KIEV, Ukraine -- Scientists trying to predict the long-term health effects of the Chernobyl explosion look to Hiroshima and Nagasaki for clues, but drawing parallels is difficult. Chernobyl released ...

In 2019, the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR), whose mandate is to undertake scientific evaluations of the sources, effects, and risk of ionising radiation,1–3 ...

NAGASAKI -- A team of researchers at Nagasaki University's graduate school has announced that radiation from uranium ...

Radiation levels in the wider area around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant trended downwards for several days, but have recently increased on rainfall. Contamination of food appears limited ...

TOKYO, Japan, April 11, 2011 (ENS) – One month ago today, a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, claiming an estimated 28,000 lives and triggering a nuclear ...

The positions in the table below reflect the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each ...

The FDA and a local health food storeowner are advising against buying potassium iodide in response to nearly nonexistent radiation from Japan. After a 9.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan on ...