Archive for the 'Health' Category
Beef Contamination Spreads in Japan as Cattle Eat Radiation-Tainted Straw
July 15th, 2011Rice straw. Via: Bloomberg: More beef from cattle in Japan that ate straw tainted by radiation has found its way into the food supply, deepening concern about the safety of meat as the country struggles to contain the spread of the contamination. Cattle at the farm in Asakawa, about 60 kilometers from the crippled Fukushima […]
Contagion
July 15th, 2011Via: YouTube:
Fukushima Cleanup Recruits ‘Nuclear Gypsies’ from Across Japan
July 14th, 2011Nuclear Ginza (1995) Part 1 Part 2 Via: Guardian: Four months on from the start of the world’s worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl, this hot-spring resort in north-east Japan has been transformed into a dormitory for 2,000 men who have travelled from across the country to take part in the clean-up effort 30 miles away […]
Fallout Tainted Beef Hits Japanese Market
July 14th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Japan grappled with a fresh radiation scare Tuesday, as authorities found that beef contaminated with radioactive cesium had been shipped to shops and restaurants throughout the country. The beef, from six cattle raised on a farm near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, registered radioactive-cesium levels up to seven times that […]
‘Vaccination Program’ in Pakistan Was a CIA Covert Operation
July 12th, 2011The parts about Bin Laden are random gibberish in my opinion. For me, the key information is: CIA ran a vaccination program as a covert operation. Full stop. How many other doctors around the world take CIA bribes to run ‘vaccination programs’? Questions, questions. Via: Guardian: The CIA organised a fake vaccination programme in the […]
Nuclear Ginza (1995)
July 8th, 2011Part 1 Part 2 Research Credit: Eileen
Nuclear Industry Views Prevail on Radiation Risks
July 7th, 2011Via: FAIR: U.S. media coverage of the nuclear disaster in Japan contains vanishingly little serious discussion of the human health risks posed by the radiation escaping from the Fukushima nuclear facility. In place of a discussion informed by experts on these risks, journalism largely conveys vague, industry-friendly reassurances, frequently including no sources with expertise on […]
Agent Orange Being Used to Clear Rainforrest in Brazil
July 7th, 2011Via: Treehugger: Agent Orange is one of the most devastating weapons of modern warfare, a chemical which killed or injured an estimated 400,000 people during the Vietnam War — and now it’s being used against the Amazon rainforest. According to officials, ranchers in Brazil have begun spraying the highly toxic herbicide over patches of forest […]
Native Americans Now Living in Deadly FEMA Trailers; Thousands Already Distributed, More Requested
July 7th, 2011Via: Seattle Times / AP: Wanda Tiger and her husband needed a new home after a long-term house-sitting arrangement came to an end. But for members of their American Indian tribe in rural Oklahoma, affordable housing options were few. Then tribal leaders learned of an impossibly attractive offer: Mobile homes that had never been occupied […]
Use of SSRI Antidepressants During Pregnancy Linked to Higher Risk of Autism
July 6th, 2011Via: Time: In a study involving data on more than 1,800 children — fewer than 300 of whom had an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) — and their mothers, the scientists found that women who were prescribed drugs to treat depression in the year before giving birth were twice as likely to have children with an […]
