Fukushima's children at centre of debate over rates of thyroid cancer

Free Birth Control does not Encourage Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Women: Study -- Yes, this study was a thing.

Thousands of bees attack woman in California

Tampa family sickened by LSD-tainted beef -- This story doesn't make sense to me, unless the family ate steak tartare. ( Read more... )

Japan halts last nuclear reactor at Ohi

Man seeking help after North Carolina car crash shot by police -- That must rank among the worst ways to die.

Michigan bridges considered 'deficient,' 'critical' -- I shouldn't have to go to the San Francisco Chronicle to find out about Michigan bridges.

Earlier speakers, readers may be more likely to ( Read more... )

Fukushima leak is 'much worse than we were led to believe'

Report: NSA can see 75% of U.S. Web messages

Senator cites fried chicken as one reason blacks live in poverty

More: Sparks fly after Sen. Marble's 'chicken' comment in poverty hearing | Senator Vicki Marble's Ignorant Comments on Race and Diet

Uruguay's marijuana experiment: The Latin ( Read more... )

More Than Two Years After Meltdown, Doubt and Fear Remain Over Fukushima's Safety

After Chernobyl, complexity surrounds local health problems -- These first two links are current.

Here are some of the articles written contemporaneously about Chernobyl. These are from the Chicago Tribune, which did not report on the disaster until four days after ( Read more... )

Japan nuclear plant confirms meltdown of two more reactors

The operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant said fuel rods in two more reactors were likely to have suffered a meltdown soon after they were crippled by the 11 March earthquake and tsunami in north-east Japan ( Read more... )

TEPCO CEO apologizes for nuclear reactor damage -- "TEPCO's President Masataka Shimizu was taken to hospital on Tuesday suffering from fatigue and stress." Part of me truly believes this is a polite way of saying 'nervous breakdown'.

Analysis: Japan's nuclear nightmare set to run and run

Tepco’s Reactors May Take 30 Years, $12 Billion to Scrap

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When the Fukushima Meltdown Hits Groundwater

Tokyo Electric Discovers Plutonium in Soil Near Damaged Fukushima Reactor -- "Radiation levels that can prove fatal have been detected outside reactor buildings at the plant for the first time, complicating efforts to contain the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986."

How dangerous is nuclear ( Read more... )

Last summer, for a short, intense while, I reviewed information about Chernobyl. It was in living memory, technically, but I was a bit young (in terms of political awareness) when that occurred.

What is being said now about Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant sounds like the ghost of Chernobyl just woke up. I swear, some of the same phrasing is ( Read more... )