by Sarah Gabrielle Baron
Interviews with experts on nuclear power and nuclear waste in Canada.
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November 5, 2023
Dr. Ian Fairlie, an international consultant on radioactivity in the nuclear industry, provides details and warnings for Canadians drinking tap water in Ottawa, or living near a CANDU reactor. The interview closes with Dr. Fairlie's stark warning for the world due to Canada's leadership pursuing reprocessing of nuclear fuels.
April 6, 2023
<p>For Dr. Helen Caldicott's website, go <a href="https://www.helencaldicott.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">here</a>. Specifically, information on the effects of radionuclides <a href="https://www.helencaldicott.com/books/nuclear-power-is-not-the-answer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">can be found here</a>. </p> <p>Watch<em> </em>Dr. Caldicott's Academy Award winning documentary<a href="https://youtu.be/7FjgBBQFmGs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><em>If You Love This Planet </em></a><em> </em>informing the world on the truth about nuclear war. Follow<em> </em><a href="https://psr.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Physicians for Social Responsibility</a> and <a href="https://www.ippnw.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War</a> , support <a href="https://www.icanw.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">ICAN - International Campaign for the Abolishment of Nuclear Weapons</a> and follow our planet's implementation of the <a href="https://treaties.un.org/pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">U.N. TPNW - Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons</a>. </p> <p>Follow Dr. Caldicott's inspirations: buy Nevil Shute's book <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/38180"><em>On the Beach</em></a><em> or</em> Germaine Greer's <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/98532.The_Female_Eunuch"><em>The Female Eunich</em></a>. Read the international court of justice ruling on <a href="https://www.icj-cij.org/case/59">French atmospheric testing</a><em>. </em></p> <p><em>Episode fact review: </em></p> <p><a href="https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/radioiodine-in-the-environment/52214/"><strong>Iodine131</strong></a> mimics iodine; airborn; lands on grass and bio-concentrates in grass then in cow's milk; passed to us and causes thyroid cancer. </p> <p><a href="https://academic.oup.com/jrr/article/57/6/607/2605895"><strong>Cesium137</strong></a> mimics potassium; beta emitter and gamma emitter; causes muscle, brain, ovarian cancer. </p> <p><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/emergencies/isotopes/strontium.htm"><strong>Strontium90</strong></a> mimics calcium; lasts 200 years; beta and gamma emitter; causes osteogenic carcinoma (bone cancer). </p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg3QdnOm6NA"><strong>Tritium</strong> </a>mimics hydrogen; unites with oxygen to make H30 tritiated water that enters through skin and gut; causes birth defects and cancers, particularly leukemia. </p>
September 4, 2022
<p>A small group of citizens tries to hold the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to task after it blindly approved BWXT, a US arms producer, into the next decade. This facility creates nuclear fuel, and is located in the heart of a small Canadian city. Learn more at <a href="https://www.nopellets.ca/">nopellets.ca</a> </p>
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