Archive for the 'Health' Category
JAPAN ESTABLISHES 10KM EVACUATION ZONE AROUND THE DAINI NUCLEAR POWER PLANT
March 16th, 2011Via: CNN: [3:07 a.m. ET Wednesday, 4:07 p.m. Wednesday in Tokyo] As a safety precaution, the Japanese government is now telling people living within a 10-kilometer radius of the Daini plant, the second nuclear power plant in Fukushima, to evacuate. The Daini plant, which has four reactors, has reported fluctuating temperatures at its suppression pools. […]
High Demand for Private Jets as Wealthy Flee Japan
March 16th, 2011Via: Reuters: Thousands of people desperate to escape Japan’s deepening nuclear crisis have inundated private jet companies with requests for evacuation flights, sending prices surging as much as a quarter. Some multinational companies are pulling international staff out of Tokyo and surrounding areas after low-level radiation reached the metropolis on Tuesday. Workers are fleeing for […]
France Says Japan Losing Control of Nuclear Emergency, French Should Leave, or Head South
March 16th, 2011Via: Reuters: The French government said on Wednesday that Japan was losing control of the situation at the Fukushima nuclear power plant and urged its nationals in Tokyo to leave the country or head to southern Japan. The government has asked national carrier Air France (AIRF.PA) to increase capacity on its flights between Tokyo and […]
Fukushima Workers Withdraw After Radiation Spikes
March 16th, 2011Via: BBC: A spike in radiation levels at Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear plant has forced workers to suspend their operation, a government spokesman says. He was speaking after smoke was seen rising from reactor three. Earlier, a blaze struck reactor four for the second time in two days. Friday’s 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami, which killed […]
Tokyo Bathed in Low Level Radiation
March 16th, 2011In other news, Airlines, Travelers Avoid Tokyo, Fearing Radiation. Via: Reuters: Dozens of workers battling to control radiation at Japan’s stricken reactors face a far greater risk of developing cancer than normal, but Tokyo residents are within the safe range for exposure, U.S. nuclear experts said. Radiation levels in Tokyo, one of the world’s most […]
Fire in Spent Fuel Rod Cooling Pool Would Be Worse Than Meltdown
March 15th, 2011Update: Spent Fuel Rods Exposed to Open Air Via: The Journal: THE OPERATOR OF the troubled Fukushima I nuclear power plant in Japan has disclosed that an explosion at reactor 4 this morning – the cause of a fire in a storage pool for ‘spent’ fuel this morning – has caused the rods there to […]
EMERGENCY: ‘HIGH’ LEVEL RADIATION RELEASED AT FUKUSHIMA; WORKERS TOLD TO LEAVE AREA; U.S. MILITARY ASKED FOR HELP; LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WIND ETA 10 HOURS TO TOKYO
March 15th, 2011Shelter-in-Place in a Radiation Emergency Via: Reuters: Japan’s prime minister warned on Tuesday that radioactive levels had become high around an earthquake-stricken nuclear power plant after explosions at two reactors, adding that the risk of more radioactive leakage was rising. Naoto Kan urged people within 30 km (18 miles) of the facility north of Tokyo […]
Some Airport X-Ray Body Scanners Radiation Levels Are 10 Times Higher Than Expected
March 13th, 2011Via: WSTP: The Transportation Security Administration announced Friday that it would retest every full-body X-ray scanner that emits ionizing radiation – 247 machines at 38 airports – after maintenance records on some of the devices showed radiation levels 10 times higher than expected. The TSA says that the records reflect math mistakes and that all […]
Drug That Prevents Preterm Labor Goes from $10 to $1,500
March 10th, 2011Via: AJC / AP: The price of preventing preterm labor is about to go through the roof. A drug for high-risk pregnant women has cost about $10 to $20 per injection. Next week, the price shoots up to $1,500 a dose, meaning the total cost during a pregnancy could be as much as $30,000. That’s […]
‘As many as 160 prisoners were injected with live cancer cells…’
March 7th, 2011Via: The Columbus Dispatch: Perhaps the most famous was the cancer-vaccine test. As many as 160 prisoners were injected with live cancer cells. The study, co-sponsored by Ohio State and the Sloan-Kettering Research Institute, ran from 1956 until 1961. Eventually, researchers said they lost track of most of the prisoners and thus had no results. […]
