Radioactive contamination

bombs were detonated by the United States government (17). On the 1st of March 1954 a hydrogen bomb, called Bravo was dropped on the Bikini Atoll (11). The bomb was dropped regardless of weather forecasts that predicted winds which would blow the radioactive fallout over much of the surrounding islands and the island’s inhabitants. The consequences that followed the explosion left the indigenous population of the Marshall Islands with a permanently uninhabitable homeland and people who were…

"Instead of focusing on the primary causes of meat contamination - the feed being given to cattle, the overcrowding at feedlots, the poor sanitation at slaughterhouses, excessive line speeds, poorly trained workers, the lack of stringent governmant oversight - the meatpacking industry and the USDA are now advocating…

Even more troubling, than the potential groundwater contamination, is the claim that the methane released during this process is minimal. Although the overall amounts are relatively low, methane has 105 times more warming impact pound for pound than carbon dioxide and so, just a little can go a very long way when it comes to climate change. Not surprisingly, there is wide disagreement on how much methane is being leaked into the atmosphere as part of the fracking process. In a study at Cornell…

handle the situation accordingly. Dirty bombs are usually intended to inflict psychological pain and they contain radioactive materials in the form of powder or pellets, therefore when they go off it can cause significant short term and or long term problems. Because of the radioactivity in a dirty bomb, buildings would intentionally have to be demolished, any debris in the area of contamination has to be removed, and the areas contaminated could be limited depending on the spread of the bomb.…

depletion. Pollutions can be refers as the undesirable and unintended contamination of the environment by human activities, such as manufacturing, waste disposal, burning fossil, etc. Resources depletion refers to the consumption of finite or scarce. On the other hand, resources depletion refers to the consumption of finite or scarce resources. In a certain sense, pollution is really a type of resource depletion because contamination of air, water or land diminishes their beneficial qualities.…

Current energy methods are destroying what we need to survive: the planet we live on and the air we breathe. Centuries of burning fossil fuels, mainly coal, oil, and other natural gases, has led to massive increases of a greenhouse gas called carbon dioxide. The number one reason that carbon dioxide is being released is for the generation of electricity through the burning of fossil fuels. In order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, we need to change the source of our energy. An alternate form…

2060: the predicted year that Earth will have run out of all oil and natural gas. In approximately 200 years, humans will have used up all of the available resources. And considering the earth is 4.5 billion years old, this is disgusting. If the predicted year is correct, I will be 59 years old when everything the world depends on is gone. Consequently, my children will live a life of depleting natural resources, and my grandchildren will see how nonrenewable they actually are. As a result, I…

agency boundaries. (The Nuclear Matters Handbook 2013) The agency responsible for overseeing the cleanup of the nation’s nuclear weapons complex is The Office of Environmental Management. (EM) Leftover from the Cold War, contamination from large amounts of radioactive and toxic waste are spread throughout nuclear weapons facilities around the country. The agency has succeeded in cleaning up 90 nuclear sites and continues its clean- up efforts at 17 additional sites located in 11 states.…

possibility is very low. Even with the creation of nuclear waste and water contamination they still produce more clean power than oil, coal, or natural gas. The real future prospect of nuclear energy lies in the molten salt reactor. By using molten salt and melting down the nuclear material it almost entirely stops the production of nuclear waste. Since the water also never makes contacted with the nuclear material there is no contamination and can be captured and reused more easily. Despite the…

“that the carcinogen benzene was 55 times higher than the recommended safe levels”, contamination of the water supply, as well as pollutants in the air. Some of the pollutants found in the air were said to cause health issues such as silicosis, which is an incurable lung disease. If that was not enough the water supply for nearby towns is said to be polluted by toxic fluids “containing added chemicals, radioactive material, liquid hydrocarbons, and heavy metals” (Hoffman). Fracking has been…