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Full-body scanners and the health risks of airport screening

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There was terror in the skies this week over Texas, caused not by a terrorist but by a pilot -- a Flight Standards captain, no less. JetBlue Airways Capt. Clay Osbon, flying Flight 191 from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Las Vegas, began moving up and down the aisle after the jet was airborne, ranting, according to several passengers, about Iraq, Israel, al-Qaida and bombs, calling on passengers to recite the Lord's Prayer, saying that they were "all going down." An off-duty pilot in the cabin went to the cockpit to help the co-pilot with the emergency landing, while passengers and crew subdued Osbon.

From Fukushima to Toronto: A Town Hall

Mar 18 2012 - 1:00pm
Mar 18 2012 - 5:00pm

Location

918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media & Education
918 Bathurst st
Toronto, ON M5R3G5
Canada
43° 40' 6.9096" N, 79° 24' 45.6192" W

You're invited. 

From Fukushima to Toronto: A Town Hall is an opportunity to understand the causes of the Fukushima disaster and the parallels that exist in Ontario’s nuclear industry.  Workshops and pannel discussion will provide community groups, as well as old, and new activists alike with the knowledge needed to start building an Ontario free of nuclear risks powered by 100% renewable energy. 

Together we’ll develop strategies, and plans for 2012 and beyond for Torontonians to stop nuclear expansion in our region, and build a greener Ontario.

Cost: $5 or pay what you can (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)

Featuring workshops, and panel discussions on:

Contact name: 
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If you love this planet

If you love this planet

October 19, 2011
| Dr. Helen Caldicott talks to independent consultant Dr. Ian Fairlie about radiation in the environment, particularly from nuclear power stations.

59:10 minutes (54.18 MB)
Redeye

Japanese citizens angry over government negligence and deception

August 22, 2011
| An elementary school in the path of the cloud of radioactivity from the crippled Fukushima plant was used as a temporary evacuation centre.

21:26 minutes (19.63 MB)
People's Health Radio

The impact of radiation on people's health

April 15, 2011
| We talk to Glenn Alcalay about the history of U.S. nuclear testing on the Marshall Islands, and Physicians for Global Survival.

18:45 minutes (17.17 MB)
Redeye

Understanding the nuclear crisis in Japan

March 31, 2011
| Gordon Edwards talks to Redeye about what's happening with the earthquake-stricken power station in Fukushima. Gordon Edwards is president of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility.

19:22 minutes (17.73 MB)
for the sake of argument

What Japan's nuclear crisis means for all of us

Our hearts go out to the people of Japan, who have suffered and continue to suffer in the wake of the recent terrible earthquake and tsunami. To make matters worse, the horrendous natural disaster has been compounded by a human crisis in the making.

The world is watching as reports emerge about the shutdown of nuclear power plants and subsequent radiation leaks. Our immediate concern should be for the people of Japan, but at the same time, people here can't help wondering how this will affect us.

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Lindsay Beyerstein

Weekly Pulse: Japan's nuclear crisis deepens

| March 17, 2011
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