Category: News on Related Issues
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N-waste? Madonna has a solution
ABUL TAHER, THE SUNDAY TIMES, AUGUST 21, 2006 Despite being told their ideas defy the laws of physics, the material girl and her film-maker husband believe Kabbalah fluid can be given magical powers, writes Abul Taher MADONNA and her husband, Guy Ritchie, have been lobbying the British Government and nuclear industry over a magic cleaning…
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Make cleaning up dioxins a priority
EDITORIAL, DETROIT FREE PRESS, AUGUST 18, 2006 Areas downriver from the Dow Chemical Co. plant in Midland need to be cleaned up once and for all. A thorough research project the University of Michigan conducted shows that although residents in the affected area have only slightly higher-than-normal dioxin levels in their bloodstream, they are clearly…
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Court expands Agent Orange coverage
MATT APUZZO, WASHINGTON POST, AUGUST 18, 2006 WASHINGTON — Veterans who patrolled the waters off Vietnam can claim disability benefits for exposure to Agent Orange under an appeals court ruling that opens the door for thousands of servicemen to seek medical coverage. The ruling was handed down by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans…
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Kurdistan Regional Government statement: Crimes of Halabja gassing, Anfal and Arabisation
OFFICE OF KRG SPOKESMAN KHALED SALIH The Kurdistan Regional Government issues the following statement concerning the crimes that were committed against the people of Kurdistan by the Iraqi government. 17 August 2006, Erbil, Kurdistan – Iraq (KRG) – The people of Kurdistan have been victims of internationally recognised crimes against humanity committed by Iraqi governments,…
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Anfal: The Kurdish Genocide in Iraq
KHALED SALIH, GVTEBORGS UNIVERSITET Iraq and the Kurds: a bibliographic essay (1) In October 1988, while the destruction of Kurdistan and the mass killing of the Kurds by the Iraqi regime was a well-known fact, though understandably not documented, at least in the West, Milton Viorst published a peculiar article in the International Hearald Tribune…
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Dow's dioxin getting into people too
Dioxin from Dow’s contamination of mid-Michigan is getting into people, according to the results of a large study released yesterday. The $15 million dollar Dow-funded study found that consumption of fish and wildgame and living in contaminated areas resulted in increased levels of dioxin and related toxic chemicals in blood. “From worms to butterflies and…
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Higher dioxin levels linger near Dow plant
TINA LAM, DETROIT FREE PRESS, AUGUST 16, 2006 Study: Soil close to homes is only partly to blame A study released Tuesday shows that people who live in contaminated areas of Midland and Saginaw counties near Dow Chemical Co.’s massive manufacturing complex have slightly higher amounts of dioxin — one of the most potent toxic…
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New Zealand government will compensate veterans and their children for Agent Orange damage, but not with cash
COMPILED FROM REPORTS ON NEWSTALK ZB, AUCKLAND, AUGUST 14 & 15, 2006 The Government says it is committed to making sure Vietnam Veterans and their children will get redress for the impacts of Agent Orange, but compensation will not come in the form of cash handouts. The Government and veterans have held a meeting to…
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High and dry thanks to Narmada dam
Kishore Solanki picks up a rock on the banks of India’s swollen Narmada River, gesturing toward land, now submerged, where once he grew enough wheat and vegetables to make a comfortable living. “If someone offers you this stone in exchange for fertile land, would you take it?” he asked. Solanki is a tribal farmer, typical…
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Study: People near Dow Chemical plant have higher dioxin levels
JOHN FLESHER, DETROIT FREE PRESS, AUGUST 15, 2006 Residents of some areas near the Dow Chemical Co. plant in Midland, Mich., have higher levels of dioxins in their bodies than people studied elsewhere, a University of Michigan study found. But pollution from Dow is just one possible reason for the difference — and a small…
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Agent Orange testing ground receives clean bill of health
TORONTO STAR, AUGUST 11, 2006 OROMOCTO, N.B.—Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, once a testing ground for the infamous war defoliant Agent Orange, has been given a clean bill of health. Independent researchers hired by the federal government to study the impact of herbicide spraying at the sprawling New Brunswick military base have determined present-day levels of…
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The Green Line: Can you just say ‘no’ to good mushrooms gone bad?
TALLI NAUMAN, THE HERALD, MEXICO, AUGUST 14, 2006 As a wild mushroom hunter and consumer, I feel great empathy for the family who became the victim of fatal mushroom poisoning this month in Mexico’s southern state of Chiapas. A tragedy from misidentifying a mushroom or from other food poisoning could beset any family. But this…
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Doing the dirty work to save the sinking city of Venice
GINA SPECIALE, SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY, AUGUST 14, 2006 Three years ago, microbiologist Rick Gersberg left his office at the Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University to take on one of the biggest projects of his career: Help save the sinking city of Venice. His mission: determine the environmental safety of…
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Second expansion of Oak Ridge landfill being prepared
ASSOCIATED PRESS, AUGUST 14, 2006 The Energy Department is planning a second expansion of a nuclear waste landfill at Oak Ridge. It will bring waste capacity to 1.7 million cubic yards. That’s the maximum allowable under an agreement with environmental regulators. A spokesman for the department’s environmental contractor says the design for a fifth cell…
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Coke-and-dagger
INDRAJIT HAZRA, HINDUSTAN TIMES, AUGUST 14, 2006 There is a 300 ml half-empty bottle of Coca-Cola on my table as I write this. If I’m a pessimist — and if I was terrified by the latest Centre of Science and Environment (CSE) findings about pesticide residue in my Coke — I would have seen a…