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United Nations Gender and Nuclear Weapons: Gender Matters in the Atomic Age. NIRS's Mary Olson presents on the disproportionate effects of nuclear weapons on women and children
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Dr. Ian Fairlie (U.K.) presents to U.S. EPA officials on April 27, 2015 the causes and effects of increased childhood leukemia within 5 kilometers (3 miles) of European nuclear reactors.
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NIRS’s Mary Olson speaks on the impact of radiation on girls and women at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impacts of Nuclear Weapons.
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70+ organizations tell EPA to make radiation standards comparable to standards for other pollutants (radiation standards currently are far less protective); slam EPA proposal to weaken them even further. Press release. Letter to EPA.
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EPA has just issued new Protective Action Guides (PAGs) for dealing with radioactive releases. The new PAGs are much worse than the extremely weak PAGs Bush tried to push out in the last days of that Administration which Obama pulled back. Although EPA is taking comments on these PAGs for 90 days, they are effective immediately.
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EPA dramatically weakening radiation protection. News release from NIRS & Committee to Bridge the Gap.
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