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Cathpax rolls out Nova-X system across multiple European sites

Nova-X Cathpax, a spinoff of nuclear radiation protection group Lemer Pax, announced today the commercial launch of its…
#Europe #EU #Cathpax #European #LINNCParis2026 #Neuroradiology #Nova-X #NOVARAD #radiationexposure #radiationprotection #radiation)
https://www.europesays.com/europe/55034/

Artemis II: Sending Humans Beyond the Magnetosphere 🌑🧑‍🚀

#Artemis #Magnetosphere #MannedSpaceFlight #Moon #RadiationExposure #SolarWind #SpaceWeather #SunEarthMoonInteractions

⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ListFiles?limit=2&user=OptimusPrimeBot&ilshowall=1&offset=20260306125534

[Podcast] A Community of Color Contends With the Navy’s #Toxic Legacy

Decades after the Navy shuttered a #ColdWar #radiation research lab, the mess hasn’t been completely cleaned up. Listen to local voices demanding accountability amid charges of #EnvironmentalRacism.

By Rebecca Bowe, 11.25.2024

"The San Francisco Public Press presents the first half of a two-part radio documentary, '#Exposed,' opening a window into the little-known history of the #HuntersPointNavalShipyard. The sprawling abandoned naval base, in #SanFrancisco’s southeast waterfront #Bayview neighborhood, is currently the site of the city’s largest real estate development project. The base played a key role in the Cold War nuclear era, when it housed a research institution known as the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory [#NRDL], which studied the human health effects of #radiation.

"In Episode 1 of the podcast, we trace the radioactive contamination found in the shipyard soil today back to its origins, with #NuclearBomb testing in the #MarshallIslands. We also hear from #EnvironmentalJustice advocates, including one who led a health biomonitoring survey revealing that nearby residents have toxic elements stored in body tissues that match the hazardous chemicals of concern identified at the shipyard.

"This radio documentary is part of a larger multimedia package stemming from a deep dive into declassified government records produced by the radiation lab in the 1940s, ’50s and ’60s. Listen to Episode 2 of the podcast: 'Why the Navy Conducted Radiation Experiments on Humans.'"

https://www.sfpublicpress.org/exposed-podcast-episode-1-a-community-of-color-contends-with-the-navys-toxic-legacy/
#NoNukes #NoWar #NoNuclearWar #NuclearWeapons #RadiationExposure #ColdWarExperiments #HuntersPoint

#Billiman matriarch, niece remain strong in face of adverse health conditions caused by #RadiationExposure

By Donovan Quintero | Jan 9, 2025 |

WINDOW ROCK – "Since September, when she traveled to Washington, D.C., to tell House Speaker Mike Johnson to renew the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (#RECA), Maggie Billiman has had her gallbladder removed.

"Now she is awaiting more possibly devastating news about her liver. And if that wasn’t enough bad news, she said she was also told she has three cysts on her pancreas.

"'I just had surgery and I’m still in a lot of pain,' she said on Dec. 26, referring to her gallbladder removal surgery.

"A #downwinder victim, Billiman, and about 30 others from the #NavajoNation, #Laguna, and #AcomaPueblo tribes traveled to Washington, D.C., in September to advocate for the passage of Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley’s RECA legislation.

"For 17 years, from 1945 and 1962, the U.S. conducted nearly 200 atmospheric nuclear weapons development tests. Atmospheric nuclear tests are when nuclear bombs are exploded in the air, instead of underground or underwater.

"At the heart of the bombs involved #UraniumMining and [#UraniumProcessing], which was performed by tens of thousands of workers, like Maggie’s father.

"Maggie’s father, a member of the legendary Navajo Code Talkers Howard Billiman Sr., worked in the #UraniumMines.

"'My dad had died of stomach cancer, he was one of the #NavajoCodeTalkers, and he passed away,' she said.

"Her father worked at the #KennecottMine in Utah. He also worked at the #KingmanMine in Arizona in the 1950s through the 1960s, Maggie said.

"After the tests ended in 1962, many of the uranium miners and process workers initiated class action lawsuits claiming exposure to known radiation hazards."

Read more:
https://navajotimes.com/reznews/billiman-matriarch-niece-remain-strong-in-face-of-adverse-health-conditions-caused-by-radiation-exposure/
#NoNukes #NoWar #Downwinders #NukingTheNavajo #Dine #LagunaPueblo #Genocide #EnvironmentalRacism #NoUraniumMining #NoMiningWithoutConsent #HaulNo