Health

High radioactive cesium levels detected in worms 20 km from nuke plant

February 6, 2012

Radioactive cesium registering some 20,000 becquerels per kilogram has been found in worms 20 kilometers from the damaged Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The cesium was detected by a team including Motohiro Hasegawa, chief researcher in soil zoology at Japan’s Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute. Worms are a source of food for many wild [...]

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Illinois nuclear plant loses power. What got vented into the air?

January 31, 2012

Nuclear regulators are keeping close tabs on an Illinois nuclear plant after a loss of off-site power to the plant Monday morning. One of two reactors at the Byron nuclear power plant shut down when a transformer supplying electricity to the plant failed. Backup generators immediately kicked in to supply electricity to the reactor’s safety [...]

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National DNA database needed for personalised medicine drive

January 26, 2012

This is not a personalized medicine drive but rather a national DNA biometric registry to determine who is valuable to the state. This is DNA selective eugenics. Document Via Cryptogon: Building on our inheritance: Genomic technology in healthcare Source: Telegraph At the moment the health service is just starting to offer patients genetic testing, for [...]

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Fukushima Headlines

January 16, 2012

Evacuees may move due to radioactive concrete Radioactive gravel likely shipped to over 200 companies

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TSA to test its airport scanner operators for radiation exposure

January 16, 2012

After years of rebuffing health concerns over airport scanners, the Transportation Security Administration plans to conduct new tests on the potential radiation exposure from the machines at more than 100 airports nationwide. But the TSA does not plan to retest the machines or passengers. Instead, the agency plans to test its airport security officers to [...]

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Leaked documents reveal US diplomats actually work for Monsanto

January 11, 2012

Biotech giant Monsanto has been genetically modifying the world’s food supply and subsequently breeding environmental devastation for years, but leaked documents now reveal that Monsanto has also deeply infiltrated the United States government. With leaked reports revealing how U.S. diplomats are actually working for Monsanto to push their agenda along with other key government officials, [...]

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IBM wins diet monitoring and reward patent

December 30, 2011

Does your employer offer a “wellness rebate program?” No? Then you can’t be working for IBM, which has been bribing its staff to eat healthier since 2004. It’s a Watson-worthy idea, because what the company pays out in incentives it recoups in lower healthcare costs. Now, after a decade of toing and froing with the [...]

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BPA Tied to Behavior Problems in Girls

October 24, 2011

In a new study of Cincinnati-area kids, girls exposed to higher levels of bisphenol A before birth had more behavioral problems and were more anxious and over-active than those only exposed to small amounts of the chemical. The finding doesn’t prove that moms who have more contact with BPA, which is used to make plastics [...]

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U.S. manufacturers conceal radiation’s existence in tabacco: study

October 1, 2011

Tobacco companies concealed the knowledge of radioactive substance in cigarettes from public for over four decades, a new study revealed. The revelation was made by a research team from the University of California, Los Angeles, published on Thursday in the online edition of the U.S. medical journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research. The researchers analyzed 27 [...]

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Allegations Of Evidence Destruction, Coverup At Ft. Detrick

September 16, 2011

Allegations of destruction of evidence and a coverup by Ft. Detrick are expected to come when an activist group in Frederick announces new legal action Wednesday. Tuesday night, a state senator told 9News Now he will ask for a congressional investigation of any claims that evidence was purposefully destroyed. This allegation marks an escalation in the [...]

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Kids who drink raw milk have less asthma, allergies

September 14, 2011

Children who drink raw milk are less likely to develop asthma and allergies than those who stick to the safer pasteurized version, according to a large European study. Although the study isn’t ironclad proof that the effects can be chalked up to raw milk itself, researchers believe certain milk proteins that are destroyed by heat [...]

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IBM’s Watson to diagnose medical problems and authorize treatments

September 12, 2011

IBM’s supercomputer system, best known for trouncing the world’s best “Jeopardy!” players on TV, is being tapped by one of the nation’s largest health insurers to help diagnose medical problems and authorize treatments. WellPoint Inc., which has 34.2 million members, will integrate Watson’s lightning speed and deep health care database into its existing patient information, [...]

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