon heating were evaluated at different times of microwave heating on refined sesame and soybean oil high and compared to the results obtained for standard chemical indices (free fatty acids, peroxide, p-anisidine, nonenal content). Soybean oil was more extensively oxidised by microwave heating than the other …
The Nuclear Regulation Authority said Wednesday it is considering raising the maximum radiation exposure limit for nuclear workers in emergencies, from the current 100 millisieverts. “We cannot completely deny the possibility” that accidents involving radiation exceeding the current limit would occur in the future, NRA Chairman Shunichi Tanaka said at …
Tests of water off the U.S. West Coast have found no signs of radiation from Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, although low levels of radiation are ultimately expected to reach the U.S. shore, scientists said on Tuesday. Results obtained this week in tests of water gathered by an Oregon conservation …
The administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has offered to pay the Fukushima Prefectural Government ¥230 billion over the next 30 years if the prefecture hosts temporary storage facilities for soil tainted by radiation from the March 2011 nuclear disaster, NHK reported Wednesday. But Fukushima Prefecture is unhappy with the …
An underground nuclear waste dump in New Mexico that leaked radiation in February was cited by federal mine safety inspectors for dozens of workplace violations, almost all of which have been remedied, officials said Monday. Operations at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in the southeastern New Mexico desert have been …
Monkeys near the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant have lower blood cell counts than cousins living further away, possibly because of radiation exposure, a study says. A Japanese research team wrote in the journal Nature Scientific Reports that although they could not prove the link, the blood levels “might likely …
Nearly every other school in Israel is exposed to excess levels of cancerous electric radiation, it was revealed during a discussion of the Committee on the Rights of the Child on Tuesday. The discussion was held in collaboration with Life and Environment - The Israeli Union of Environmental NGOs as …
Eating unchecked homegrown vegetables and wild game from radiation-tainted areas on a regular basis can lead to high levels of internal radiation exposure, according to the results of a study published Tuesday in the U.S. online science journal PLOS ONE. However, levels of radioactive cesium detected in the bodies of …
The European Union has agreed a new law to strengthen safety standards and improve supervision of nuclear facilities in response to lessons learned from the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, the European Commission said on Wednesday. In March 2011, an earthquake and tsunami caused the world's worst nuclear accident in …
The Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) has started research projects to check the effects of radiation in northern India. The Garhwal Central University here has been made the nodal centre for the research. The research will focus on the effect of radiation from radon, uranium and thorium on the air, …
