Ever since the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011, Hong Kong has been testing Japanese food imports for radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi reactors’ meltdown. The Center for Food Safety (CFS) continues to test samples from Japanese imports five days a week around the clock. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on the other hand, treats Fukushima with a periodically updated import alert, allowing certain imported Japanese food without inspection.   Full Article
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Researchers at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences have discovered a potent manganese(II)-based antioxidant complex of the bacterium Deinococcus radiodurans that can be used to protect animals from radiation injury. During the experiment, the researchers administered the manganese peptide antioxidants (MDP) to a group of mice prior to exposing them to lethal gamma radiation. All mice that received MDP surivived, while the control group experienced 63% mortality and weight loss. Dr. Michael Daly, professor of pathology at USU, explained that protecting proteins is the way to survive from radiation, which Deinococcus radiodurans has the ability to do.  
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A new study has recently been released by the National Toxicology Program has shown that rats who have been exposed to radiation from cell phones over the course of two years are 5% more likely to develop cancer, when compared to a control group. While these numbers might seem unsettling, scientists across the country say these numbers cannot be trusted, since the radiation given off by cell phones is far smaller than other sources of radiation we come into contact with from day to day, including radiation from the sun. They also point to data indicating that cancer rates have remained
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