Radioactive Pollution News Today

A pollution site off the coast of Los Angeles is home to thousands of decaying barrels once thought to contain the pesticide Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT). However, according to a study that was published on Wednesday, the barrels are now believed to contain tritium and carbon-14.

A rare earths processing plant run by Mitsubishi Chemicals in Bukit Merah, Malaysia was blamed for birth defects and leukaemia cases in the local community. The plant, which was shut down in 1994, had no long-term waste facility which resulted in radioactive waste leakage.

In isolated regions across the US, the Pacific Ocean, and Russia, the ground was littered with destruction as the USA and USSR tested some of the first atomic bombs during the Cold War. Throughout the next few decades, both superpowers would test hundreds of devices that painted the skies with radiation. New research suggests you could be seeing relics of this atomic testing in a modern, everyday item – researchers have detected trace levels of the radioactive element cesium-1...

Miniscule amounts of radiation. in dallas-ft. worth medical supplies triggered radiation detection there. passengers arriving from japan are getting extra scrutiny when they land. as radioactive waste spews out of the power plant, authorities here are watching the air over the pacific. this "new york times" animation based on data from a united nations monitoring agency shows how the flume of radioactive pollution might spread to the west coast, although by the time it gets here, it will be high...