Is the Fukushima nuclear plant breakdown worse than Chernobyl?
by Janette D. Sherman, M.D. Love lavished on the children in this orphanage near Chernobyl cannot cure the terrible effects of radiation. To see a series of photos taken by this photographer in 1997,...
View ArticleChernobyl: Consequences of the catastrophe 25 years later
Democracy Now! broadcast April 26, 2011 by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., and Alexey V. Yablokov, Ph.D. Editor’s note: The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists asked Dr. Sherman, recognized worldwide for her...
View ArticleIs the increase in baby deaths in the northwest U.S. due to Fukushima...
Janette D. Sherman, MD, Joseph Mangano, MPH, MBA “Greenpeace called on Japan on Thursday to evacuate children and pregnant women from a town about 60 kilometres (40 miles) from the stricken Fukushima...
View ArticleQuestion marks, the elephant in the room and the refusal of nuclear power...
by Janette D. Sherman and Joseph Mangano Not only is it unthinkable to put our babies at risk by continued use of nuclear power plants, but infant mortality is an indication of an entire population’s...
View ArticleVirginia earthquake shakes U.S. awake to nuclear power danger
by Janette D. Sherman, M.D. This photo of the North Anna Nuclear Power Station in Central Virginia’s Louisa County was taken at the hot water discharge to Lake Anna in August 2006. – Photo: Mort...
View ArticleBlood clots found in the legs of Fukushima evacuees
by Janette D. Sherman, M.D. Smoke is seen coming from the area of the No. 3 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture in northeastern Japan, in this handout...
View ArticleMedical journal article: 14,000 U.S. deaths tied to Fukushima reactor...
Impact seen as roughly comparable to radiation-related deaths after Chernobyl; infants are hardest hit, with continuing research showing even higher possible death count Dec. 19 press conference on the...
View ArticleFukushima – worse than Chernobyl
by Janette D. Sherman, M.D., and Joseph J. Mangano, M.P.H. Masses of Japanese rallied in Tokyo on Feb. 11. Even larger demonstrations are planned for March 11, the first anniversary of the Fukushima...
View ArticleThe dangerous myths of Fukushima: Exposing the ‘no harm’ mantra
by Joseph Mangano and Janette Sherman, M.D. Fukushima resident Yoshiko Ota displays the bottled water she buys for daily use. She keeps her windows closed, doesn’t hang her laundry outdoors and,...
View ArticleFukushima and the nuclear pushers
by Karl Grossman Regulators who continue to push nuclear power know the effects of radiation. Today, 26 years after the Chernobyl meltdown, in the heavily contaminated areas of Belarus, only 20 percent...
View ArticleShowdown at San Onofre
Tell CPUC ‘No nukes! Shut down San Onofre permanently!’ Tuesday, Jan. 8, hearing 10 a.m., rally noon, 505 Van Ness Ave. at McAllister, San Francisco by Harvey Wasserman Two stricken California reactors...
View ArticleFukushima two years later: Basic guide
by Janette D. Sherman, M. D. March 11 will make the second anniversary of the triple catastrophes that occurred in Japan: the earthquake, the tsunami and the nuclear meltdowns at Fukushima. Over the...
View Article50 reasons we should fear the worst from Fukushima
by Harvey Wasserman Fukushima’s missing melted cores and radioactive gushers continue to fester in secret. Japan’s harsh dictatorial censorship has been matched by a global corporate media blackout...
View ArticleA global threat: Fukushima fallout damaged the thyroids of California babies
by Chris Busby A new study of the effects of tiny quantities of radioactive fallout from Fukushima on the health of babies born in California shows a significant excess of hypothyroidism caused by the...
View ArticleHow the Navy made Treasure Island a radiation dump, then promised to clean it...
Join the people of Treasure Island for the next RAB meeting Tuesday, Aug. 19, 7-9 p.m., Casa de la Vista, 191 Avenue of the Palms, Treasure Island For Mason, Terrell T-Rex Gucci, Luciana, Auxie, Quinn,...
View ArticleLess than one lifetime: Eyewitness to nuclear development, from Hunters Point...
by Janette D. Sherman, M.D. While sorting through papers, correspondence, news clippings, records etc., I realized that nuclear bomb and nuclear power development has occurred within my...
View ArticleFour years after Fukushima, Japan is solar-powered
by Theresa Coleman and Paul Kangas In the week before the March 11, 2011, earthquake at Fukushima, one person, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, did an extraordinary act that set Japan’s energy course in...
View ArticleNuclear power in Africa?
by Ann Garrison Rosatom – Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation – has recently signed Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with a number of African nations to build nuclear power plants within their...
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