Monthly Archives: December 2014

The US Food and Drug Administration  has published a consumer update warning against collecting fetal “keepsake” ultrasonic images and heartbeat monitors. In India there is no indication that this practice has started thus far. But it is just a matter … Continue reading →

Twenty-six specialists including physicians, scientists and academic staff, many of them from outside the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) carried out three separate health surveys in Jaduguda. They concluded that the alleged health effects are not caused by radiation. One … Continue reading →

S & T » HEALTH December 18, 2014 Updated: December 18, 2014 01:42 IST The Hindu VULNERABLE: Special care must be taken to avoid high doses to children while using CT scans. Photo: M. Periasamy TOPICS health Children less than 10 years … Continue reading →

Nearly seven years ago, in a news story published in The Nav Hind Times, Dr M V. Ramana, an acerbic critic of India’s nuclear programme  listed what he felt as the  ill-effects of nuclear technology (N.T, October 14). He said … Continue reading →

Recently, two nuclear- related matters, one in India, and the other in Japan gave a chance to compare ethics in journalism practiced in these two countries. For Asahi Shimbun, a leading newspaper in Japan with a readership of 18.2 million, … Continue reading →

Rediffmail.com December 01, 2014 ‘We need uranium to fuel our reactors. Our scientists and engineers have been handling uranium safely since 1967. They must not feel disheartened by the activities of well motivated local or foreign agencies,’ says Dr K … Continue reading →