radiation

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• 8/15/2021
  

  Children's Teeth, Collected Decades Ago, Can Show the Damage of Nuclear Testing

  by Lawrence Wittner and Joseph Mangano

  The Radiation and Public Health Project will use thousands of baby teeth collected for a discontinued 1960s study of radiation exposure to assess the health toll of nuclear testing. 

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• SOURCE: Associated Press
  9/2/2020
  

  Cancer Cases Likely in Those Exposed to New Mexico Atomic Test

  National Cancer Institute findings suggest that it is likely that some people exposed to fallout from the Trinity atomic bomb tests got cancer as a result. However, the incomplete data available make it unclear if the findings will help advance legislation to compensate "downwinders" for health damage.   

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• 8-7-14
  

  This Makes People Invisible

  by Robert Jacobs

  It's radiation.  Victims realize they are expendable and that their government and even their society are no longer invested in their well-being.

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• Fracking Could Release Radiation from Old Nuclear Tests

  by Scott Kaufman

  Storax Sedan nuclear test, 1962, a part of Project Plowshare.“Nuclear explosives” versus “nuclear power.” The former raises images of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan, or the atomic tests held in the Pacific Ocean or at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). The latter is suggestive of civilian applications of the atom, specifically, atomic power plants that generate electricity. Yet the idea of using nuclear devices to find a way to meet Americans’ demand for energy received serious consideration during the Cold War. Indeed, tests conducted decades ago to stimulate natural gas production are once again making news.