NH #681: What Youth Want to Know about Nukes + Radioactive Contamination of Food & Water – A Congressional Briefing – Kimberly Roberson

This Week’s Features:

  • How do we get a younger demographic into the movement against nuclear? What do Youth Want to Know (to use an olde phrase)? Nuclear Hotseat producer/host Libbe HaLevy met via zoom with students at Wilmington College in Ohio, who are studying nuclear issues with Tanya Maus, head of the Peace Resource Center. A wide-ranging Q&A followed with some very astute, perceptive students. They give us all hope for the future. An excerpt from what turned out to be a 90 minute session held on July 8, 2024.

LINKS from this feature:

Radioactive Contamination of U.S. Food and Water and What Congress Can Do About It – Upcoming Webinar

An interview with Kimberly Roberson, founder/director of Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN) and lead organizer for this Congressional briefing.

WHERE & WHEN? The briefing will be held via Zoom on Monday, July 15 at 2pm Eastern time. 

Registration is required. For further information and to register, go to https://nislappdc.org/ffan-congressional-briefing/.

Speakers will include:

  • US Congresswoman Cori Bush – Representing Missouri’s 1st Congressional District (invited)
  • Arjun Makhijani — Nuclear engineer, President of the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, author of Exploring Tritium’s Dangers, member of an independent scientists’ panel commissioned by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat to review radioactive dumping from Fukushima into the Pacific
  • Prof. Bob Richmond — University of Hawaii Marine Biologist, expert in biological uptake of radiation in the oceans, member of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat panel on Fukushima
  • Kimberly Roberson — Project Director, Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN). She served on the board of National Association of Nutrition Professionals and helped organize the FFAN Coalition which petitioned FDA for better food regulations​ following the Fukushima disaster.
  • James Gormley — President and Senior Policy Advisor of Citizens for Health and a leading consumer health advocate
  • Cindy Folkers — Radiation and Health Hazard Specialist with Beyond Nuclear (moderating)

NUKEWATCH REPORT with John LaForge

The Two. Susans (Susan Crane, 80, from Redwood City, California, along with Dutch citizen Susan van der Hijden from Amsterdam) enter German prison for having peacefully protested U.S. nuclear bombs being held at Buchel Air Base in Germany.

Numnutz of the Week (for Outstanding Nuclear Boneheadedness)

Looking for a fun Nuclear vacation activity?  How about a tour of the Hanford Site? <!>