Category: News on Related Issues
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Oak Ridge weapons plant consolidates uranium reserves
NEWSCHANNEL5.COM, OCTOBER 2, 2006 KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Some 240 containers of highly enriched uranium have been relocated and consolidated at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge over the past year. Government officials said today this potentially will save (M) millions of dollars to guard them. The bomb-grade material had been stored in one of…
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Boy battles rare illness
TAMMY BUCKLEY, MANUKAU COURIER, OCTOBER 2, 2006 STICKING TOGETHER: The Pavihi-Kumitau family are staying strong in their search for answers on son and brother Christian’s rare condition. From left Madison, 3, Riley, 8, mum Sifa, and Christian, 10. MARCIA JESSEN/Manukau Courier Ten-year-old Christian Pavihi-Kumitau wants more than anything to walk again. His mother just wants…
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Verdict: Does Gandhigiri work?
CNN-IBN, October 02, 2006 DEBATING GANDHI: The Verdict’s audience discusses whether the Mahatma is still relevant. Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Lage Raho Munnabhai, the Bollywood blockbuster has reinvented Mahatma Gandhi for an entirely new generation of Indians. Munnabhai shows the way on screen, but can Gandhigiri work in real life? How…
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Africa, a toxic dumping ground: The West has been trashing dangerous toxins in Africa for decades, e-waste will make it worse
Luc Gnago, Reuters Residents of Abidjan, Ivory Coast sickened by the toxic waste dumped in the city’s landfills, wait to see doctors. Poisonous fumes have killed seven and made thousands ill. The country’s government has resigned. Thierry Gouegnon, Reuters French waste treatment experts clean up toxic chemicals dumped at a landfill in the Ivory Coast.…
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Agent Orange study findings are flawed: Two scientists involved in 25-year, $140 million study say it may underestimate cancer risks for Vietnam vets
Clark Brooks, GreenvilleOnline.com September 24, 2006 A design flaw in the federal government’s $140 million study of the health effects of Agent Orange on Vietnam veterans has resulted in a quarter-century of inaccurate findings, two scientists involved with the study told The Greenville News. Begun in 1978 to help settle compensation claims, the Air Force…
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On October 2, construction wheels will start rolling at Narmada dam site
Express News Service, September 29, 2006 Gandhinagar: WITH the monsoon over, the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) will resume work at the multi-crore Narmada dam from October 2. The work at dam height of 119 metres had been suspended since July 18 due to rains. SSNNL Director (Civil) A B Mandavia on Friday said…
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Ivory Coast wants Estonian tanker held
PAULINE BAX, ASSOCIATED PRESS, SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 The Probo Koala, blockaded by Greenpeace NEW YORK — Authorities in Ivory Coast asked Estonia to hold a tanker that left hundreds of tons of toxic waste in the West African nation’s main city, as another death was attributed to the foul-smelling substance on Tuesday. A judge heading…
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American verdict in Baghdad: what Saddam Hussein’s trial isn’t exposing
Santa Barbara Independent, September 28, 2006 By Kevin McKiernan, maker of the documentary Good Kurds, Bad Kurds and author of the new book The Kurds: A People in Search of Their Homeland. He has covered the war in Iraq in both Kurdish and Arab areas for ABC News. “Saddam Hussein deserves the ultimate punishment.” Is…
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Agent Orange lawsuit underway in Manitoba
Jeff Keele, CJOB, September 27, 2006 A Saskatchewan lawyer heading up a class action lawsuit against Ottawa is pleading with Manitobans who may have suffered from Agent Orange spraying. The suit, claiming ill health affects because of the defoliant spraying 40 years ago, is proceeding in Manitoba. Lawyer Tony Merchant says they want victims of…
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Toxic tanker's complex trail from Amsterdam to Abidjan
Rohan Minogue, Deutsche Presse-Agentur, September 26, 2006 Amsterdam – The rust-streaked Probo Koala was no stranger to European ports, taking on and offloading petroleum products. But when the tanker had highly toxic waste to discharge, Europe proved too expensive and the cheaper and less regulated shores of West Africa beckoned. Seven died and more than…
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'Africa is the world's septic tank'
Christophe Parayre, Business in Africa Online, September 26, 2006 Dakar – “We talk of globalisation, of the global village, but here in Africa, we are under the impression of being that village’s septic tank,” said Senegalese ecologist Haidar al-Ali. A series of pollution scandals, ranging from the discharge of toxic waste in Ivory Coast to…
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Hazardous waste dump found in Quezon
Delfin Mallari Jr., Inquirer, Manila, September 26, 2006 LUCENA CITY — A dumping site for hazardous chemical wastes has been discovered in a coconut plantation in Candelaria, Quezon, an official of the nationwide environmentalist group Tanggol Kalikasan (TK, Defend Nature) said Tuesday. Juliet Aparicio, TK program officer, said more than 90 plastic and steel drums…
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White House appoints industry-backed extremist as regulatory czar
OMBWATCH, JULY 31, 2006 Corporate special interests are about to have the best friend they could have wished for installed in the White House office that oversees regulatory policy. The White House announced today its intention to nominate Susan Dudley, an anti-regulatory extremist from the industry-funded Mercatus Center, to an obscure but powerful office, where…
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Chemical Insecurity
OMBWATCH, September 26, 2006 Last night, the Homeland Security Appropriations Conference Committee struck a deal to attach chemical security language to the FY 2007 DHS spending bill. The language, agreed upon by Rep. Peter King (R-NY) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) last week, is a retreat from stronger, bipartisan bills pending in both houses and,…
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Why I had to flee my country
Steven Russell, Suffolk & Essex Online, September 26, 2006 CHOMAN Hardi is no stranger to hardship. She was born in Iraqi-controlled Kurdistan in 1974 – the year negotiations broke down with the Baath government. The Kurds had long been fighting for autonomy, but when the revolution was crushed many people fled to neighbouring Iran. Among…