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Radiation risks from Fukushima Nuclear Plant ‘no longer negligible’

By on April 12, 2011 in nuclear power, Pollution, RAINHARVEST, RAINWATER, RAINWATER COLLECTION, RAINWATER HARVESTING, RAINWATER SYSTEMS, RAINWATER TANKS, SOLAR ENERGY, SOLAR GEYSERS, solar panels, TANK STANDS, TENK, WATER, WATER CONSERVATION, water pollution, WATER SYSTEMS, WATER TANK, WATER TANK PRICES, YES SOLAR

The risks associated with iodine-131 contamination in Europe are no longer “negligible,” according to CRIIRAD, a French research body on radioactivity. The NGO is advising pregnant women and infants against “risky behaviour,” such as consuming fresh milk or vegetables with large leaves. Background After the radioactive cloud emanating from Japan’s stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant reached […]

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Japanese radiation found in Canadian water

By on April 6, 2011 in Pollution, rainwater, rainwater harvesting, solar energy, water and energy, water and health, water conservation, water crisis, water pollution, water tanks

Radioactive traces from the crippled Japanese nuclear plant in Fukushima have been found in water in the Canadian city of Vancouver. But the levels were extremely low, according to the Canadian Health Ministry and well-known experts in the Pacific province of British Colombia. “Levels of radioactive Iodine-131 rose seven days after the reactor accident in […]

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