Tag: radiation
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#MorningMonarchy: October 10, 2017
Smartphone dystopia, altered algorithms and radiation-blocking boxers + this day in history w/the Outer Space Treaty and our song of the day by Nick Hakim on your Morning Monarchy for October 10, 2017.
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#MorningMonarchy: July 7, 2017
Propaganda 101, retraction action and Saudi suitors + this day in history w/7/7 and our song of the day by Public Service Broadcasting on your Morning Monarchy for July 7, 2017.
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#MorningMonarchy: March 28, 2017
Strange times, solar radiation management and orbiting colonies + this day in history w/Three Mile Island and our song of the day by Thievery Corporation on your Morning Monarchy for March 28, 2017.
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#MorningMonarchy: March 15, 2016
President Google, source code and face pay + this day in history w/the first Internet domain and our song of the day by Tokimonsta w/Jonny Pierce of The Drums on your Morning Monarchy for March 15, 2016.
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#MorningMonarchy: February 29, 2016
Dismantling the jungle, arming the enemy and muzzling the outspoken + this day in history w/Mammy and our song of the day by Violent Femmes on your Morning Monarchy for February 29, 2016.
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Source of Fukushima Radioactive Leak Discovered After 3 Years
from rt.com: The source of the radioactive leak at the earthquake-stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was finally identified by the facility’s operator TEPCO to be in the primary containment vessel of reactor 3, authorities reported. It was in January when the crew of the plant first noticed that water was leaking through to the…
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Minute Traces of Radiation from Fukushima Discovered in West Coast Albacore Tuna
from oregonstate.edu: Albacore tuna caught off the Oregon shore after the Fukushima Daiichi power station in Japan was destroyed in a 2011 earthquake had slightly elevated levels of radioactivity but the increase has been minute, according to a newly published study. In fact, you would have to consume more than 700,000 pounds of the fish…
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Efforts to Zap Bacteria in Food are Slow to Catch Hold?
from washingtonpost.com: The nuclear energy that Frank Benso uses to kill bacteria in fruit and oysters has won widespread support from public health officials and scientists, who say it could turn the tide against the plague of foodborne illness. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of radiation to wipe out pathogens in…
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Helicopter Over Baltimore To Monitor Radiation
from baltimore.cbslocal.com: Homeland Security officials will conduct tests this week that could save lives and they’ll be done from a helicopter flying extremely low over the city. Officials will test for radiation so they can respond more quickly in case of a nuclear or dirty bomb attack… Eyes to the sky will notice an unusual…
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Japan’s ‘Toxic’ Monster Creeping Towards USA
from foxnews.com: An enormous debris field is creeping toward the U.S. in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunami that shook Japan in 2011, killing nearly 16,000 people and launching 1.5 million tons of floating objects into the sea. That most concentrated part of the junk field is easily broader than Texas and centered…
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Asian Spying Said to Focus on U.S. Radiation-Hardened Electronics
from nationaljournal.com: The Pentagon has documented a sharp increase in military espionage from the Asia-Pacific region that focuses on specialized electronics designed to withstand radiation, such as that caused by nuclear warfare or accidents, according to an official review released last week. For a number of years, foreign entities from East Asia and the Pacific…
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‘Eat and Support’ #Fukushima Rice, Without Knowing and Without Choice
from FukushimaUpdate.com: From rice to be grown and harvested in 2013, the national government is buying up 250,000 tonnes for the government’s rice reserve; of that, 40,000 tonnes, or 16%, may come from Fukushima Prefecture. The Fukushima prefectural government is encouraging farmers to participate in the government bidding if they fear “baseless rumors” driving down…
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Fukushima Meltdown Correlates to Hypothyroidism In American Infants
Children born in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington were 28 percent more likely to suffer from congenital hypothyroidism.

