Radiation Exposure Compensation Act Could Result In Cancer Lawsuits
Radiation Exposure Injury Lawsuits. Uranium industry workers, including uranium miners, uranium mill workers, ore transporters or their survivors, are eligible for compensation under the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) if they contracted certain cancers and other serious diseases as a result of their overexposure to … [Read more...]
Radiation Exposure Due To Cell Phones Side Effects Could Lead To Brain Cancer Lawsuits
Radiation Exposure Due To Cellphones Injury Lawsuits. Are you a heavy cell phone user who has been diagnosed with brain cancer? The possibility that cell phones cause cancer, especially a type of brain tumor known as glioma, has been the subject of fierce debate. A major 10-year survey of cell phone use from 13 countries suggested a … [Read more...]
Radiation Exposure Environmental Contamination Side Effects
Radiation Exposure Injury Lawsuits. When the USS Ronald Reagan responded to Japan’s 2011 tsunami, many on board the craft were not advised that the ship’s desalination system was pulling in sea water that was being used for drinking, cooking, and bathing from near the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Those on the vessel and … [Read more...]
Berkeley Passes Ordinance Requiring Cell Phone Carriers to Warn of Potential Radiation Exposure
Berkeley, California is the first city in the United States to pass an ordinance requiring cell phone retailers to warn about potential radiation exposure. According to The Daily Beast, at least six other cities have tried unsuccessfully to pass this “right to know ordinance”. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has … [Read more...]
Radiation Exposure Environmental Contamination Side Effects
Radiation Exposure And Other Deadly Disease. When the USS Ronald Reagan responded to Japan's 2011 tsunami, many on board the craft were not advised that the ship's desalination system was pulling in sea water that was being used for drinking, cooking, and bathing from near the Fukushima nuclear power plant. Those on the vessel and … [Read more...]
Airport Backscatter X-Ray Scanners Continue to Raise Safety Questions
The Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) is taking another look at the radiation levels emitted from some of its new airport full-body scanners after tests found some devices were emitting radiation that was 10 times higher than normal. Though it will be retesting about 247 backscatter X-ray scanners deployed at airports around … [Read more...]
Japanese Nuclear Crises Sparks Worry over General Electric Nuclear Reactor Design
In the wake of the Japanese nuclear emergency spawned by last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami, questions are being raised about the design of a General Electric nuclear reactor known as the Mark 1. Nuclear opponents have criticized the Mark 1 as inferior to other reactor designs, USA Today reported, saying that its … [Read more...]
