Nuclear and Food

When India let Chernobyl-contaminated butter enter its kitchen

When India let Chernobyl-contaminated butter enter its kitchen

Chernobyl, Europe, Featured, Nuclear Accidents, Nuclear and Food April 30, 2018 at 8:27 am 0 comments

Sonali Huria | CatchNews The nuclear accident at Chernobyl last week marked its 32nd anniversary as we continue to discuss if nuclear lobbies and governments have engendered further devastation by their stout refusal to learn from the accident. It remains an undeniable truth that the calamitous accident and its multi-facetedRead More

New Study Finds Fukushima’s Radiation Will Poison Food “for Decades,”

New Study Finds Fukushima’s Radiation Will Poison Food “for Decades,”

Fukushima, Nuclear and Food, Radiation and Health June 23, 2017 at 4:06 pm 0 comments

Now, researchers say, radioactive isotopes that were spread across Japan (and beyond) by the meltdowns will continue to contaminate the food supply for a very long time.

Fukushima: Radiation spreads into Japanese food supply

Fukushima: Radiation spreads into Japanese food supply

Fukushima, Nuclear and Food December 1, 2011 at 8:12 am Comments are Disabled

The government on Tuesday ordered a ban on the shipment of rice harvested in two more districts in Fukushima Prefecture, after tests detected dangerously high levels of radioactive cesium. Chief Cabinet Secreatary Osamu Fujimura said the central government has instructed Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato to impose the ban on aboutRead More

Radiation in Our Food

Radiation in Our Food

Nuclear and Food, Nuclear Energy June 30, 2011 at 9:32 am 0 comments

    Though the horrendous tsunami that hit Japan on March 12, 2011 seems like old news in the midst of today’s headlines, the crippled nuclear power plants at Fukishima Daichi continue to spew radiation into water, air and soil, with no end in sight. Even as thousands of JapaneseRead More