- Some Environmental Radiation Health Risks
Presentation by Arjun Makhijani at the Wisconsin Environmental Health Conference, December 5, 2005
To see the video: Go to Wisconsin DHFS Web Presentations. Choose "2005 Events" from top left. Choose "Dr. Arjun Makhijani" from the drop-down menu and click "Search." Choose "View: 2005 Environmental Health Conference - EH Hazards in Air, Water and Soil." Dr. Makhijani's presentation begins at 37:45.
- Public Health Implications of Wood Burning Stoves
Presentation by Arjun Makhijani at the Wisconsin Environmental Health Conference, December 5, 2005
To see the video: Go to Wisconsin DHFS Web Presentations. Choose "2005 Events" from top left. Choose "Dr. Arjun Makhijani" from the drop-down menu and click "Search." Choose "View: 2005 Environmental Health Conference - Panel Discussion: Improving Environmental Public Health." Dr. Makhijani's talk begins at 36:00.
- Soil Cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory: Sediment Contamination in the South Fork of Acid Canyon (PDF 220kB, 22 pages)
IEER report by Brice Smith, Ph.D.
November 29, 2005
- IEER Comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Proposed Rule for the Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada
Also in PDF (285kB, 26 pages)
November 21, 2005
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission Deals Blow to Depleted Uranium (DU) Disposal Plans; Shallow Burial in Low-Level Waste Dumps Would Far Exceed Radiation Dose Limits; DU Poses Long-Term Risks Comparable to Plutonium-Contaminated Wastes
IEER press release
October 24, 2005
- A Readiness to Harm: The Health Effects of Nuclear Weapons Complexes
Written by Arjun Makhijani for the July/August 2005 issue of Arms Control Today
Posted October 4, 2005
- Letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regarding its draft Environmental Justice Strategic Plan
September 27, 2005
- Bad to the Bone: Plutonium Drinking Water Standards [PDF, 370 kB]
Science for Democratic Action, vol. 13 no. 2, September 2005
- IEER Comments on the Draft EIS for the Proposed Consolidation of Nuclear Operations Related to Production of Radioisotope Power Systems
29 August 2005
- Atomic Myths, Radioactive Realities: Why Nuclear Power Is a Poor Way to Meet Energy Needs
Article by Arjun Makhijani in Journal of Land, Resources, & Environmental Law, Vol. 24 No. 1, 2004
Posted August 13, 2005
- EPA Proposed Rule on High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository Would Seriously Undermine Public Health; Rule Seems Designed to Fit Yucca Mountain; Proposed Standard Would Be the Worst in the Western World
IEER press release
August 9, 2005
- Bad to the Bone: Analysis of the Federal Maximum Contaminant Levels for Plutonium-239 and Other Alpha-Emitting Transuranic Radionuclides in Drinking Water
IEER Report | Press release | Endorsers | EPA-IEER correspondence
August 3, 2005
- BEIR VII: update on the risks of "low-level" radiation, overview of the main findings [Requires Power Point software]
Presentation by Arjun Makhijani at the IEER technical training workshop
July 19, 2005
- Cancer Risks for Women and Children Due to Radiation Exposure Far Higher Than for Men
New National Academy of Sciences BEIR VII Report Raises Major Issues for Radiation Protection
Press release, July 7, 2005
IEER slide presentation on BEIR VII report, July 19, 2005 [requires Power Point software]
- Update to Costs and Risks of Management and Disposal of Depleted Uranium from the National Enrichment Facility Proposed to be Built in Lea County New Mexico by LES [PDF, 861 kB, 28 pp.]
Based on information obtained since November 2004
Version for public release, redacted August 10, 2005 to remove information considered confidential by LES
July 5, 2005
- Energy Bill / Nuclear Energy
Interview with Arjun Makhijani on NPR's Science Friday
June 17, 2005
- Risks of Depleted Uranium Waste / Uranium Health Risks PDF (749kB)
Science for Democratic Action, Volume 13 Number 2
June 2005
- The Nuclear Alchemy Gamble: An Assessment of Transmutation as a Nuclear Waste Management Strategy
Technical report | Article summarizing the report
Report and article published May 2000; full report web posted May 16, 2005
- Advocates Welcome NAS Study Recommending Expanded Compensation for Those Hurt by U.S. Nuclear Tests; Groups Call on Congress to Move Quickly to Help Victims
Press release with Snake River Alliance, HEAL-Utah, PSR, and ANA
April 28, 2005
- Kashmir, Nuclear Weapons and Peace
by Admiral L. Ramdas
Summary of a paper prepared as part of the IEER Gandhi Fellows Program
March 22, 2005
- Comments on the Pantex Plant Radiological Investigation Report
Prepared for Serious Texans Against Nuclear Dumping
June 9, 2004
Posted March 11, 2005
- Yucca Mountain: An Example Not to Follow
Paper on Nuclear Waste Management for presentation to a Greenpeace Briefing
Quale Futuro per le Scorie Nucleari Italiene?
December 2, 2003
Posted March 11, 2005
- Testimony of Arjun Makhijani on Secure Storage of Nuclear Spent Fuel before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations
(written testimony submitted for the record)
March 10, 2003
Posted March 11, 2005
- Uranium Enrichment / Gorbachev and the U.S. People PDF (445kB)
Science for Democratic Action, Volume 13 Number 1
March 2005
- Costs and Risks of Management and Disposal of Depleted Uranium from the National Enrichment Facility Proposed to be Built in Lea County New Mexico by LES
Press release | Report (Nov. 2004) [PDF 420kB] | Update to Report (July 2005) [PDF 861kB]
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February 23, 2005
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