Pelican Forces Bugatti into Salt Marsh Nov 14, 2009
Suffers a seizure from radiation sickness caused by his over use of cellphones. His attorney will be suing the telepne industry for 10 trillion dollars. (CBS News)
A Slow Death by NHK-TV "Tokaimura A... Oct 20, 2009
83 Days of Radiation Sickness. In 1999, two workers created an unshielded nuclear reactor in Tokaimura Japan. (Suite101.com)
Milkologists win silly science awards Oct 2, 2009
If people had had cheap, readily available gas masks in the first hours after the disaster, she said, they may have avoided breathing in iodine-131, which causes radiation sickness. The bra-turned-gas masks could have also been useful during the 2001 terrorist attacks, and for women caught outside during the dust storms that recently enveloped Sydney, she said. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Matthew Casey: Nuclear hindsight is 20/20 Aug 12, 2009
Approximately 70,000 died instantly, and an additional 70,000 later succumbed to injuries and radiation sickness. Three days later, a second nuclear weapon was dropped on Nagasaki, ultimately killing about 80,000. (Medfield Press, MA)
Japan marks 64th anniversary of Nagasaki bombing Aug 9, 2009
The attack, which occurred at 11:02 am, killed an estimated 74,000 people by the end of 1945, and many more later from radiation sickness. Statistics showed that to date the atomic bombing has claimed a total of 149,226 lives in Nagasaki, including 3,304 people who died from injuries related to the bombing in the past year. (India Times, India)
Remember history of WWII atomic bombs Aug 6, 2009
Roman Roland and Sgt. Ralph J. Neal took two days to die of radiation sickness. Emperor Hirohito only agreed to surrender after two atomic bombs were dropped and the Soviet Union had successfully invaded Manchuria. (The Pantagraph newspaper)
The horror of Hiroshima lives on Aug 5, 2009
In addition to those who died immediately, or soon after the bombings, tens of thousands more would succumb to radiation sickness and other radiation-induced maladies in the months, and then years, that followed. In an article written while he was teaching math at Tufts University in 1983, Tadatoshi Akiba calculated that, by 1950, another 200,000 people had died as a result of the Hiroshima bomb, and 140,000 more were dead in Nagasaki. (Asia Times Online)
On this earth -- peace Aug 2, 2009
The city was incinerated on the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, and some 140,000 people perished, with tens of thousands more dying later from radiation sickness. But almost immediately Hiroshima set about to rebuild itself, a task that posed a particular challenge. (Boston Globe)
Countdown's on for humans to return to moon Jul 20, 2009
Such a structure below the surface would protect people against solar and cosmic galactic radiation that can cause cancer, cataracts, acute radiation sickness, hereditary effects and damage to the central nervous system. A long-term plan would involve transforming lunar lava tubes -- tunnels created by lava flow -- into underground homes for people. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The Dumbest Idea on the Planet Jun 26, 2009
What the evil ones would most probably do if they got their hands on Pakistani nukes is die of radiation sickness. Still, if we re really worried about Pakistan s nuclear weapons, we can have our $2 billion bombers and submarines blow them up. (The American Conservative)
Obama is facing sea of troubles Jun 23, 2009
"Right. Just what we need: to be the only country who has used nuclear weapons on the people of two different countries. Have you ever checked on the still occurring radiation sickness and death in Japan? Do you really think we can justify that sort of thing yet again and not be thought of by the whole world as the cat that the whole world has to figure out how to but a bell on?And, what about the million man army that would come rolling out of North Korea if any conflict starts there again? Are... (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Deaths in the news: Charles Albury Jun 6, 2009
An additional 35,000 died from injuries and radiation sickness. Japan surrendered Aug. 14. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Obituaries in the news Jun 5, 2009
Another 35,000 residents died from injuries and radiation sickness. Japan surrendered on Aug. 14. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Chernobyl fallout still lingers in Britain after 20 years May 14, 2009
The Sydney Morning Herald - Business News, World News & Breaking News in Australia Skip directly to: Search Box, , , Text Version. Terry Macalister and Helen Carter in London. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter To Help Astronauts Survive On Moon's Forbidding Frontier May 8, 2009
Low doses over time can increase the risk of cancer by mutating DNA. High doses in short periods, like what can be experienced during a solar storm, can cause acute radiation sickness, leading to organ failure or even death. Astronauts beyond Earth orbit will need spacecraft and shelters that shield them from space radiation. (Science Daily)
