Thousands Flock to Japan for Radon Therapy
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It has been singled out as the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, right behind smoking. But to Shiro Umeda, sprightly at 74, radon is the best thing since aspirin.
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Canada's MDS Nordion started shipping medical isotopes on Wednesday after a prolonged shutdown of a nuclear reactor at Chalk River, Ontario, disrupted the supply of isotopes to health facilities around the world.
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Hundreds of visitors to the same  bar as the murdered ex-KGB spy on the day he fell ill will be tested for radiation.
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Japan is preparing a set of high-level   alert procedures to follow in the event of a nuclear power   plant accident abroad, out of concern that North Korea may   carry out an underground nuclear test, Kyodo News said on   Saturday, citing government sources.
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The number of Japanese who have lived 100 years or more surged to a record-high 23,038 in 2004 in the world's longest-living country, the government said Tuesday.
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Tens of thousands of Japanese huddled in makeshift emergency shelters today after a string of earthquakes in northern Japan flattened homes, toppled bridges and derailed trains, killing at least 21 people and reportedly injuring 2,000 others.
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Japan has opened a conference to rally support among countries that support its bid to resume commercial whaling but it was boycotted by most Western countries.
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International relief begins to arrive in Asia following the quake that has killed tens of thousands of people.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan  - Nearly 8,000 people spent an anxious night in evacuation centers in northwestern Japan after a strong earthquake flattened hundreds of houses and killed at least seven people.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Japanese teams fanned out  from their base in Aceh on Saturday to spray ditches and pools  of stagnant water as the country's relief operation in  Indonesia's tsunami-ravaged province reached full strength.
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moving northeast over large parts of the country including Tokyo, with winds up to 67 miles per hour. Media reports said at least nine had died, but public broadcaster NHK said the toll had reached 11.
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More than 800 people in northern Sweden may have cancer as a result of the fallout that spewed over the region after the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986.
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Thousands of weary survivors of Japan&#39;s deadliest earthquake in a decade prepared for a third tense night in makeshift shelters and outside as rain threatened
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TOKYO Braving near-freezing temperatures, thousands of residents of northern Japan camped outside Sunday night, unnerved by aftershocks from the nation&#39;s deadliest earthquake in a decade, a violent jolt that killed 21 people, injured 1,500 and left seven
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PARIS, Aug 17  (IPS) - The fatal accident at the Japanese nuclear power  plant Mihama last week has raised  fears about French nuclear  facilities -- and also the desire to have more.
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CHIBA, Japan  - Thousands of Japanese fans rocked to the rhythm of a virtual techno beat act as a global concert aimed at persuading millions of fans to go green for the environment moved onto a venue near Tokyo on Saturday.
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Science & environment: More than 1,000 people, selected as a cross-section of the British public, gathered in nine cities yesterday to debate the merits of nuclear power.