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Fukushima Fallout: Ailing US Sailors Sue TEPCO After Exposure to Radiation 30 Times Higher Than Normal
Many of the servicemembers who provided humanitarian relief during the disaster have experienced devastating health ailments since returning from Japan.
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Sri Lanka Bans Monsanto Herbicide Citing Potential Link to Deadly Kidney Disease
Sri Lanka this week ordered a ban on glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's top-selling herbicide Roundup.
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Medicare for All
With government already providing health care for a third of the population, why not make it Medicare for all? This should be a battle cry for progressives, says sociologist …
Reporting on a World of Environmental Catastrophes – All in Just One Month
Record-setting droughts and ferocious storms; the poisoning of our food, air and water; the dying off of species; the unearthing and spread of superbugs and diseases; ever-growing piles of …
Vermont Bus Drivers Strike Over Dangerous Conditions
Municipal bus drivers in northern Vermont are striking today against unsafe conditions, surveillance and discipline, and part-time status, in a show of union solidarity that could prove a powerful …
Truthout Interviews Featuring Candice Bernd on Aging Nuclear Power Plants
Truthout reporter Candice Bernd describes the highly suggestive results of a study of strontium-90 in baby teeth from the central coast region of California near the Diablo Canyon Power …
United Nations: Criminal Sanctions for Drug Use Are “Not Beneficial”
Drug decriminalization rapidly emerging as consensus goal of drug policy, public safety and health stakeholders.
Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Three Years Later: Who Is Responsible?
Nuclear power engineer Arnie Gunderson and journalist Chiho Kaneko discuss a lawsuit to hold General Electric and other reactor manufacturing companies responsible and the Japanese public's attitude toward nuclear …
Study: Nuclear Reactors Are Toxic to Surrounding Areas, Especially With Age
Health in the communities surrounding the Diablo Canyon power plant declined dramatically after the plant was built.
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Polio Continues To Be a Major Threat for Millions of Children
This month the WHO and UNICEF will give polio vaccinations to 10 million children across the Middle East.