During her speech to Pennsylvania union leaders, Democrat Hillary Clinton backs steelworkers, referencing an obscure incident involving radiation exposure among workers at Bethlehem Steel. In the 1940s and 1950s, workers at Bethlehem Steel were exposed to radiation rolling uranium rods for nuclear reactors. When these workers later developed cancer, Congress passed a law in 2000 entitling them to compensation if they could show the radiation exposure was the cause of their cancer. Clinton testified before the Presidential Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health in 2006, advocating for workers at the plant to automatically qualify for radiation exposure benefits. Full
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Revisiting Radiation Safety: Debunking Common Myths
Let’s take another look at radiation safety and challenge some common misconceptions related to nuclear accidents. Gerry Thomas, head of the Chernobyl Tissue Bank at Imperial College London, has provided valuable insights that show radiation doses from such accidents are much lower than previously believed. This article will explore her findings, focusing on the overestimation of risks to residents in Fukushima-affected areas. By incorporating the expertise of Gerry Thomas and the cutting-edge technology of X-Z Lab radiation detectors, we aim to shed light on accurate radiation safety information for better preparedness and protection. Understanding Radiation Doses from Nuclear Accidents: Gerry
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Greenpeace: Governments Reducing Radiation Protection In Areas Contaminated By Fukushima And Chernobyl
Due to economic struggles, Ukraine no longer has enough money to fund the programs keeping people safe from the radiation after the mishap of the Chernobyl power plant. Meanwhile, according to the environmental group, the Japanese government has not done enough to decontaminate the areas surrounding Fukushima, leading to the possibility of recontamination in areas that have been decontaminated. Full Article
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How Much Radiation Can The Human Body Tolerate?
While there’s no way to avoid all radiation in our lives because it exists at anywhere, precautions are the best way to decrease the risk of developing cancer from radiation. Full Article
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Congress faces pressure to help rejected nuclear workers
Even with $12 billion federal program in helping sick nuclear-weapons workers, there are still tens of thousands sick nuclear workers were not able to have the compensation from the U.S. government leading an investigation. Because of the bureaucratic hurdles, many of the sick workers had to fight for their illness and the government in their final years. The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program was launched in 2001. Under this program, 53,000 sickened or dead workers got compensated but the money went to surviving relatives in many cases. On the other hand, 7,762 workers did not get any compensation even
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Advances improve radiation therapy
Every year, there are more than 1 million cancer patients receiving radiation therapy for their treatment. Therefore, the advanced treatment technology is needed in order to reduce the amount of radiation exposure to patience’s critical organs as well as the side-effects. With the Active Breath Control (ABC) technology, women would have less likelihood to suffer from harmful exposure of the heart to radiation during the treatment. The external-beam radiation therapy technology has been improved by boosting the speed and precision of treatment leading a shorter treatment times. Similarly, brachytherapy in the external-beam radiation therapy has been dramatically improved allowing higher
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Tokyo food radiation safety: It’s personal
The attitude toward food safety is rather a personal preference among the Tokyo residents after the Fukushima nuclear plant incidence which led to a serious radiation scare. Checking for food labels may be enough for some consumers, but some take it to the next level by going to the radiation monitoring stations to ensure food safety. On the other hand, many of them already went back to the normal as they were before the disaster. Although the government has been setting up radiation monitoring centers for people to check food safety, getting yes-or-no answers is not easy. People still need
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Fukushima Radiation Continues Spread
Four years after the meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi, tests of hundreds of water samples from the Pacific Ocean have revealed that the nuclear power plant continues to leak radioactive isotopes from the accident. However, the levels are still too low to harm human or ocean life, according to scientists. “Despite the fact that the levels of contamination off our shores remain well below government-established safety limits for human health or to marine life, the changing values underscore the need to more closely monitor contamination levels across the Pacific,” cautions Ken Buesseler, marine radiochemist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Woods
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New 3D mammogram technology reduces radiation exposure
Today, scientists strive to improving technology in order to create safer and more accurate measurement to patience on medical exams. With C-View, women can enjoy more comfortable and lower risk during breast care exams. Minimizing and prevention on radiation exposure can go hand-in-hand. On one side, technology can be introduced to lower the radiation exposure. On the other side, technology can be introduced to alarm the potential radiation exposure. With the patented MVT technology inside, rational detectors Rad Targe II, RadPavise, and Area Radiation Monitor from X-Z LAB can response in less than 2 seconds. The real-time accumulated radiation measurement
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Prolonged Low-Dose Radiation Increases Risk of Cancer Mortality
A recent international study found evidence for a marginal increased risk of dying from cancer due to prolonged low-level radiation exposure. While ionizing radiation has been established as a cause of cancer, previous research that forms the basis for radiation protection standards has mainly focused on people exposed to acute, high-level radiation. Coordinated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the study followed cohorts of over 300,000 people who worked in nuclear industries for an average of 12 years in France, the U.K., and the U.S. Researchers estimated that 209 of the 19,064 deaths from cancers other than
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