Source: TruthOut
Date: 11/15/2011
by: Michael Grabell of ProPublica
The European Union on Monday prohibited the use of X-ray body scanners
in European airports, parting ways with the U.S. Transportation
Security Administration, which has deployed hundreds of the scanners as a
way to screen millions of airline passengers for explosives hidden
under clothing.
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
11/16/2011 Low-level radiation in Europe still a mystery: IAEA
Source: Reuters
Date:
(Reuters) - The source of low levels of radioactive iodine-131 detected in several European countries over the past few weeks is still unclear, the U.N. nuclear agency said on Wednesday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) first announced on Friday that traces had been detected in Europe, after it was tipped off by authorities in the Czech Republic.
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(Reuters) - The source of low levels of radioactive iodine-131 detected in several European countries over the past few weeks is still unclear, the U.N. nuclear agency said on Wednesday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) first announced on Friday that traces had been detected in Europe, after it was tipped off by authorities in the Czech Republic.
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11/16/2011 Land in parts of Japan 'too radioactive to farm'
Source: The Telegraph
Date: 1:33PM GMT 15 Nov 2011
A team of international researchers said food production would likely be "severely impaired" by the elevated levels of caesium found in soil samples across eastern Fukushima in the wake of meltdowns at the tsunami-hit plant.
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Date: 1:33PM GMT 15 Nov 2011
Farmland in parts of Japan is no longer safe because of high levels of radiation in the soil, scientists have warned, as the country struggles to recover from the Fukushima atomic disaster.
A deserted field and buildings inside the contaminated exclusion zone Photo: David Guttenfelder/Bloomberg
A team of international researchers said food production would likely be "severely impaired" by the elevated levels of caesium found in soil samples across eastern Fukushima in the wake of meltdowns at the tsunami-hit plant.
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