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Matthias C. Rillig<p>New paper out (open access):</p><p>Hormesis as a Hidden Hand in Global Environmental Change?</p><p>We discuss how low-dose effects of a wide range of environmental pollutants could affect responses to global change; with team members Mohan Bi and Anika Lehmann</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hormesis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/globalchange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>globalchange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.5c01101" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.e</span><span class="invisible">st.5c01101</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>This is NOT the first time <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SearsIsland</span></a> has been targeted with a destructive energy project! Tell <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernorJanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernorJanetMills</span></a> to build the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTerminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindTerminal</span></a> on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MackPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MackPoint</span></a>, instead of Sears Island. There is federal funding available, so there's NO REASON to be CHEAP (Mills has balked because <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> would have to clean up <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/industrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industrial</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollution</span></a> at Mack Point -- which should be cleaned up anyways!</p><p>"The possible industrial development of the island has been a point of controversy for many years. Writer <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EBWhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EBWhite</span></a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharlottesWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlottesWeb</span></a>), a resident of nearby Brooklin, Maine, noted in a 1975 essay for the New Yorker that he had attended an evening forum about a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CentralMainePower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CentralMainePower</span></a> Company proposal to construct a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPower</span></a> plant on Sears Island. White reported to New Yorker readers that the Central Maine Power Company 'feels very good about nuclear generating plants, is not worried about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> or accidents.' [Or rise in sea temperature from heated wastewater causing environmental damage, apparently]. In response to a goat farmer, their spokesman acknowledged <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radioactive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radioactive</span></a> 'iodine can contaminate milk... [b]ut he was cheerful about the prospect. You would simply put the animals on a controlled diet, he said, and after about forty days the radioactivity would be gone.' [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hormesis</span></a> anyone?] Facing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LocalOpposition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LocalOpposition</span></a>, the plant was not built." </p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Island" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sears_Is</span><span class="invisible">land</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Environment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectSearsIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectSearsIsland</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTerminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindTerminal</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SandDunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SandDunes</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Searsport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Searsport</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectWahsumkik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectWahsumkik</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wahsumkik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wahsumkik</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTheDunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTheDunes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernorJanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GovernorJanetMills</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WabanakiAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WabanakiAlliance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wassumkeag" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wassumkeag</span></a></p>
Bo Jacobs<p>Of course that doesn't mean the uranium burgers aren't just plain yummy</p><p> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/hormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hormesis</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Chernobyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chernobyl</span></a></p>
Bo Jacobs<p>A lot of articles lately about how exposure to radiation makes wolves and worms near Chernobyl transformed to no longer get cancer. </p><p>Hormesis ideas are as old as radium elixirs. So far, not really a benefit to living creatures.</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/hormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hormesis</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Chernobyl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chernobyl</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>I guess the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IAEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAEA</span></a> hasn't heard about <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bioaccumulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioaccumulation</span></a>, eh? Also, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hormesis</span></a> has been DISPROVEN! smh</p><p>IAEA: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FukushimaDaiichi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FukushimaDaiichi</span></a> treated water release meets intl. safety standards</p><p>January 30, 2024</p><p>"The agency said in its earlier report in July that it found Japan's plan for handling the treated water to be consistent with international safety standards. It added that the discharge as planned would have a negligible radiological impact to people and the environment."</p><p><a href="https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20240131_07/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/new</span><span class="invisible">s/20240131_07/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IAEALies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IAEALies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCOLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TEPCOLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FukushimaIsntOver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FukushimaIsntOver</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDumping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPowerPlant</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadioactiveWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadioactiveWater</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>North Texans want more say as nuclear plant seeks to continue operating through 2053 </p><p>By Haley Samsel<br>December 11, 2023</p><p>"Crossing the dark parking lot outside the Somervell County Expo Center, Susybelle Gosslee barely could see the ground in front of her. The experience left her feeling 'vulnerable' — and concerned about why the Nuclear Regulatory Commission [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NRC</span></a>] didn’t turn on outdoor lights for its Dec. 7 public meeting about the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ComanchePeak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComanchePeak</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> power plant in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlenRoseTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlenRoseTexas</span></a>.</p><p>"That wasn’t her only critique. Earlier in the day, Gosslee and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> advocates struggled to log on to a virtual meeting hosted by the commission. Officials apologized for the challenges and vowed to host another online session the week of Dec. 18.</p><p>"'That is not transparency, and it’s not good government,' Gosslee, the Dallas-based chair of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HazardousWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HazardousWaste</span></a> issues for the League of Women Voters of Texas, said. 'I’m concerned because of the lack of access to meetings, and you can see that it wasn’t well-publicized because there is nobody here. That’s an indicator that the job did not get done.'</p><p>"Gosslee’s criticism comes as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Vistra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vistra</span></a>, the owner of the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant in Glen Rose, seeks to keep its reactors online through at least 2053. The plant began operation in 1990.</p><p>"The company’s current licenses for two nuclear units, which have the capacity to power 1.2 million homes under normal electricity conditions, expire in 2030 and 2033. Vistra announced its license renewal application in October 2022, citing a desire to bring more 'carbon-free electricity' to the electric grid.</p><p>"'Renewing the licenses of this plant is critical for grid reliability and our environment and is a benefit to the economy, the local community and our company,' Jim Burke, president and CEO of Vistra, said at the time.</p><p>As part of the license renewal process, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has already heard from dozens of residents living in the plant’s 50-mile radius, including parts of Tarrant, Hood and Somervell counties.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FortWorthTexas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FortWorthTexas</span></a></p><p>"Many are supportive of Comanche Peak’s continued operation, citing its economic contributions as Somervell County’s largest taxpayer and an employer of more than 600 full-time staff. At a January public meeting, Glen Rose ISD Superintendent Trig Overbo and Somervell County Judge Danny Chambers were among the plant’s most vocal supporters. Others, including Gosslee, expressed concerns over how the aging plant would handle higher risk of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/earthquake" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earthquake</span></a> activity.</p><p>"Since then, Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff have evaluated the environmental impact of running the plant for 20 years after the current licenses expire in 2030 and 2033. The agency issued its draft environmental impact statement in early November, outlining considerations like air quality, land use, water resources, human health and waste management.</p><p>"Commission staff determined that Comanche Peak’s continued operation would have only small impacts on the surrounding environment, said Tam Tran, who led the environmental review. The agency defines small impacts as being either undetectable or so minor that they will neither destabilize nor noticeably alter natural resources. [Apparently, these people either believe in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hormesis</span></a> or don't believe in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bioaccumulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bioaccumulation</span></a>!]</p><p>"The review also found that the plant’s operations may affect, but are not likely to negatively impact, protected species such as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GoldenCheekedWarbler" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldenCheekedWarbler</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TricoloredBat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TricoloredBat</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MonarchButterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MonarchButterfly</span></a>. Fish habitats are not expected to be affected, Tran said."</p><p>Full article:<br><a href="https://www.keranews.org/environment-nature/2023-12-11/north-texans-want-more-say-as-nuclear-plant-seeks-to-continue-operating-through-2053" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">keranews.org/environment-natur</span><span class="invisible">e/2023-12-11/north-texans-want-more-say-as-nuclear-plant-seeks-to-continue-operating-through-2053</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LackOfTransparency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LackOfTransparency</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>Hello there, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nz/@hugh" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>hugh</span></a></span> . My friend <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@NoelWauchope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NoelWauchope</span></a></span> is correct. Radiation <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hormesis</span></a> has been disproven. I can send you links to studies, if you'd like.</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@NoelWauchope" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NoelWauchope</span></a></span> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radiation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hormesis</span></a> is BS!</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fukushima</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> Power Plant starts 3rd round of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wastewater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wastewater</span></a> release, potentially impacting <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/seafood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seafood</span></a> quality in U.S.</p><p>By Belle Lewis - November 14, 2023</p><p>"The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FukushimaDachii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FukushimaDachii</span></a> nuclear plant started its third release of nuclear wastewater on Nov. 2 as scientists warn that seafood products from the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PacificOcean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PacificOcean</span></a> could be <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/contaminated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>contaminated</span></a> </p><p>"Although the International Atomic Energy Agency approved the 30-year water release plan, scientists and civilians in nations bordering the Pacific Ocean have questioned the safety of the plan, especially as it relates to seafood.</p><p>"In a press release approving of the plan, the IAEA stated, 'the discharges of the treated water would have a negligible radiological impact to people and the environment.'</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PaulDorfman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaulDorfman</span></a>, member of the Irish Government Environmental Protection Agency Radiation Protection Advisory Committee and chair of Nuclear Consulting Group, explained that some scientists have questioned IAEA’s approval of the water release.</p><p>"'I and others are concerned by IAEA’s attitude,' Dorfman said. 'Normally even low levels of radioactive pollution will find its way into local seafood, one way or another.'</p><p>"In 2020, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> exported 332,926 kilograms of frozen scallops to the U.S. Japan exports many fish products to the U.S.</p><p>"Samantha Valeriano, a psychology student from Hawaii, said she eats seafood about once a week. She does not often think about where her food comes from but wants to be more cautious following the nuclear water release.</p><p>"'I think I would be a little more cautious of what I ate, checking labels a little bit more,' Valeriano said. 'I would be conscious of what I ate and where it came from.'</p><p>"As the People’s Republic of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> has imposed bans of Japanese fish exports, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> has supported the Japanese market by increasing fish purchases.</p><p>"In a press release, the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> Embassy and Consulate in Japan explained that military bases in Japan will carry Japanese seafood as a way to buoy up seafood markets and undermine the PRC’s ban. </p><p>"'United States elected representatives and senior government officials have stood in solidarity with Japan during this baseless ban,' the statement said. 'Another step to help provide additional sales to counter the ban was to start selling Japanese seafood at the U.S. military facilities in Japan, both through the commissaries and mess halls.'</p><p>"According to the statement, government officials like former speaker <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/KevinMcCarthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KevinMcCarthy</span></a> ate seafood from Japan as a testament to Japan’s safety standards.<br>However, other U.S. agencies, like the National Association of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MarineLaboratories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLaboratories</span></a> question whether accurate research was conducted by the IAEA and Japanese Government to determine safety of seafood products.</p><p>"They explain that the lack of data on potential health impacts is a cause for serious concern.</p><p>"'Many of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radionuclides" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radionuclides</span></a> contained in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/accumulated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accumulated</span></a> waste cooling water have half-lives ranging from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/decades" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decades</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/centuries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centuries</span></a>, and their deleterious effects range from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DNADamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNADamage</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cellular" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cellular</span></a> stress to elevated <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cancer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cancer</span></a> risks in people who eat affected marine organisms, such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/clams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clams</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oysters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oysters</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/crabs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crabs</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lobster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lobster</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/shrimp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shrimp</span></a> and fish,' the statement reads. [Not to mention all the critters that feed off them! Bioaccumulation works up the food chain!]</p><p>"Eve Nagareda, medical laboratory science major from Hawaii, shared she wants to avoid seafood from dumping grounds even if levels are considered safe.</p><p>"'I think I would try to go as far as possible from it,' Nagareda said.</p><p>"Kylee Wasano, pre-communications disorders student from Oahu, agreed. She explained she feels that she might already be consuming contaminated seafood.</p><p>"'I feel like I already am eating that, and I just don’t know,' Wasano said. 'Anything that could expose you to (radiation) you should be considerate about.'</p><p>"As organizations weigh safety concerns, scientists turn to the water release process to determine potential effects."</p><p><a href="https://universe.byu.edu/2023/11/14/fukushima-nuclear-power-plant-starts-third-round-of-wastewater-release-potentially-impacting-seafood-quality-in-u-s/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">universe.byu.edu/2023/11/14/fu</span><span class="invisible">kushima-nuclear-power-plant-starts-third-round-of-wastewater-release-potentially-impacting-seafood-quality-in-u-s/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDumping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hormesis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TEPCOLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TEPCOLies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bioaccumulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bioaccumulation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RethinkNotRestart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RethinkNotRestart</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNewNukes</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.au/@Neil1808" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Neil1808</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://theblower.au/@BlahBlah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>BlahBlah</span></a></span> Um, have they been tested for DNA damage? Studied for cancers and cell mutations? Also, maybe you didn't get the memo but <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hormesis</span></a> has been disproven.</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radiation</span></a> is good for you? The fringe viewpoint gains ground in the Trump administration</p><p>by Patrick Malone February 27, 2019</p><p>"These assertions [of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radiation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hormesis</span></a>"] stand scientific consensus on its head. Most experts say to the contrary that even low doses of radiation cause cell damage that years later can promote uncontrolled cell growth and replication, and that children and fetuses are particularly susceptible to harm. That seven-decade-old view was reaffirmed as recently as last April [2018] in a study by a congressionally chartered nonprofit organization, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement.</p><p>"The study, overseen by a dozen experts from the government, academia, and industry, and funded by the NRC, considered 29 contemporary scientific studies of the effects of low-dose radiation in reaffirming that even low-level radiation should be avoided to the extent possible.</p><p>"'There is clear evidence of excess risks for many cancer types, such as bladder, breast, colon, stomach and lung,' from exposure to excess radiation, the report said. It acknowledged that at lower doses the relationship is less certain, but noted that several long studies of medical outcomes for tuberculosis patients given x-ray imaging known as fluoroscopy collectively showed “a straight-line relationship between breast tissue [radiation] dose and breast cancer, adding substantial weight to the judgment on the use of the [existing] model for radiation protection.'</p><p>"It added that 'there was no conclusive evidence' to refute the linear, or direct cause and effect, 'relationship for many of the risks attributable to low-level ionizing radiation' – essentially endorsing the mainstream insistence on low-dose protections as a prudent, cautionary measure. The NRC members will consider the report as they deliberate about the SARI members’ petition, McIntyre said."</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LNT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LNT</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RadiationHormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RadiationHormesis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Industry</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fukushima" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fukushima</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoDumping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoDumping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FukushimaDaiichi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FukushimaDaiichi</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NuclearPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NuclearPlants</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nuclear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nuclear</span></a></p><p><a href="https://publicintegrity.org/national-security/radiation-is-good-for-you-the-heretical-view-gains-ground-under-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">publicintegrity.org/national-s</span><span class="invisible">ecurity/radiation-is-good-for-you-the-heretical-view-gains-ground-under-trump/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://piaille.fr/@fourmiune" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fourmiune</span></a></span> Oh, and of course, radium water before that. The health benefits are just as flawed as the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radiation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radiation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hormesis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hormesis</span></a> theory!</p><p>"In 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie made a huge discovery. While studying uraninte, a radioactive mineral high in uranium and ore, they managed to separate out several components. They eventually isolated radium itself and announced the find to the world. The scientific community was elated. This strange element didn’t follow the laws of physics. People immediately hoped to find a medicinal purpose for radium. An experiment in 1911 on horses raised the possibility that radium had anti-aging properties. In 1913, newspaper announced the creation of 'radium water,' which was brewed by pouring water into a container with radium.</p><p>"Once this water was released to the public, it took off. RadiThor was especially popular in the 1920’s, when people could buy a 1-ounce bottle for $1. Now, that’s over $15, but customers were eager to reap the proclaimed health benefits. Doctors started prescribing it for everything from high blood pressure to arthritis to sexual impotence. It remained popular for years and radium started appearing in other products. You could even find <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/toothpaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toothpaste</span></a> made from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>radium</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/thorium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thorium</span></a>. The creator reasoned that since radium glowed in the dark, it could make one’s teeth shine, too. The element even ended up in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chocolate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chocolate</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bread</span></a>. Why were people so happy to ingest something we know now is so toxic?</p><p>"For one thing, people weren’t totally ignorant about radium’s dangers. In plants where the substance was handled, workers knew to wear lead aprons and other safety equipment, but that was pure radium. The amount of radium in products like Radium Water was very small. Also, when ingested, radium can initially cause the appearance of better health thanks to its stimulation of red blood cells. However, as people would soon realize, even a teeny-tiny amount of radium could do incredible damage over time..."</p><p><a href="https://www.gildshire.com/people-in-the-1920s-drank-water-with-radium-it-didnt-end-well/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gildshire.com/people-in-the-19</span><span class="invisible">20s-drank-water-with-radium-it-didnt-end-well/</span></a></p>