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  • French Polynesia French nuke vets unhappy with compensation: The French National Assembly has approved a bill to compensate the victims of the nuclear tests it carried out in French Polynesia and Algeria for more than three decades. It's the first time the French government has acknowledged it has a legal obligation to compensate the 150,000 military personnel and local staff who may have suffered serious health problems due to exposure to radiation. But the workers aren't happy, saying the new bill falls short of what they need.
  • French nuclear test victims to get compo: The French National Assembly approved a landmark bill on compensating the victims of nuclear tests carried out in French Polynesia and Algeria over more than three decades. Some 150,000 civilian and military personnel took part in 210 nuclear tests carried out in the Sahara desert and the Pacific between 1960 and 1996. Many of them later developed serious health problems.

July 3rd

July 2nd

  • E. coli O157 comes back with a vengeance, and other nasty toxins in meat | Grist: Grist writer Tom Philpott on relationship b/n big ag meat processors (in this case JBS) and contaminated beef.
  • The human cost of gold: And a deadly price to pay | ThisDay: from the page: "VILLAGER S living near a gold mine owned and run by Canada's Barrick Gold Corp. in Tarime District, Mara Region are demanding the immediate closure of the project, saying they are paying a deadly price for the mining activities in the area. Already, scores of people residing around Barrick's North Mara Gold Mine are showing serious signs of exposure to pollution in the form of water contaminated with various chemicals allegedly flowing out of the mine.. They say more than 20 people have died in recent weeks as a direct result of the contaminated water. "..the investors must respect and treat us like human beings.." said Ms Esther Mugusuhi.. Another villager...poi nted an accusing finger at the Tanzanian (home) Government for valuing mining activities by foreign investors more than it values the welfare of its own citizens... Independent medical experts consulted by THISDAY say the villagers could be suffering from cyanide poisoning as a result of expanded mining activity.

July 1st

June 29th

  • Did Iraq Contractor KBR Expose Troops To Deadly Toxin? - cbs4.com: Contractor KBR Inc. Accused Of Exposing Troops In Iraq And Afghanistan To Deadly Contaminants Senate Hearing To Examine How Government Can Take Precautions In Such Situations Larry Roberta's every breath is a painful reminder of his time in Iraq. He can't walk a block without gasping for air. His chest hurts, his migraines sometimes persist for days and he needs pills to help him sleep. James Gentry came home with rashes, ear troubles and a shortness of breath. Later, things got much worse: He developed lung cancer, which spread to his spine, ribs and one of his thighs
  • Madison to filter uranium out of water- The New Haven Register - Serving Greater New Haven, CT: The Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to proceed with an agreement that will allow the Connecticut Water Co. to install a purification system to remove uranium from the water at two schools. A bill was recently passed by the General Assembly that would allow the company to lease land owned by the Legend Hill condominium complex in order to install the system. The town will not have to pay the installation costs. The school district has been providing bottled water for students at Kathleen H. Ryerson Elementary and Dr. Robert H. Brown Middle schools since uranium was detected in the water Nov. 13.
  • West Kentucky Star - Whitfield Works to Protect Sick Workers' Families: U.S. Representative Ed Whitfield (KY-01) introduced legislation Thursday in the House of Representative s, to ensure surviving family members are able to receive the benefits of sick workers from the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in the event the former worker dies before claims processing is complete. The legislation is identical to the bill U.S. Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) introduced in the Senate last week. ?Since entering Congress, ensuring sick workers from the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant get the care and compensation they are entitled to has been one of my top priorities,? Whitfield said. ?This important legislation will help make certain the surviving family members of those workers are taken care of in the event they pass on before claims processing is complete.? Annotated link http://www.dii go.com/bookmar k/http%3A%2F%2 Fwww.westkentu ckystar.com%2F News%2FNationa l---World%2FWh itfield-Works- to-Protect-Sic k-Workers--Fam ilies
  • The Hawk Eye: Ex-IAAP workers reminisce: Leonard W. Duke survived being dragged by a truck when he was 7. Doctors said he wouldn't make it. As he grew older, three doctors subsequently told him he wouldn't live to be 30, another 10 years and to be 50. At 81, he's healthier than many of his fellow former Line 1 workers. Since doctors long have predicted his demise, Duke is not keen on visits to the doctor's office, even after he's suffered some recent dizziness. He does, however, trust Laurence Fuortes and his staff at the University of Iowa's College of Public Health's Burlington Atomic Energy Commission Plant-Former Worker Program. During a luncheon Thursday that honored former Iowa Army Ammunition workers who worked on Line 1 where secret atomic weapons were assembled between 1947 and 1975, people like Duke visited with fellow plant workers and the University of Iowa staff. Annotated link http://www.dii go.com/bookmar k/http%3A%2F%2 Fwww.thehawkey e.com%2FStory% 2Fiaap-062609
  • Soviet-Kazak: NUCLEAR LEGACY: Suddenly, a flash of blinding light burst on the horizon, a deafening roar ripped across the steppe and a huge nuclear mushroom cloud slowly unfurled in the sky. This image still haunts Zheyembek Abishev who was a child when the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear bomb near his village in northern Kazakhstan where generations of his ancestors grazed horses in the quiet wilderness of the steppes. "I was born in 1947 and the explosions started in 1949. I remember it all very clearly," said Abishev, whose village is perched on the fringes of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site. Annotated link http://www.dii go.com/bookmar k/http%3A%2F%2 Fwww.canada.co m%2Fnews%2FNUC LEAR%2BLEGACY% 2F1732188%2Fst ory.html

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