Uranium Contamination: Restoring health, trust, and accountability

You can watch a live stream public conversation about the legacy and future of uranium contamination in the Southwest U.S. Sunday, September 21, 3:30-5:30 PM MT, at Northern Arizona University (NAU). The Uranium Science and Community Health Forum event will bring...

Radiation Harm from EO

This week, Libbe HaLevy of Nuclear Hotseat interviews Cindy Folkers, Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist at Beyond Nuclear. Cindy breaks down what’s wrong with recent nuclear Executive Order (EO) 14300, which asks NRC to recognize a safe radiation dose, and gives...

Shrimp recall widens: Sign petitions on radioactive food

The FDA continues to widened a recall of shrimp packages contaminated with radioactive cesium 137. Various theories abound regarding the exact source of the contamination. As of September 2, the recall encompasses grocery stores, distributors, and wholesalers across...

UPDATE: COMMENT BY JULY 25 — STOP radiation health menace

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), hosted a pre-decisional public meeting on July 16, 1-5:30 PM ET, to take VERBAL comments on Trump Executive Order (EO) 14300 Section 5(b), which directs the NRC to “reconsider” its use of the linear no threshold (LNT) model for...

“Gross mismanagement”: Plan to release tritium is halted

New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) has temporarily paused a plan to vent 30,000 curies of radioactive tritium into the air this summer. NMED, citing significant public interest, is requiring Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) to perform four additional steps...

Reactor radiation harms: Trump’s EO will make this worse

It’s time to set the record straight on radiation and the damage it causes, particularly to pregnancy, children and women. Contrary to what Trump’s recent EO claims, abundant and largely officially ignored, scientific evidence demonstrates that childhood cancers...