Prairie Island Indian Community Calls for Permanent Nuclear-Waste Solution

ICTMN Staff
September 05, 2012
A “temporary” dump of nuclear waste on power plant lands adjoining the Prairie Island Indian Community’s lands has outstayed its welcome, and tribal leaders are blanching at news t...

Mutant Butterflies Show Effects of Fukushima Radiation

ICTMN Staff
August 14, 2012
Before (above) and after the Fukushima nuclear-plant meltdown: Japan's pale grass blue butterflies appear to be mutating...

Radiation Level of Nuclear Reactor in Japan Said to Be 'Fatally High'

ICTMN Staff
March 27, 2012
An internal examination of the Fukushima Daiichi No. 2 Reactor has found that it has "fatally high" levels of radiation, according to a report by the Associated Press ...

Study: Radiation Levels Off Japan Not Dangerously High

ICTMN Staff
February 24, 2012
A study of fish and plankton collected from the Pacific Ocean near the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant finds higher levels of radioactive material in the organisms, but not h...

Scientist to Test Seals for Radiation, but Sees Japan Link as Unlikely

ICTMN Staff
January 05, 2012
Ringed seals are dying and getting sick in the waters off Alaska, Russia and Canada, and scientists don't know why...

Fish Tests Radiation-negative, But Where's It From?

Wawmeesh Hamilton
September 20, 2011
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CIFA) has deemed fish tested in the wake of the Japan nuclear disaster as radiation free, but will not divulge where samples were taken from...

Returning Salmon Being Tested for Radiation from Japanese Nuclear Plant as a Precaution

Wawmeesh Hamilton
September 13, 2011
Two British Columbia First Nations are taking a wait-and-see approach as West Coast salmon are tested to determine if they have been contaminated with radiation resulting from Japa...

Seaweed Okay to Eat in British Columbia, Authorities Say

ICTMN Staff
April 03, 2011
Although seaweed tested in Barkley Sound has tested positive for the radioactive isotopes Iodine 131 and Cesium 137, with Japan’s leaky reactors as the probable culprit via the jet...
Steven Newcomb

A Common Enemy: Nuclear Radiation

The 9.0 earthquake in Japan on March 11 and ensuing tsunami is a reminder: It is difficult for the human mind to grasp the full power of Mother Earth, and the devastation she is capable of when she quakes. But it is the man made catastrophe in Japan that is truly mind-boggling....

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March 26, 2011

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