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Nepal’s Health Sector at Risk from Unmanaged Healthcare Waste
07 Feb 2025 01:46 GMT
… is substantial.
Environmental, Health, and Climate Risks
Depending on the nature … Radioactive waste can cause headaches, dizziness, and vomiting.
Direct and indirect health and … environmental risks can also occur depending …
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Federal judge will allow environmental group to amend lawsuit against US Navy over radioactive waste cleanup
31 Jan 2025 00:47 GMT
… and Environmental Protection Agency mismanaged radioactive waste cleanup at Hunter’s Point … for the plaintiff, Greenaction for Health and Environmental Justice, the judge … also decontaminated there, furthering the risk of radioactive contamination.
The EPA …
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SSFL watchdogs claim victory in court
08 Feb 2025 01:42 GMT
… Lab, limiting toxins and radioactive waste in the Los Angeles … for environmental and public health protections. Boeing challenged the … into waterways due to health risks, went undetected in Boeing … meaningful win for public health, environmental stewardship and …
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Budzinski renews call to compensate Metro East residents affected by radioactive waste
13 Jan 2025 15:59 GMT
… . “Because the impact of radioactive waste on our communities doesn… documented the cancer rates or health outcomes of residents in … , everyone everywhere is at risk, and the sooner we … reduce that risk, and stop the contamination, the health problems in …
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Metro East residents continue fight for radioactive waste exposure compensation
13 Jan 2025 02:19 GMT
… downwind exposure to improperly stored radioactive waste," she said.
Larry Burgan … risk. The sooner we reduce that risk and stop the contamination and health … together, because the impact of radioactive waste on our communities doesn…
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Route Sixty-Sick: EPA approves roads made from radioactive waste
04 Jan 2025 04:18 GMT
… happens, phosphogypsum is a radioactive waste product you get from … the potential radiological risks to public health of building the … to it causes harmful health effects, including radiation sickness … the unacceptable risks to people's health and the …
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Judge rules against Elliot Lake homeowners on radioactive waste rock issue
03 Jan 2025 10:28 GMT
Three women who own properties in Elliot Lake, ON are disappointed and shocked after a federal judge rejected their appeal to order the removal of radioactive mine waste rock around their homes.
The city was once known as the uranium capital of the world.
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Florida's controversial idea: Using radioactive waste to build roads
29 Dec 2024 23:09 GMT
… potential economic benefits against public health risks.
What is phosphogypsum?
… evaluations and regulatory approvals.
Health risks of radon exposure
Radon, … implications for road construction and radioactive waste management.
The information for …
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Biden EPA approves project to build road in Florida out of phosphate industry's radioactive waste
26 Dec 2024 22:24 GMT
… regulatory decision to exclude the radioactive waste from hazardous waste regulation under … radiological risk assessment, use of fatal radiogenic cancers as a health endpoint … , selection of dose and risk coefficients, selection …
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Introduction: The enduring risks and new challenges of nuclear materials: a special issue dedicated to Rodney C. Ewing’s scientific and policy contributions
13 Jan 2025 16:47 GMT
… waste packages in repositories. Health scientists study the impacts … to explore the enduring risks and new challenges of … ’s article, “Sociotechnical risks posed by the geologic disposal … disposal solutions for their radioactive waste to avoid future significant …