Deadly legacy of Hiroshima in US

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People living around the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in eastern Washington state believe that there is a clear link between emissions of radioactive iodine from the plant and the very high levels of thyroid disease in the area. However, research commissioned by the federal Center for Disease Controls and Prevention has concluded that there is no connection between increased exposure to radioactive iodine and raised incidence of thyroid-related diseases. Local people fear that the federal monitoring programme designed to assess the health impacts of emissions from the plant will now be abandoned.

United States, Science & research, Radioactive Emissions, Health aspects, Research, Causes of, Environmental aspects, Iodine, Thyroid diseases, Radioactive pollution, United States. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Radioiodine, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Radioactive fallout

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Free speech has become second casualty of war

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Outspoken television host Bill Maher has attracted controversy by challenging the view that the suicide bombers who targeted the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon were cowardly. Some observers regard his stance as unpatriotic, but he is determined to protect freedom of speech.

Talk show hosts, Public opinion, Maher, Bill

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President George W Bush, polluter of the free world

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The new US administration is emphasizing economic growth at the expense of environmental protection. President George W. Bush has showed that he does not intend to meet the terms of the Kyoto Protocol.

Environmental Programs, Analysis, Bush, George W., Environmental policy

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