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LIST OF NEWS STORIES
Sep 03/00 - Tests show that Gulf war victims suffer from uranium poisoning. - Sunday Times
Aug 23/00 - Brain cancer is high in Port Hope; but not the overall cancer rate.Toronto Star
Aug 23/00 - Radioactive pollution: excess brain cancer in Port Hope. - Hamilton Spectator
July 29/00 - Nuclear nightmare in Kazakhstan: the human fallout. - BBC News
July 24/00 - Japan admits public fears over nuclear energy amid fresh incident. - Agence France Presse
July 20/00 - Another ''safe'' grain of spent nuclear fuel found on Scottish beach. - Reuters
July 17/00 - US radiation safety limits not based on science - General Accounting Office. - Reuters
July 14/00 - ''Nurture (pollutants) not nature (genetics) is main cause of cancer''. - Reuters
July 11/00 - US military ponders cleanup of plutonium-laden soil. - Reuters
Apr 11/00 - Study shows high risk from low-level radiation exposures. - Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Apr 06/00 - Radon gas poses health danger to cave explorers. - New Scientist
Apr 05/00 - Belarus wants bigger slice of Chernobyl cleanup aid. - Reuters
Apr 03/00 - Greenpeace says OECD study shows public at risk from reprocessing. - Reuters
Mar 07/00 - Faulty equipment zapped mine workers with gamma-radiation. - Chronicle-Herald
Mar 04/00 - Cleaning up radioactive pollution in Deloro to exceed $20 million. - Windsor Star
Mar 01/00
- Post-Chernobyl disaster in human reproduction in Belarus. - Reuters
Feb 25/00 - Thailand promises to store radioactive materials safely in future. - Reuters
Feb 23/00 - Radiation leak no setback for Thai nuclear plans, say officials. - AFP
Feb 20/00 - Radioactive nightmare in Thailand due to sale of cobalt-60 scrap. - The Nation
Feb 09/00 - We have a Gulf War Debt to soldiers exposed to health risks. - Toronto Star
Jan 25/00 - Pickering selected for pilot nuclear-related cancer study. - Toronto Star
Jan 21/00 - A health study of native uranium ore carriers will be carried out. - Broadcast News
Jan 21/00 - National program looks for cancer near nuclear sites. - Toronto Star
Jan 18/00 - Police finally search the site of Japan's worst nuclear accident. - Agence France Presse
Dec 23/99 - Paducah uranium plant secretly tracked workers with cancer. - Associated Press
Dec 22/99 - Japanese uranium worker dies after exposure to radiation. - Toronto Star
Dec 17/99 - Port Hope licencing: residents to be tested for radiation damage. - Toronto Star
Dec 16/99 - Port Hope folk ask Ottawa to protect them from radioactivity. - Media Release
Dec 14/99 - Nuclear waste discharged into stream feeding Thames. - The Independent
Dec 14/99 - Ottawa agrees with communities to clean up radioactivity. - NRCan Statement
Dec 12/99 - Serious failures in radiation protection keeps hospital labs shut. - Toronto Star
Dec 12/99 - Safety problems re-surface at the Chernobyl nuclear plant. - Edmonton Sun
Dec 04/99 - Restart of last Chernobyl reactor prompts a look back. - Regina Leader-Post
Dec 02/99 - Chernobyl reactor shut again after radioactive leak. - Agence France Presse
Dec 01/99 - Radioactive materials banned from Toronto medical research labs. - Globe and Mail
Nov 29/99 - Criminal charges laid against gov't for radio-toxic pollution. - National Post
Nov 27/99 - Ukraine restarts 'the most dangerous reactor in the world'. - Ottawa Citizen
Nov 18/99 - Depleted uranium in war zones is from Saskatchewan. - Star-Phoenix
Nov 12/99 - High levels of tritium contamination found in Pembroke. - Globe and Mail
Nov 01/99 - Former nuclear weapons workers report high rate of illnesses. - Canadian Press
Nov 05/99 - Sloppy radiation procedures unacceptable at TO hospital. - Hamilton Spectator
Nov 03/99 - Cape Breton coal miners worry about acute radiation exposures. - Canadian Press
Nov 01/99 - Russians feel the need to take geiger counters to market. - Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Oct 22/99 - Radiation found in childrens' teeth near nuke plants. - Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Oct 21/99 - NATO refuses to cooperate with Depleted Uranium cancer study. - Hamilton Spectator
Oct 09/99 - Korean CANDU radioactive spill was caused by workers' mistakes. - Toronto Star
Oct 08/99 - Police prepare charges against Tokaimura factory operator. - Calgary Herald
Oct 08/99 - Activists find widespread radiation exposure after accident. - Ottawa Citizen
Oct 08/99 - Japan upgrades hazard level: risk equal to Three Mile Island. - Toronto Star
Oct 08/99 - Concerns over radiation exposures from Japan accident. - Winnipeg Free Press
Oct 08/99 - Port Hope fears uranium plant is affecting public health. - Toronto Star
Oct 08/99 - Port Hope residents near refinery demand health study. - Globe and Mail
Oct 04/99 - Nuclear accident in Japan: "What do you mean, oops?" - Ottawa Citizen
Oct 04/99 - Japan launches probe of causes of its worst nuclear disaster. - Toronto Star
Oct 03/99 - Nuclear company told workers to use illegal procedures. - Edmonton Journal
Oct 03/99 - Japan's accident highlights folly of depending on nuclear. - Edmonton Journal
Oct 03/99 - Nuclear company admits it told workers to use illegal procedures. - Edmonton Journal
Oct 03/99 - Japanese firm admits workers were following company's orders. - Toronto Star
Oct 02/99 - Nuclear accident like that in Japan unlikely here, experts say. - Kitchener-Waterloo Record
Oct 02/99 - Nuclear snafu like that in Japan unlikely in Canada, say officials. - Toronto Star
Oct 01/99 - Nuclear fuel processing can get out of control very fast. - Reuters
Oct 01/99 - FOCUS - Japan plant used too much enriched fuel -- watchdogs. - Reuters
Oct 01/99 - A partial chronology of serious nuclear accidents worldwide. - Reuters
Oct 01/99 - U.S. Greens criticize absence of Japanese nuclear safety culture. - Reuters
Oct 01/99 - US and Russia offer to Japan: scientists, robots, medical experts. - Reuters
Oct 01/99 - Calls in Japan for an end to nuclear power and plute shipments. - Reuters
Oct 01/99 - Sumitomo Metal apologises for nuclear accident in Japan. - Reuters
Oct 01/99 - Japan is considering nuclear aid offers from the U.S. and Russia. - Reuters
Oct 01/99 - Calls in Japan for an end to nuclear power and plute shipments. - Reuters
Oct 01/99 - Japan army sends its chemical warfare unit to nuclear site. - Reuters
Oct 01/99 - FOCUS - Japan nuclear accident raises the level of safety fears. - Reuters
Sept 30/99 - Radiation from Japan accident traps 310,000 people in homes. - Toronto Star
Sept 30/99 - Japan releases are 15,000 times normal radiation levels. - Reuters (3:30 pm)
Sept 23/99 - Radioactive ammunition from navy litters seabed off Halifax. - Calgary Herald
Sept 23/99 - Canadian navy fired radioactive rounds off Canada's coasts. - National Post
Sept 22/99 - Tons of uranium litter the ocean floor from navy testing. - CBC National
Sept 2/99 - Contamination from Bomb Testing continues to do harm. - Toronto Star
Aug 28/99 - Danger denied: plutonium leaking from weapons plant. - Regina Leader-Post
Aug 27/99 - Radiation treatment makes patients dangerous to be near. - Reuters
Aug 24/99 - UNEP checks for radioactive fallout from bombing of Yugoslavia. - Reuters
Apr 30/99 - Tritium spills from Indian reactors are cause for concern. - Ottawa Citizen
May 17/99 - International campaign against Depleted Uranium is launched. - Press Release
Aug 15/99 - Uranium plant's past raises workers' suspicion ~ and support. - Knight-Kidder
Aug 13/99 - UNEP to probe Kosovo's radioactive pollution - Agence France Presse English
Aug 10/99 - Probe of plutonium exposures to uranium workers is ordered. - Reuters
Aug 09/99 - Secretary probes plutonium exposures in uranium plant. - Washington Post
Aug 08/99 - Uranium workers in Kentucky were exposed to plutonium. - Washington Post
Aug 08/99 - Plutonium exposures at Chalk River anger MPP Conway. - Ottawa Citizen
Aug 07/99 - Plan to clean up old plutonium plant 5 years behind schedule. - Ottawa Citizen
Aug 06/99 - Pediatrician testifies on medical effects of radiation. - Hearings Testimony
Aug 06/99 - 4 get massive radiation exposure from old plutonium plant. - Ottawa Citizen
Aug 05/99 - Finding lost radioactive gauges cost $300,000. - Halifax Chronicle-Herald
July 26/99 - Radioactive materials in baby teeth suggest link to cancer. - Ottawa Citizen
July 19/99 - Doctors oppose expropriation of Nanoose Bay. - Physicians for Global Survival
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