radiation

What to Know About Cellphone Radiation

Sergio Ortiz Borbolla / ProPublica Jan 6, 2023 Based on quarter-century-old standards, the federal government denies that cellphones pose any risks. But questions remain. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Mountains of Nuclear Waste Just Keep Growing

Paul Brown / Climate News Network Mar 7, 2018 Many politicians argue that nuclear power is an answer to climate change, forgetting that they are passing the buck to future generations. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Politicians Are Leaving the Problem of Nuclear Waste to Future Generations

By Paul Brown / Climate News Network Feb 27, 2018 The U.S., France and the U.K. continue to build nuclear power stations without addressing the problem of existing waste, which is reaching potentially dangerous levels. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Inside Chernobyl: A Legacy of Ruin

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 26, 2016 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer was the first American journalist to enter the surviving power plant in the former Soviet Union On the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster, he recounts his experience in a Los Angeles Times column first published on April 9, 1987 Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer was the first American journalist to enter the surviving power plant in the former Soviet Union. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

From Japan to Vietnam, Radiation and Agent Orange Survivors Deserve Justice From the U.S.

Marjorie Cohn / Truthdig Aug 20, 2015 Besides being criminal, the United States' use of nuclear weapons in Hiroshima and Nagasaki and its poisoning of Vietnam and Okinawa with Agent Orange are a shameful legacy The denial and cover-up of each of these crimes add US insult to injury The denial and cover-up of each of these crimes add insult to injury. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Mysterious ‘Sleeping Disease’ Perplexes Scientists and Doctors

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Mar 21, 2015 Residents of a village in Kazakhstan are being relocated because of a mysterious illness that has been causing people's brains to "switch off" and go into comas. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Nuclear Omnicide

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Apr 1, 2014 We've always been worried about the safety of humans, but new evidence shows that nuclear disasters, from Three Mile Island to Fukushima, have put the whole global ecosystem at risk. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

U.S. Sailors and Marines Allege Fukushima Radiation Sickness

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Mar 20, 2014 Three years have passed since the earthquake and tsunami that caused the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan and casualties are still mounting. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fukushima’s 3rd Anniversary

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The USS Reagan Is Fukushima’s Unlucky Dragon

Harvey Wasserman / Truthdig Mar 5, 2014 Fifty-seven years before the USS Ronald Reagan was swept with radiation from the Fukushima meltdown, a similar, terrible fate befell the crew of a small Japanese fishing boat called the "Lucky Dragon." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Fukushima Workers Discover Deadly Spike in Radiation

BLANK Sep 1, 2013 Radiation at the bottom of a storage tank jumped to a level that can kill a person in four hours. So far, it hasn't leaked, but Tokyo Electric Power says it doesn't know how the spike occurred. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Fukushima’s Legacy Is Just Beginning

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network Aug 26, 2013 The highly radioactive water leaking from the wrecked Fukushima plant is part of a problem that Japan will take decades to resolve and that will blight many thousands of lives. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )