Health Issues

Radioactive water near Hopi springs

Two Hopi villages and their wells lie in the path of a radioactive plume of water A plume of radioactive water is moving toward two Hopi villages, threatening to contaminate wells and spring-fed drinking water for about 1,000 residents. Nothing has been done to contain or remove the waste.

Water not only dump danger

 

Children And Young People Show Elevated Leukaemia Rates Near Nuclear Facilities

Leukaemia rates in children and young people are elevated near nuclear facilities, but no clear explanation exists to explain the rise, according to a research review published in the European Journal of Cancer Care.

Study probes link between uranium and kidney illness

". . .When two of his relatives started getting sick, he didn’t give the mine much thought. But when Lewis saw the yellow triangle next to it on a list of local wells at the chapter house Wednesday evening, a sign that its waters had potentially dangerous levels of heavy metals for livestock, he began to wonder."

NUCLEAR POWER by A. Stanley Thompson, PhD

This article is dated but is rather unique. It is not often that we see a former nuclear engineer, who worked on nuclear projects for private corporations such as GE and Westinghouse as well as the Oak Ridge National Weapons Laboratory, speak so candidly about the hazards of radiation on all three topics of nuclear power plants, nuclear bombs, and depleted uranium weapons.

U.S. nuke work afflicted 36,500 Americans

Radiation sickened 36,500 and killed at least 4,000 of those who built bombs, mined uranium, breathed test fallout

Navajos: Old uranium tailings leave land radioactive, people sick

The Navajo Nation representative waved an instrument over the small pile of dirt. Beep, beep, beep it went, in a radioactive crescendo. The bit of soil - shipped from the Four Corners region to the Capitol - underscored Stephen Etsitty's point: This was only a minuscule sample of the tailings left behind from decades of uranium mining. Much larger pieces, he said, can be found in the homes of American Indians, in watering holes for grazing animals, even pressed into a public highway.

Waxman sets stage for progress at Navajo uranium hearing

The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform in the House of Representatives held a hearing on the impact of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation Oct. 23. At its close, committee chairman Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., suggested a December meeting among federal agencies, hearing witnesses and Navajo representatives.

Study Finds More Childhood Cancer Near Nuclear Power Plants

Children living near nuclear power stations are more likely to suffer leukemia than those living farther away, a report funded by the German government has found, according to German media.

Uranium and the Navajo Nation

Uranium Cuts a Tragic Path Through the Navajo Nation

Breast Cancer Fund Study Blames Rise of Breast Cancer on Radiation + Environmental Toxins

The Breast Cancer Fund (a non-profit that works to identify environmental links to breast cancer) just came out with a new report entitled: "The State of the Evidence: 2008". The report concludes that increased radiation exposure, combined with the vast amounts of toxic chemicals in the environment, are the primary culprits in the rise of breast cancer incidence.

Monticello lung cancer deaths 'elevated' - Group hopes study results will garner federal help

It's good news based on bad news: The Utah Department of Health has found that lung cancer deaths in the southeast Utah town of Monticello are "significantly elevated," a claim that residents here have been making for years.

Radioactive milk found on farm near Sellafield

MILK on a local farm in the Sellafield area has been contaminated by higher levels of radioactivity which has entered the food chain.

Reasonable Doubt - Comment and analysis New Scientist, April 24, 2008

AMONG the many environmental concerns surrounding nuclear power plants, there is one that provokes public anxiety like no other: the fear that children living near nuclear facilities face an increased risk of cancer. Though a link has long been suspected, it has never been proven. Now that seems likely to change.

500 YEAR NUKE CURSE

EXCLUSIVE NUKE TEST VICTIMS: THE PROOF Shocking new study of more than 1,000 veterans proves soldiers who were forced to watch British A-bomb tests in the 1950s and 1960s will pass on crippling health problems to families for 20 generations

Insects left disfigured by nuclear radiation

No one wants to live too close to a source of artificial radiation, not even insects. Cornelia Hesse-Honegger has spent 20 years travelling around the world, mostly in Europe, capturing and studying over 16,000 insects, many living in the vicinity of nuclear power stations, or other artificial sources of radiation. Her conclusion, not surprisingly, is that exposure to radiation increases the chances of deformity.

On Cancer’s Trail

The women in Stefanie Raymond-Whish's family have a history of breast cancer. Now the young Navajo biologist is asking why.

Uranium: It’s worse than you think

When people think of Durango, Colo., they usually think of the scenery, or the tourist attractions, or the disproportionate number of healthy, spandex-clad bicyclists, runners and raft guides. Rarely do they think of cancer. Perhaps they should.

Uranium link to kidney ills studied.

Preliminary modeling and statistical analysis of the first 400 people participating in the Navajo Uranium Assessment and Kidney Health Project has shown two significant factors linking environmental exposure to uranium and kidney disease.