CELLPHONES AND CANCER
A new study which set out to test previous findings of a link between cellphone radiation and cancer has concluded there is no link. Tim Kushell at Adelaide’s Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science exposed mice to cellphone radiation for an hour a day for two years, but saw no rise in their cancer rate.
NUCLEAR FLAWS
Confidence in Japan’s nuclear industry was knocked last week when Nobuya Minami, president of the Tokyo Electric Power Company, apologised for his company’s failure to accurately report cracks found in reactors during checks over a 15-year period. The government’s nuclear safety agency says that eight reactors…
