Workers and Others
Exposed to Atomic Radiation

Sep 03/00 - Tests show that Gulf war victims suffer from uranium poisoning. - Sunday Times

Aug 23/00 - Brain cancer is high in Port Hope; but not the overall cancer rate.Toronto Star

Aug 23/00 - Radioactive pollution: excess brain cancer in Port Hope. - Hamilton Spectator

July 29/00 - Nuclear nightmare in Kazakhstan: the human fallout. - BBC News

July 24/00 - Japan admits public fears over nuclear energy amid fresh incident. - Agence France Presse

July 20/00 - Another ''safe'' grain of spent nuclear fuel found on Scottish beach. - Reuters

July 17/00 - US radiation safety limits not based on science - General Accounting Office. - Reuters

July 14/00 - ''Nurture (pollutants) not nature (genetics) is main cause of cancer''. - Reuters

July 11/00 - US military ponders cleanup of plutonium-laden soil. - Reuters

Apr 11/00 - Study shows high risk from low-level radiation exposures. - Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Apr 06/00 - Radon gas poses health danger to cave explorers. - New Scientist

Apr 05/00 - Belarus wants bigger slice of Chernobyl cleanup aid. - Reuters

Apr 03/00 - Greenpeace says OECD study shows public at risk from reprocessing. - Reuters

Mar 07/00 - Faulty equipment zapped mine workers with gamma-radiation. - Chronicle-Herald

Mar 04/00 - Cleaning up radioactive pollution in Deloro to exceed $20 million. - Windsor Star

Mar 01/00 - Post-Chernobyl disaster in human reproduction in Belarus. - Reuters

Feb 25/00 - Thailand promises to store radioactive materials safely in future. - Reuters

Feb 23/00 - Radiation leak no setback for Thai nuclear plans, say officials. - AFP

Feb 20/00 - Radioactive nightmare in Thailand due to sale of cobalt-60 scrap. - The Nation

Feb 09/00 - We have a Gulf War Debt to soldiers exposed to health risks. - Toronto Star

Jan 25/00 - Pickering selected for pilot nuclear-related cancer study. - Toronto Star

Jan 21/00 - A health study of native uranium ore carriers will be carried out. - Broadcast News

Jan 21/00 - National program looks for cancer near nuclear sites. - Toronto Star

Jan 18/00 - Police finally search the site of Japan's worst nuclear accident. - Agence France Presse

Dec 23/99 - Paducah uranium plant secretly tracked workers with cancer. - Associated Press

Dec 22/99 - Japanese uranium worker dies after exposure to radiation. - Toronto Star

Dec 17/99 - Port Hope licencing: residents to be tested for radiation damage. - Toronto Star

Dec 16/99 - Port Hope folk ask Ottawa to protect them from radioactivity. - Media Release

Dec 14/99 - Nuclear waste discharged into stream feeding Thames. - The Independent

Dec 14/99 - Ottawa agrees with communities to clean up radioactivity. - NRCan Statement

Dec 12/99 - Serious failures in radiation protection keeps hospital labs shut. - Toronto Star

Dec 12/99 - Safety problems re-surface at the Chernobyl nuclear plant. - Edmonton Sun

Dec 04/99 - Restart of last Chernobyl reactor prompts a look back. - Regina Leader-Post

Dec 02/99 - Chernobyl reactor shut again after radioactive leak. - Agence France Presse

Dec 01/99 - Radioactive materials banned from Toronto medical research labs. - Globe and Mail

Nov 29/99 - Criminal charges laid against gov't for radio-toxic pollution. - National Post

Nov 27/99 - Ukraine restarts 'the most dangerous reactor in the world'. - Ottawa Citizen

Nov 18/99 - Depleted uranium in war zones is from Saskatchewan. - Star-Phoenix

Nov 12/99 - High levels of tritium contamination found in Pembroke. - Globe and Mail

Nov 01/99 - Former nuclear weapons workers report high rate of illnesses. - Canadian Press

Nov 05/99 - Sloppy radiation procedures unacceptable at TO hospital. - Hamilton Spectator

Nov 03/99 - Cape Breton coal miners worry about acute radiation exposures. - Canadian Press

Nov 01/99 - Russians feel the need to take geiger counters to market. - Halifax Chronicle-Herald

Oct 22/99 - Radiation found in childrens' teeth near nuke plants. - Halifax Chronicle-Herald

Oct 21/99 - NATO refuses to cooperate with Depleted Uranium cancer study. - Hamilton Spectator

Oct 09/99 - Korean CANDU radioactive spill was caused by workers' mistakes. - Toronto Star

Oct 08/99 - Police prepare charges against Tokaimura factory operator. - Calgary Herald

Oct 08/99 - Activists find widespread radiation exposure after accident. - Ottawa Citizen

Oct 08/99 - Japan upgrades hazard level: risk equal to Three Mile Island. - Toronto Star

Oct 08/99 - Concerns over radiation exposures from Japan accident. - Winnipeg Free Press

Oct 08/99 - Port Hope fears uranium plant is affecting public health. - Toronto Star

Oct 08/99 - Port Hope residents near refinery demand health study. - Globe and Mail

Oct 04/99 - Nuclear accident in Japan: "What do you mean, oops?" - Ottawa Citizen

Oct 04/99 - Japan launches probe of causes of its worst nuclear disaster. - Toronto Star

Oct 03/99 - Nuclear company told workers to use illegal procedures. - Edmonton Journal

Oct 03/99 - Japan's accident highlights folly of depending on nuclear. - Edmonton Journal

Oct 03/99 - Nuclear company admits it told workers to use illegal procedures. - Edmonton Journal

Oct 03/99 - Japanese firm admits workers were following company's orders. - Toronto Star

Oct 02/99 - Nuclear accident like that in Japan unlikely here, experts say. - Kitchener-Waterloo Record

Oct 02/99 - Nuclear snafu like that in Japan unlikely in Canada, say officials. - Toronto Star

Oct 01/99 - Nuclear fuel processing can get out of control very fast. - Reuters

Oct 01/99 - FOCUS - Japan plant used too much enriched fuel -- watchdogs. - Reuters

Oct 01/99 - A partial chronology of serious nuclear accidents worldwide. - Reuters

Oct 01/99 - U.S. Greens criticize absence of Japanese nuclear safety culture. - Reuters

Oct 01/99 - US and Russia offer to Japan: scientists, robots, medical experts. - Reuters

Oct 01/99 - Calls in Japan for an end to nuclear power and plute shipments. - Reuters

Oct 01/99 - Sumitomo Metal apologises for nuclear accident in Japan. - Reuters

Oct 01/99 - Japan is considering nuclear aid offers from the U.S. and Russia. - Reuters

Oct 01/99 - Calls in Japan for an end to nuclear power and plute shipments. - Reuters

Oct 01/99 - Japan army sends its chemical warfare unit to nuclear site. - Reuters

Oct 01/99 - FOCUS - Japan nuclear accident raises the level of safety fears. - Reuters

Sept 30/99 - Radiation from Japan accident traps 310,000 people in homes. - Toronto Star

Sept 30/99 - Japan releases are 15,000 times normal radiation levels. - Reuters (3:30 pm)

Sept 23/99 - Radioactive ammunition from navy litters seabed off Halifax. - Calgary Herald

Sept 23/99 - Canadian navy fired radioactive rounds off Canada's coasts. - National Post

Sept 22/99 - Tons of uranium litter the ocean floor from navy testing. - CBC National

Sept 2/99 - Contamination from Bomb Testing continues to do harm. - Toronto Star

Aug 28/99 - Danger denied: plutonium leaking from weapons plant. - Regina Leader-Post

Aug 27/99 - Radiation treatment makes patients dangerous to be near. - Reuters

Aug 24/99 - UNEP checks for radioactive fallout from bombing of Yugoslavia. - Reuters

Apr 30/99 - Tritium spills from Indian reactors are cause for concern. - Ottawa Citizen

May 17/99 - International campaign against Depleted Uranium is launched. - Press Release

Aug 15/99 - Uranium plant's past raises workers' suspicion ~ and support. - Knight-Kidder

Aug 13/99 - UNEP to probe Kosovo's radioactive pollution - Agence France Presse English

Aug 10/99 - Probe of plutonium exposures to uranium workers is ordered. - Reuters

Aug 09/99 - Secretary probes plutonium exposures in uranium plant. - Washington Post

Aug 08/99 - Uranium workers in Kentucky were exposed to plutonium. - Washington Post

Aug 08/99 - Plutonium exposures at Chalk River anger MPP Conway. - Ottawa Citizen

Aug 07/99 - Plan to clean up old plutonium plant 5 years behind schedule. - Ottawa Citizen

Aug 06/99 - Pediatrician testifies on medical effects of radiation. - Hearings Testimony

Aug 06/99 - 4 get massive radiation exposure from old plutonium plant. - Ottawa Citizen

Aug 05/99 - Finding lost radioactive gauges cost $300,000. - Halifax Chronicle-Herald

July 26/99 - Radioactive materials in baby teeth suggest link to cancer. - Ottawa Citizen

July 19/99 - Doctors oppose expropriation of Nanoose Bay. - Physicians for Global Survival

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