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Health Dec 20

‘This is a moral failure.’ A Missouri community says leftover radioactive waste is making them sick

By Gabrielle Hays

Politics Mar 07

A person walks past the Senate side of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington
Senate passes bill to compensate Americans exposed to radiation by the government

The Senate has passed legislation that would compensate Americans exposed to radiation by the government by renewing a law initially passed more than three decades ago.

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Jim Salter, Associated Press

Science Sep 13

IPhone 12 phones are seen at the new Apple Store on Broadway in downtown Los Angeles
French regulators say iPhone 12 emits too much radiation, Apple must take it off market

French regulators have ordered Apple to stop selling the iPhone 12, saying it emits electromagnetic radiation levels that are above European Union standards for exposure.

By Kelvin Chan, Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press

Nation Oct 17

The Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility is seen at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Washington. Photo taken in 2005. Photo by Jeff T. Green/Getty Images
Radioactive waste found at Missouri elementary school

Environmental investigation consultants have found significant radioactive contamination at an elementary school in suburban St. Louis where nuclear weapons were produced during World War II.

By Jim Salter, Associated Press

World Mar 31

A general view shows a New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine April 20, 2018. Photo by Gleb Garanich/REUTERS
Ukraine power company says Russians are leaving Chernobyl site after radiation exposure

The site operator says the exit comes after soldiers got "significant doses" of radiation from digging trenches at the highly contaminated site.

By Nebi Qena, Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press

Dec 11

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How radio frequency waves ended a CIA officer’s career

The mysterious ailments that afflicted U.S. employees in Cuba and China in 2016 and 2017 were likely due to “pulsed radio frequency energy,” a new report found. Intelligence officials say Russia is the most likely culprit. Nick Schifrin spoke with…

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Aug 13

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What we know about deadly radiation explosion at Russian military site

An explosion at a Russian missile testing site last week killed at least seven people and caused widespread fears of a radiation leak. While officials offered little clarity, analysts believe the Russians were testing a nuclear-powered cruise missile – one…

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Oct 20

Why radiation protection experts are concerned over EPA proposal

By Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, The Conversation

The Trump administration’s Environmental Protection Agency solicited the advice of a controversial toxicologist, Edward Calabrese, to consider changes to how it regulates radiation.

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Oct 02

Trump’s EPA is moving to weaken regulation on radiation exposure

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The Trump administration is turning to scientific outliers who argue that a bit of radiation damage is actually good for you — like a little bit of sunlight.

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Jul 24

California wines contain Fukushima radiation, and it’s not a bad thing

By Amanda Grennell

In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster, cesium-137 made its way through the atmosphere to vineyards in Napa Valley. But the small amount of radiation poses more of a threat to wine counterfeiters than to your body.

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