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- Chelyabinsk Nuclear Disasters - Nuclear contamination in the Chelyabinsk Region of Russia is considered much higher than radiation in the Chernobyl area. Excerpts of an article.
www.logtv.com/chelya/cheldis.html
- Coal Combustion - Article discusses coal combustion which produces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. Releases from coal combustion also contain naturally occurring radioactive materials.
www.ornl.gov/ORNLReview/rev26-34/text/colmain.html
- Downwinders - A research and educational foundation dedicated to protecting citizens from nuclear and radiation hazards.
www.downwinders.org
- Fallout Report - Estimated exposures and thyroid doses received by the American people from Iodine-131 in fallout following Nevada atmospheric nuclear bomb tests. National Cancer Institute report to US Congress.
rex.nci.nih.gov/massmedia/Fallout/index.html
- Human Toll of Nuke Tests A Lesson for South Asia - IPS Environment Bulletin discusses the consequence of nuclear weapons tests and fallout on surrounding area populations.
www.ips.org/Critical/Enviroment/Environ/env1209003.htm
- Massachusetts Urged to Stockpile Potassium Iodide - News from the Union of Concerned Scientists recommends that potassium iodide be stockpiled to protect public health in event of an accident at a nuclear facility.
www.ucsusa.org/releases/12-22-99.html
- Nuclear Fallout From Nevada Bomb Tests - National Cancer Institute study to estimate Iodine (I-131) doses from nuclear fallout from Nevada atmospheric nuclear bombs tests. Includes map of US fallout area.
rex.nci.nih.gov/INTRFCE_GIFS/WHTNEW_INTR_97.htm#anchor3455934
- Rat Haus Reality Radiation - Information about the health costs of man-made low-level ionizing radiation. Index and full text of many articles and books.
www.ratical.org/radiation
- The Committee For Nuclear Responsibility - Non-profit, public interest association founded by Dr John Gofman. Interested in health costs of low-level ionizing radiation.
www.ratical.org/radiation/CNR
- Tooth Fairy Project - Radiation and Public Health Project (RPHP) baby teeth study of the levels of radioactive strontium-90 (Sr-90) in baby teeth, to determine whether these levels are higher around nuclear facilities than in the rest of the country.
radiation.org
- Uranium Skies: What Was Aboard Flight 1862? - Earth Island Institute article on plane crash in Holland exposes a global health threat from depleted uranium (DU) in aircraft.
www.earthisland.org/eijournal/win2000/fe_win2000uranium.html
- Victims of the Nuclear Age - The nuclear industry underestimate the real cost of nuclear power. Rosalie Bertell calculates the real number of victims of the nuclear age. The Ambassadors.
ambassadors.net/archives/issue8/opinions_nuclear.htm
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