More than 400 claims have been filed against the French government for nuclear tests on French Polynesia between 1966 and 1996. Scientists say about 110,000 people have been affected by radioactive fallout.
Nearly a month into the crisis at the Fukushima-Daichi nuclear power plant, perhaps the only thing anyone can be sure of is that we still can’t be sure of anything. And won’t be able to be for weeks, months, or maybe even years.
The nuclear crisis unfolding in Japan is taking place exactly 25 years after the worlds worst nuclear accident in Chernobyl. Brigid McCarthy reminds us of the scale of that disaster.
As the high altitude ash plume from Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano halts air travel around Europe and beyond, we look at another impact the global grounding has made: on commodity trades.
Our weekly look ahead at the news focuses on the fallout from a NATO air strike that killed Afghan civilians; Toyota executives who will face a grilling from U.S. lawmakers; and how Republicans are preparing for President Obama's health care summit.
Professor John Wargo discusses his new book, Green Intelligence: Creating Environments that Protect Human Health. It is a guide to chemical risks in our environment, and the government efforts to protect us from these risks.