Iodine Pills Curb Radiation-Induced Cancer Risk May 25, 2005
They think, based on their study, that giving iodine pills to iodine-deficient populations may substantially reduce the risk of thyroid cancer from radioactive iodine exposure in childhood that may occur after radiation accidents or during medical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in April 1986 led to widespread radioactive contamination, especially in parts of Belarus, the Russian Federation, and the Ukraine. (MEDLINEplus)
Supplements May Cut Thyroid Cancer Risk From Radiation May 18, 2005
"This result has important public health implications in the case of exposure to radioactive iodines in childhood that may occur after radiation accidents or during medical diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Indeed, stable iodine supplementation in iodine-deficient populations may reduce the subsequent risk of radiation-related thyroid cancer in these situations," the study authors wrote. More information. (Health-Finder)
Irradiated Nuclear Cleanup Workers Denied Medical Care for More ... Sep 26, 2003
Northern Fleet incidents Background information and news about the numerous accidents and incidents that involve the nuclear vessels in the Northern Fleet. ST PETERSBURG - All eleven radiation cleanup workers who were irradiated at Gremikha Naval Base on the Kola Peninsula on July 11th and 14th while dismantling solid radioactive waste are not, as Russia's Ministry of Atomic Energy, or Minatom, has said, in good health and none received medical care until 44 days after the accident occurred, a... (Bellona, UK)
Nonsense: Radiation Accident Occurred Unnoticed Sep 29, 2003
Workers from SevRAO, a division of the Ministry for Nuclear Power, exposed to extra radiation were sent for medical examination just in a month. A source of the Bellona environmental foundation in Gremikha reports that workers who had been exposed to radiation while liquidation of a non-permanent depository of solid nuclear wastes on July 11 and 14, 2003 were sent for special medical examination just in a month after the incident (Pravda, Russia)
Military hospital holds radiation contamination drill Nov 26, 2003
The nation's best military hospital demonstrated its radiation-accident management capabilities for the first time in an radiation leak simulation yesterday. The hospital's radiation-accident management center boasts the best facilities in the country for the treatment of radiation contamination (Taipei Times, Taiwan)
Russian Supreme Court: Bellona suit to declassify information ... Jan 7, 2004
Russian Supreme Court: Bellona suit to declassify information on Soviet-era nuclear sub accidents. In a rare and grudging moment of openness from Russian authorities regarding submarine accidents, Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov (right) addresses reporters about the sinking of the K-159 while naval commander Vladimir Kuroyedov stands behind his shoulder (Bellona, UK)
Good rays
Can a little radiation actually be good for your health? Oct 25, 2004
The aftermath of atomic bomb explosions and fallout from nuclear weapons tests and radiation accidents are proof of this. But some experts believe a little radiation may actually be good for you. (BBC News -- Health)
