NUCLEAR EXPLOSION IN CLOSED RUSSIAN CITY in Siberia - Authorities say there is no cause for concern

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The Siberian Times reports:

• A small explosion at nuclear facility in a Siberian ‘closed city’ is being downplayed by the authorities, despite panic spreading among the population.
• Formerly called Tomsk-7 and located on the Tom River, Seversk was established in 1949 to produce and process materials for the Soviet nuclear weapons programme. 
• It was a secret city and did not appear on any maps until 1992 when then Russian President Boris Yeltsin said that these communities could revert back to their original historical names.
• Despite also removing the official secret status, it remains a closed city to non-residents today and there are six checkpoints at which visitors must show necessary entry documents.

Operators of the Siberian Chemical Industrial Complex say a container housing depleted uranium lost pressure and ignited, seriously injuring a nearby worker.

 

Officials are reassuring the public there has been no radiation leak into the surrounding area in Seversk, Tomsk region, with the situation being monitored using special equipment.

 

But concerned local residents have called news channels and taken to social media sites to express their anxiety over the emergency at the sprawling site. Some fear being able to open their windows.

 

The city, which was not even marked on maps during Soviet times and is still closed off to visitors, is no stranger to major incidents. In 1993 an accident at the Tomsk-7 Reprocessing Complex released a cloud of radioactive gas into the air, in what became one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters.

 

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RUSSIAN CITY WAKES UP COVERED IN BLUE SNOW - Attributed to dye spill by a local factory - Residents complain of toxic effects

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Russian city wakes up to find it is covered in BLUE snow: Bizarre weather strikes remote area that was hit by a meteorite in 2013

Residents in Chelyabinsk woke up to odd-coloured snow in the streets

Some locals complained of having sore throats after contact with it

It sparked fears that the snow was contaminated with toxic materials 

Local reports claimed it was actually a 'minor' dye spill from a factory 

Viteks Company reassured locals the colourant did not pose health risks

 

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VIRUS BEHIND STARFISH DIE OFF? - BUT WHAT IS WEAKENING AND KILLING SO MUCH MARINE LIFE? - Could Fukushima nuclear waste being poured into the Pacific be behind the sudden rise in marine life die offs?

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• So-called Sea Star Wasting Disease (SSWS) has been killing starfish since 2013.
• It makes these creatures melt.
• The still suspected virus was found in marine sediments, plankton, and sea urchins.
• The evidence pointing to that particular virus is strong, but not yet complete 
• That virus has been around for decades. So why is it so lethal now?
• Perhaps other environmental conditions have lead to the increased susceptibility of sea stars to disease.
• Many point to the ongoing contamination of the Pacific by the Fukushima nuclear plant.
• It's not just the starfish who are dying.
• The list of marine animal die offs is staggering (see related article further below on this page)
• Study shows that the California sea floor is 98% covered with dead creatures. It used to be only 1% before Fukushima.

Sea stars are lovely marine invertebrates with a round central body connected to multiple radiating legs.  In the past year millions of sea stars in the west coast waters of North America have melted into piles of slime and ossicles.

Sea star associated densovirus might be the cause of this lethal disease.  Sea star wasting disease (SSWD) is characterized by lesions, limb curling and deflation, and death as the animals rapidly degrade or ‘melt’.

The current outbreak began in June 2013 and has killed sea stars from Baja California, Mexico, to Southern Alaska. SSWD might be the biggest marine wildlife epizootic ever observed.

Evidence that SSWD is caused by a virus came from experiments in which extracts of diseased sea stars were passed through a filter with pore sizes small enough to allow passage of viruses but not bacteria or other microbes.

When injected into healthy sea stars, these filtrates induced sea star wasting disease.  

Field surveys revealed that the virus was more abundant in diseased than in healthy sea stars. The virus was found in marine sediments, plankton, and sea urchins.

The evidence that this virus causes sea star wasting disease is strong but not yet complete.

While the authors’ work reveals that sea star wasting disease virus has been present on the North American Pacific Coast for over 70 years, the disease is not always observed.

The current outbreak has been ongoing since just June 2013. Perhaps other environmental conditions have lead to the increased susceptibility of sea stars to disease. It is important to determine if a human activity is involved in precipitating the disease, so that we can prevent future loss of sea stars.

Read more
http://www.virology.ws/2014/11/17/a-virus-that-melts-sea-stars/

Photos - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish


WHY NOW?

Could the increase in nuclear waste pouring into the ocean from the Fukushima nuclear power plant have something to do with the increased weakness and much death of sea life?
 
Here are two articles with disturbing evidence that the Pacific Ocean marine life die offs coincide with the Fukushima ongoing spewing of tons of radioactive waste into the ocean.

MYSTERIOUS NOXIOUS FOG SWAMPS MOSCOW - Residents told to stay indoors

What is the 'rotten egg cloud'? Locals are told to stay inside after mysterious noxious fog swamps Moscow.

Air 'reeked of sulphide' over the city including Red Square

Experts said they were struggling to understand its source or cause

An unconfirmed theory was an industrial plant had leaked Sytrene

Styrene affects the peripheral nervous system, the haematopoietic system and even the female reproductive organs. 

One housewife said: 'We can't even see the sun, let alone the playground' 

People in Russian capital Moscow were today urged to stay indoors after an acrid cloud smelling of rotten eggs engulfed the city.

 

The air 'reeked of sulphide' including over Red Square but experts said they were struggling to understand its source or cause.

 

One unconfirmed theory was that an industrial plant had leaked a cloud of Styrene over Moscow.

 

The Russian Emergencies Ministry recommended Muscovites to stay indoors while experts tried to understand the cause.

AUTHORITIES SAID THE WATER WAS SAFE - THEN INHABITANTS OF BRITISH VILLAGE STARTED TO GET SICK AND DIE - The link between aluminum and dementia and Alzheimer's

Village of the damned: Mysterious suicides. Agonising illness. And now, 25 years after UK's worst case of mass poisoning, the first evidence that water contaminated with aluminum sulphate has KILLED people.

RARE SKIN INFECTION CAUSED BY HANDLING FISH IS SPREADING IN NEW YORK CITY

Chinatown Skin Infection Outbreak Spreads in NYC,

Number of Cases Doubles

 

NBC NEWS - The number of New Yorkers suspected of having a rare skin infection that comes from handling raw seafood, causing skin lesions, pain and swelling to the hands and arms and even difficulty moving fingers, has more than doubled, officials said Wednesday.

NEW UK LAW - FRACKERS WON'T NEED LANDOWNER PERMISSION TO DIG AND EXTRACT GAS

Trespass law overhauled to make it easier for frackers: Firms will be able to access underground gas without asking landowners for permission

• Scientists say UK is sitting on enough shale gas for 40 years' supply
• But critics warn fracking can pollute water and could cause earthquakes
• New rules will make it easier to fracking firms to ignore objections

Blogger's note:  Britain is prone to major floods.  So remember how during the Colorado massive floods of 2013 fracking oil and wastewater spilled contaminating the land. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/09/colorado-oil-spills_n_4071674.html
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/flooding-and-fracking-in-colorado-double-disaster-20130919

PORK PRODUCTS SUCH AS SALAMI AND SAUSAGES CAN BE CONTAMINATED WITH HEPATITIS E - VICTIMS UNAWARE

Tens of thousands could be falling ill each year after eating sausages, pork and salami contaminated with the hepatitis E virus, according to Government experts.

ANOTHER RADIATION LEAK FROM NEW MEXICO NUCLEAR WASTE SITE WIPP NEAR CARLSBAD

 

RT - March 19, 2014  - About one month after radiation leaks were reported at the United States’ first nuclear waste repository, a second release has been detected in the air by Department of Energy officials.

TRUST SCIENCE? IT'S DEEPLY CORRUPTED TOO - THE CASE OF BRITISH PRO-GMO SCIENTISTS

 

Scientists' hidden links to the GM food giants: Disturbing truth behind official report that said UK should forge on with Frankenfoods.

Government advisory body presented an 'independent' report on Thursday

It was used to support a bid to speed up the use of GM food in the UK

But in fact all five authors have a vested interest in promoting GM crops

The authors of a study calling for GM crops to be fast-tracked into Britain’s farms and kitchens all have links to the industry, it can be revealed.  The report was presented as the work of ‘independent’ scientists and was published on Thursday by a government advisory body.  It was used to support a bid to speed up the development of the controversial crops in the UK, but it has emerged that all five authors have a vested interest in promoting GM crops and food – and some are part-funded by the industry.

 

Critics of GM last night described the report as ‘biased and downright dangerous’, and accused the biotech giants and the Government of mounting a crude propaganda campaign to overturn public opposition.  The academics behind the study were chosen by the Council for Science and Technology, the body that advises the Prime Minister on science policy issues.  In the report presented at a press conference on Thursday, no information was given about the five scientists beyond their names and the institutions they work for.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2581387/Scientists-hidden-links-GM-food-giants-Disturbing-truth-official-report-said-UK-forge-Frankenfoods.html

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STILL EATING MEAT? - CANCEROUS BEEF SOLD TO CONSUMERS AND WALMART MEAT LACED WITH LSD

It's not just the ethical issues, the way industrial farm animals live lives of hell, and are killed in horrible ways.  It also concerns your health and that of your children.

 

Two meat-related scandals became known to consumers  in the past few days - There are countless other infractions that go unnoticed and unreported.

 

SLAUGHTERHOUSE ACCUSED OF SELLING MEAT WITH CANCER

 

SAN FRANCISCO -- Rancho Feeding Corp., the Petaluma, California, slaughterhouse that recently recalled 8.7 million pounds of beef, is under criminal investigation by the federal government for killing and selling meat from dairy cows with cancer, according to sources who would speak only on the condition of anonymity.

 

Rancho was allegedly buying up cows with eye cancer, chopping off their heads so inspectors couldn't detect the disease and illegally selling the meat, the sources said.

 

Although it's against federal law, experts say eating the meat isn't likely to make people sick. So far, no one has reported becoming ill from eating the meat.

 

The huge recall and criminal investigation hasn't just affected Rancho. Private cattle producers, who used the facility for custom slaughtering, have also been swept up, leaving the shelves with a dearth of local, natural and high-end beef.

 

Read more - http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Slaughterhouse-accused-of-selling-meat-from-cows-5267836.php

 
And here - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2567794/Slaughterhouse-sold-meat-cows-cancer-cut-animals-heads-fool-food-inspectors.html

 

WALMART SOLD MEAT LACED WITH LSD

CUSTOMERS SUFFERED HALUCINATIONS

 

Florida family hospitalized after eating meat laced with LSD

 

ABC NEWS - Florida family, which included a pregnant woman, were hospitalized after consuming meat laced with the hallucinogenic drug LSD, according to the Tampa Police Department.

 

The family of four was sickened Monday night  and did not initially know what caused the “mysterious illness,” but the county medical examiner’s office determined it was the psychedelic drug, officials said.

 

“It is still under investigation how the drug ended up in the family’s meal,” according to the police statement. “At this point, it is not clear if a crime has occurred.”

 

The woman, Jessica Rosado, 31, was nine months pregnant and doctors induced labor, authorities said.

 
Read more
http://www.examiner.com/article/family-hospitalized-after-eating-meat-with-lsd-mom-goes-into-early-labor
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2576025/Pregnant-woman-goes-labor-early-young-children-rushed-hospital-family-ate-WalMart-steak-laced-LSD.html
 
 
RELATED
 
VIDEO 'FROM FARM TO FRIDGE'
The cruel mistreatment of animals by the farm industry
 http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2014/01/from-farm-to-fridge-video-exposes.html

Video alone -  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFlAR1rITpM&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Horrific animal cruelty perpetrated by factory farms
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2013/12/horrific-animal-cruelty-perpetrated-by.html

The case of Pink Slime
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2013/08/remember-pink-slime-in-your-hamburger.html

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CHINESE RIVER SO POLLUTED IT BURSTS INTO FLAME AFTER LIT CIGARETTE IS THROWN INTO IT

RIVER OF FIRE

Lit cigarette ignited polluted river in Zhejiang province, eastern China

The flames went up more than 16ft in the air before they were extinguished

Locals blame factories and packaging firms upstream for pollution

Read more - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2574714/River-fire-Chinese-waterway-polluted-bursts-flame-lit-cigarette-thrown-it.html

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HOW MONSANTO WASTE POISONED QUARRY AND STREAM IN BRITISH VILLAGE

 

(NaturalNews) For a long time, the village of Groesfaen in the south of Wales, UK, was a desirable place to live. Quiet and untouched, yet located within short traveling distance of Wales' bustling capital city, Cardiff, Groesfaen had, by the turn of the twenty-first century, transformed from a nondescript hamlet into a small but prosperous hub of commuters - and with more housing estates being developed every year, its future seemed positive.

In 2003, however, the residents of Groesfaen began to complain about vile smells emanating from the Brofiscin quarry, a 36-meter deep quarry located at the edge of the village. More alarming still, the waters of the stream that flowed around the quarry began to turn vivid orange. Understandably concerned, the residents - including the quarry's owner, Barton Williams - urged the local Rhondda Cynon Taff council to investigate what was happening.

FUKUSHIMA ECOCIDE NEWS ROUNDUP - FEBRUARY 8, 2014

 

We are approaching the third anniversary of the Fukushima disaster and all we do is:

 

-  Ignore it or play down its significance

-  Monitor the damage on the biosphere - not necessarily the spread of radioactivity

-  Feel sorry for animal and human victims

-  Speculate on the many apocalyptic possibilities

 

And that's it.

 

The scientific community has been disgracefully quiet.  They, who should have been at the forefront of a world-wide movement to denounce the nuclear industry, and to organize to learn as much as possible from the Fukushima disaster, and to brainstorm for ways of mitigating the damage, are for the most part conspicuous for their silence.

 

You hear a statement of dismay and concern here and there, but all in very measured tones, so as not to alarm the population too much, and above all, not to bring attention to themselves from the scientific establishment.  If they say too much their grants, their careers, and their reputation could be put at stake  

 

And us?  Those of us who are aware of the situation at least in general terms are also like deer in the headlights.  Normally it would not take much to organize people around other issues, but this one that threatens the life and health of the biosphere does not seem to merit enough urgency or interest.  We are not even demanding information or proper monitoring from our authorities, or the dismantling of those weapons of mass destruction in our cities called nuclear power plants.

 

Our authorities take advantage of our confusion and indifference.  They restrict radiation monitoring.  They don't want to alarm us.  They don't want to upset the nuclear industry.  They don't want to upset the fishing industry and their profits.  So they too are complicit in their silence or their misleading reassurances that everything is still within (the ever rising) "safe radiation levels".

 

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Click and read these headlines from Enenews.

Leaders on West Coast: Gov’t is “highly irresponsible… very negligent” for not testing in Pacific as Fukushima radiation arrives — Contamination of seafood is going to happen — “We don’t want to get cancer… We have a right to know if our fish is safe” — Gov’t: Testing ‘not required’

Canada Newspapers Catch On: Gov’t “profoundly negligent” for not testing — Fukushima ocean plume detected at coast June 2013 — “My good feelings vanished… more I thought… less convinced I became” — Officials must be more forthcoming — “So-called ‘safe levels’… not safe”


TV: Hawaii Senators introduce bill to require Fukushima radiation monitoring for at least next 5 years — Nuclear engineer concerned, wants to ensure people are safe — Official: “The fact we can detect it throws fear into individuals” (VIDEO)

Gov’t: 75 Fukushima children with cancers confirmed or suspected in thyroid — ‘Genetic alterations’ to be analyzed — Expert: “Gene pool is damaged, next generations will carry burden catastrophe”; Surge in disease expected

Kyodo: ‘Massive’ amount of Fukushima data wrong? “Figures can’t be trusted” — NHK: Strontium-90 by ocean at 160,000 times limit — Tepco: Actual levels “exceeded the upper limit of measurement… We are very sorry”

Record-high 10 Million Bq/liter of strontium-90 & beta emitters finally revealed in Fukushima plant groundwater — 1,000% more than Tepco has claimed for last 6 months

Top Radiation Expert: ‘Extremely dangerous’ situation in Japan — 14,000 km² of land contaminated by Fukushima — Mayor: Country will be dealing with this for generations to come — Officials thought hot spots would diminish with distance from plant… Why didn’t they?

Report: Fukushima nuclear waste will merge with radiation from U.S. reactors when washing up on West Coast — “Startling amounts” released from operating plants — Diablo Canyon officials admit to recently discharging more tritium than Fukushima (VIDEO)

Fox News: So many people are concerned about eating Fukushima radioactive waste — Bloomberg: Radiation will be washing up on West Coast; Includes cesium, one of the “most dangerous radionuclides” released (VIDEO)

Source
http://enenews.com/

More nuclear industry international headlines posted daily here
http://www.nucnews.com/whatsnew.php

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WEST VIRGINIA CHEMICAL LEAK - INFORMATION ABOUT ANOTHER TOXIC INGREDIENT IN THE SPILL WAS WITHHELD BY COMPANY

It has been discovered that a second toxic chemical has been leaked into the water supply, and it wasn’t reported by the sketchy Freedom Industries until 12 days after they realized that the leak had occurred. Apparently this chemical was in the same tank that polluted the water with 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol.   This chemical was not reported because they just figured the water treatment facility would take care of it.

-  Local officials whitewashing the situation
-  Freedom Industries is frantic to reduce their liability 
-  Reports on safety are conflicting.
-  Symptoms are downplayed.


Read more
http://www.thedailysheeple.com/more-west-virginia-water-deceptions-a-second-toxic-chemical-was-leaked-local-officials-whitewashing-the-situation_012014


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SOFT DRINKS CONTAIN A CANCER-CAUSING AGENT - STUDY

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – There was a warning issued Thursday about the soft drinks you and your children may be consuming every day.  Consumer Reports says some of them contain a possible cancer-causing chemical, CBS 2’s Dr. Max Gomez reported.

The issue is with the caramel coloring in many soft drinks. It is what gives them their brown color. Some contain a possible human carcinogen.  Why is it in there? Can it be removed and what can you do to protect yourself?

SOMETHING STILL APPEARS TO BE WRONG WITH WEST VIRGINIA WATER AFTER THE CHEMICAL SPILL - VICTIMS FLOCKING TO HOSPITALS

Hospital admissions over W. Virginia chemical spill 

double even after water declared safe

Despite recent declarations that the water in West Virginia is now safe to use, hospital admissions related to the Kanawha Valley chemical spill have doubled over the last week.  About a week and a half ago, a chemical mixture used to wash coal – called “Crude MCHM” – began leaking into the Elk River, contaminating the water supply used by nine counties and roughly 300,000 people.

According to a recent story by the Charleston Gazette, 411 patients have been treated for chemical-related maladies at 10 different hospitals between January 9 and January 18. That’s a significant rise when compared to the numbers from just two days prior, when 317 individuals were treated for chemical exposure.

CHINA EXPORTS POLLUTION TO AMERICA ACROSS THE PACIFIC OCEAN - SMOG IS SO THICK, GOVERNMENT HAS TO TELEVISE THE INVISIBLE SUNRISE

BEIJING — Filthy emissions from China’s export industries are carried across the Pacific Ocean and contribute to air pollution in the Western United States, according to a paper published Monday by a prominent American science journal.

RADIATION EXPERT: FUKUSHIMA PLANT OUT OF CONTROL - OCEAN RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION TO CONTINUE FOREVER

Radiation Expert: Fukushima plant “out of control” — Nuclear fuel “is now in the ground… no way they can get at it” — “Will just wash uranium out to sea” — Pollution of Pacific Ocean to continue more or less forever.   (Audio and Video) 

Jan. 6, 2014 interview with Professor Chris Busby, Scientific Secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk and member of UK Department of Health Committee Examining Radiation Risk for Internal Emitters (CERRIE), Infowars (at 19:45 in):

PICTURES OF THE GHOST TOWNS OF FUKUSHIMA

Three years after the onset of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant, former residents are allowed only short visits to their former homes.

In March 2011 the world watched in horror as a powerful earthquake rocked Japan, before a deadly tsunami swept ashore, washing away any boats, cars, homes and people unfortunate enough to be in its path.  But while the initial reports of 19,000 dead shocked viewers around the globe, that news would soon be superseded by the terrors to come from the then-unknown town of Fukushima as its nuclear power plant was overcome by floodwater before going into meltdown.  Now, nearly three years on from the natural disaster, a very unnatural catastrophe is still unfolding in the central prefecture while the villagers who used to live around the plant are still suffering.

In total 80,000 people were evacuated because of the disaster as a 12-mile 'no go zone' was put in place around the stricken facility. Tepco, the owner of the plant and Japan's largest power company, insist that the situation is under control and announced in December that the plant is now in a state of 'cold shutdown' allowing a cleanup operation to start.  As a result of that operation exclusion zone lines may be redrawn, allowing some former residents of the towns around Fukushima to go home.


In the town of Namie more than 20,000 former residents are allowed to visit their homes once a month with special permissions but are not allowed to stay overnight.  In the town of Futaba residents were once so proud of their nuclear plant that they erected a sign across the promenade saying the technology made them prosperous. Now their town lies in ruins.

Within the exclusion zone hundreds of bags filled with radioactive soil lie piled up next to road and fields because opposition from those outside the zone means there is nowhere to move them to. 

Across the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the US state of California is also concerned about the effect of the disaster as water contaminated with radiation is expected to start washing up soon. The exact amount is unknown, and Tepco say there is no way to accurately measure how much has leaked away.  Even after the nuclear cleanup has finished, it will be just the beginning for anyone who decides to move back, as the devastation caused by the tsunami has still not been repaired after people fled.

Read more and see pictures of Fukushima towns here -
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2537046/The-ghost-towns-Fukushima-Three-years-Japans-nuclear-disaster-residents-allowed-home-month-stay-overnight.html
 
Pictures of Chernobyl
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2514337/Another-winter-arrives-ghostly-Chernobyl-town.html

More on Fukushima on this blog -
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/search/label/Fukushima


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