Ecology
06/14/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Radioactive water being stored at the Fukushima power plant approaches the limit; Japanese officials still have no plan to dispose of it
There’s almost no more room for anymore storage tanks at the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) nuclear reactor site in Fukushima, Japan, which means that very soon there won’t be any way to dispose of the ever-growing amount of treated water, also known as tritium water, that continues to accumulate within the disaster area. Neither […]
05/02/2018
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By Vicki Batts
Japan to build roads out of radioactive Fukushima dirt
When nuclear disaster struck at Japan’s Fukushima-Daiichi power plant, it was clear that the environmental impact of such extreme amounts of radiation would be immeasurable. Reports on just how bad the situation at the plant is have continued to reveal a devastating truth: Even in 2017, the amount of radiation being produced by the damaged […]
03/16/2018
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By Edsel Cook
The U.S. hasn’t learned its lessons from the toxic mining of uranium
As the U.S. moves closer towards increasing domestic mining operations of uranium, an EcoWatch article warned that bitter lessons about unreliable regulation and volatile economic patterns will be forgotten. Inevitably, the public will end up paying for the profits of the uranium industry. In the past, the U.S. mined and milled radioactive uranium within its borders. Those domestic […]
02/22/2018
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By David Williams
Radioactive contamination detected outside plutonium plant
The officials in charge of the Hanford situation are trying all they can in order to keep things under control, but somehow, things just don’t seem to be getting any better for them. In case you missed it, structural failure that resulted in the spread of radioactive contamination happened at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation site […]
02/13/2018
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By David Williams
Fracking waste is radioactive and endangers human health – there is NO safe way to dispose of it
Hydraulic fracturing – more commonly known as fracking – may still be legal in many states across the U.S., but there’s no denying that it’s a highly controversial practice. In the state of Colorado, which has issued strict guidelines regarding disposal of waste water from fracking sites, has now ruled that the waste is far too dangerous […]
02/02/2018
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By Isabelle Z.
The EMF assault continues as 5G rolls out – but does anyone know the consequences to human health, the environment?
As ultra-high-speed 5G wireless begins to roll out, concerns about what the technology might do to our health are rising. Telecommunications companies are hyping up the technology’s amazing speeds and reliability, but what price will we pay for it? It’s been a concern since cell phones first came on the market back in the 1980s, […]
01/10/2018
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By Earl Garcia
Scientists propose using yeast to clean up radioactive waste sites in a safe, cost-effective and eco-friendly manner
Yeast may hold potential as a safe and cost-effective material for cleaning up large volumes of acidic radioactive liquid wastes, experts reported in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. The scientists explained that yeast contains strong properties that could withstand radiation emitted from radioactive sites, which continue to contaminate the environment following the end of the Cold War era. A team […]
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