1. Newsletter XVIII 2024 - April 28th to May 4th - News+ Hubris of the West: Three decades of chaos and decline

    wurden die Demokratien "marktkonform" gemacht. Die Auswirkungen der Maßnahmen waren in westlichen Industriestaaten zwar nicht derart drastisch wie in den Nachfolgestaaten der Sowjetunion (da die "Medizin" schonender verabreicht wurde und die Ökonomien viel gefestigter waren). Aber es fand ebenfalls ein schleichender sozio-ökonomischer Niedergang in Form von wachsender Ungleichheit, Ausbreitung...

  2. Newsletter XVI 2024 - April 14th to 20th - News+ Poland: The Tusk government is also relying on nuclear energy

    Bundessozialministerium hat entschieden, dass Parkinson nach dem Einsatz von Pestiziden eine Berufskrankheit darstellen kann. NDR.de sprach darüber mit dem Vorsitzenden des Beirats, dem Arbeitsmediziner Prof. Thomas Kraus. Herr Prof. Kraus, zwölf Jahre hat es gedauert, bis die Anerkennung als Berufskrankheit vorlag. Warum so lange? Thomas Kraus: Wir wussten schon sehr lange, dass es...

  3. Newsletter XII 2024 - March 17th to 23rd - News+ Industry should stop whining about Germany

    Members of the EU Parliament contacted. During a visit to Brussels, activists presented demands for a quick ban on PFAS. There should only be exceptions for important medical uses. The environmental authorities of the Netherlands, Germany, Norway, Sweden and Denmark have already submitted a ban application to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in 2023...

  4. Newsletter X 2024 - March 3rd to 9th - News+ More courage would be good

    Trial documents from 2014, which are available to WDR Investigativ, not only prove how close the interaction between the federal government, the Bundeswehr and Rheinmetall was... * Migration | Doctors Doctor shortage: More than 60.000 foreign doctors in Germany Most foreign doctors come from Syria, Turkey and several European countries. Due to the shortage of doctors...

  5. Newsletter III 2024 - January 14th to 20th - Current news + Psychological explanations for doing nothing

    Prevent journalists from broadcasting their reports from the war zone. Without telephone and internet connections, international organizations such as the UN are also unable to transport their medical and humanitarian supplies, food and warm clothing or blankets to people. [...] Mexico on Friday joined a lawsuit filed by Chile on January 9th...

  6. Newsletter XLIX 2023 - December 3rd to 9th - News+ The language of autocracy

    If we simply fish the greenhouse molecules out of the air or exhaust gases, then we can happily continue burning oil and gas, or so the narrative goes... * Chemicals | Bisphenol Dealing with bisphenol A: Doctors demand more precautions 56 doctors call for a different way of dealing with chemicals. They criticize the federal government's health protection. BERLIN taz | Scientists...

  7. Newsletter XLVIII 2023 - November 26th to December 2nd - Current News+ Greenwashing at COP28: How corporations lobby against climate goals

    will... December 1st low radiation | IPPNW | Cancer More cancer deaths than expected even at low radiation doses This is what a study on nuclear workers shows. It also affects patients and medical staff. “Statistical evaluations in larger population groups show that no health effects can be detected at radiation doses below 100 mSv.” This is what it says in a fact sheet...

  8. Newsletter XLVI 2023 - November 12th to 18th - News+ Violence as a consequence of climate change: No cool heads

    European research center that opened in Petten in 1962. It took over the high-flux reactor for materials research that had gone into operation the year before and is now used primarily for the production of medical isotopes... According to a report by the former IE director Frans Saris, the High Flux Reactor will be installed on November 16, 2001 officially secret...

  9. Newsletter XLV 2023 - November 5th to 11th - News+ Are Habeck, Pistorius, Baerbock an infernal trio?

    More than a million children undergo computed tomography (CT). The significance of this for a possible cancer risk has now been investigated on a large scale, and the local Theodor Fontane Medical University was also involved. A message: The multinational study of almost a million people confirms a connection between radiation exposure from...

  10. Newsletter XLIV 2023 - October 29th to November 4th - News+ Uranium exports from Lingen to Russia violate EU law - study by the Greens justifies the possibility of a ban

    Advancing climate change requires intensive adaptation measures - such as drought-resistant agriculture, higher dikes to protect against rising sea levels, and better medical care in the event of heat waves. However, there are too few funds available worldwide for this, and the financing gap is actually growing. This comes from the “Adaptation Gap Report 2023” by...

  11. Newsletter XLII 2023 - October 15th to 21st - News+ For a new concept of fascism

    (too big to fail). This huge pink elephant is always there, eating, grinning and being ignored. The third part is mainly about the hope that everything will be okay. Climate, medicine, progress. A hefty dose of pro-nuclear propaganda that rehashes all the sweet lies of the nuclear industry that MiK has been feeding us for two generations. No heat producing power plant can...

  12. Newsletter XL 2023 - October 1st to 7th - Current news + FDP proposal for industrial electricity price relief is spot on

    AfD leader Tino Chrupalla speaking in Ingolstadt during an election event. State elections will take place in Hesse and Bavaria on Sunday. Shortly before his speech, according to police reports, there was a “medical incident” that the AfD describes as an “assault.” Some people took selfies with Chrupalla on the way to the stage, he then felt pain in his arm, then he...

  13. Newsletter XXXIX 2023 - September 24th to 30th - News+ “Populist, verbally radical, ethnic” – and no end in sight

    Supports parts of the “hard right” worldview. [...] right-wing extremism and polarization are poison for the economy. In the next few years, the boomer generation will retire, and medicine will increase life expectancy. In order to keep the ratio of working to pensioner cohorts stable, Europe would need 2050 billion inhabitants by 1,2. This is completely impossible, but every...

  14. Newsletter XXXVII 2023 - September 10th to 16th - News+ How Germany is ruining the climate with billions in gifts to industry

    in Goiânia, BRA In the fall of 1987, just one year after Chernobyl, a nuclear disaster occurred in the central Brazilian city of Goiânia. It makes it clear that radioactive substances stored in medical centers can pose similar risks to commercial and military nuclear reactors that are out of control. The starting point of the disaster was...

  15. Newsletter XXXIII 2023 - August 13th to 19th - News+ Military coup in Niger: Uranium mining and environmental destruction as deeper reasons?

    Non-stick coatings on cookware, smartphone screens, weatherproof clothing and dirt-repellent textiles. They are used in microchips, jet engines, cars, batteries, medical devices and cooling systems. PFAS are extremely useful. Their fluorine-studded carbon chains allow grease and water to roll off textiles and protect industrial facilities from...

  16. 1980 to 1989 - INES, NAMS and other events

    stillgelegter Strahlenklinik Im Herbst 1987, nur ein Jahr nach Tschernobyl, ereignete sich in der zentralbrasilianischen Großstadt Goiânia eine nukleare Katastrophe. Sie verdeutlicht, dass von in medizinischen Zentren gelagerten radioaktiven Substanzen ähnlich hohe Risiken ausgehen können wie von außer Kontrolle geratenen kommerziellen und militärischen Atomreaktoren. Ausgangspunkt der...

  17. 1940 to 1949 - INES, NAMS and other events

    1948 Habe ich etwas nicht mitgekriegt? Gab es einen der über 2050 bekannten militärischen Atomwaffentests oder gar einen bisher wenig bekannten Vorfall, möglicherweise auch aus dem zivilen oder medizinischen Bereich? nukleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de 1947 Habe ich etwas nicht mitgekriegt? Gab es einen der über 2050 bekannten militärischen Atomwaffentests oder gar einen bisher wenig bekannten...

  18. 1950 to 1959 - INES, NAMS and other events

    1956 Habe ich etwas nicht mitgekriegt? Gab es einen der über 2050 bekannten militärischen Atomwaffentests oder gar einen bisher wenig bekannten Vorfall, möglicherweise aus dem zivilen oder medizinischen Bereich? nukleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de Danke für den Hinweis, Nathan die Waise! Wikipedia de Operation Redwing Die Operation Redwing war die dreizehnte Serie von amerikanischen Kernwaffentests,...

  19. 1960 to 1969 - INES, NAMS and other events

    1963 Habe ich etwas nicht mitgekriegt? Gab es einen der über 2050 bekannten militärischen Atomwaffentests oder gar einen bisher wenig bekannten Vorfall, möglicherweise aus dem zivilen oder medizinischen Bereich? nukleare-welt@reaktorpleite.de 1962 1. Mai 1962 - Französischer Atombombentest "Beryl" in In Ekker Algerien Nukleartest Béryl - 1961 und 1962 hat Frankreich im Hoggar-Gebirge 13...

  20. 2010 to 2019 - INES, NAMS and other events

    European research center that opened in Petten in 1962. It took over the high-flux reactor for materials research that had gone into operation the year before and is now used primarily for the production of medical isotopes... Nuclear power plantsPlag Netherlands In 2020, the Rutte government had a nuclear-friendly study carried out by the consulting firm Enco, which was carried out in 1994 by former...

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