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Fri Nov 21

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• Uranium contamination concerns at Ranger (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): The Australian Conservation Foundation says another contamination incident at the Ranger uranium mine should stop the Fed and NT Governments from allowing the operation to expand. Mining company, ERA has admitted several workers were contaminated clearing up a big yellow cake spill three weeks ago. Earlier this week, it announced a new possible 30,000 tonne deposit. Annotated link http://www.dii go.com/bookmar k/http%3A%2F%2 Fwww.abc.net.a u%2Fnews%2Fsto ries%2F2008%2F 11%2F21%2F2426 053.htm
• Evidence Of Many More Radioactive Particles Near Beach (from The Herald ): The number of radioactive particles from Dounreay threatening to contaminate a public beach two miles from the plant is six times greater than previously thought, according to experts. The Dounreay Particles Advisory Group, which advises the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) on the hundreds of thousands of particles believed to have been dispersed from the Caithness plant in the early-1960s, said that around 400 or 500 particles were extending into Sandside Bay on the north coast.
• CDC Radiation Emergencies | Radioactive Contamination and Radiation Exposure
• TheStar.com | Canada | 'Atomic veteran' seeks cash, apology from government: OTTAWA?He is known as an "atomic veteran" and said his last wish would be to thank the federal government for something he believes it has not yet done. Bren Keetch, 70, remembers being loaded into trucks with other recruits and taken from the Petawawa military base to the Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. plant in Chalk River, Ont., to clean up after a nuclear reactor accident in 1958. "We were dressed in calf-high rubber boots, wearing a pair of coveralls, woollen mittens and a First World War gas mask," he said. "That was our protective equipment when we were in nuclear wastewater over our boots and mopping up the spill."

Mon Nov 17

• F.D.A. Detains Chinese Imports for Testing - NYTimes.com: Chinese products that contain milk will be detained at the border until tests prove that they are not contaminated.
• Clostridium Difficile - Toronto Public Health
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• High Levels Of Uranium Found In Water At 2 Madison Schools -- Courant.com: Unusually high levels of uranium found in the well water of two schools has forced town officials to shut off the bubblers and provide students with bottled water while they investigate. School officials said they have been told the contamination is not harmful. "The state toxicologist said it shouldn't be a great concern, it's a non-problem as far as they are concerned,&quo t; board of education Chairman Robert Hale said.

Sun Nov 16

• The Haphazard Gourmet Girls: FDA Wakes Up, Smells Coffee, Decides There Might be Melamine in The Cream, Months After The Rest of the World

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