In Progress Village, Florida, residents live beside a massive phosphogypsum stack containing radioactive waste, raising long-standing concerns about environmental health, water safety, and hurricane vulnerabilities.
A Florida man, Marco Antonio Benitez Jr., was arrested after a stolen radiological device was found at his home in Bradenton. The device, a moisture density gauge containing Cesium-137, was located using a Facebook Marketplace listing. Authorities warned of health risks from radiation exposure.
A major international study published in Science found that children conceived after the Chernobyl disaster show no additional DNA damage linked to their parents' radiation exposure. Researchers from the US National Cancer Institute analyzed DNA from families where parents helped with cleanup or lived near the exclusion zone, comparing de novo mutations across generations. The study of people born from 1987-2002 found no link between parental radiation exposure and mutations in offspring, challenging concerns about hereditary genetic effects from nuclear accidents.
People streamed into the central square of Slavutych in the early hours of Sunday, placing candles on a large radiation hazard symbol laid out on the ground as a midnight commemoration began for those killed in the Chernobyl disaster 40 years ago and the thousands who risked deadly radiation exposure to contain its aftermath. Residents show up for the vigil each year despite wartime curfews and official warnings against large gatherings during Russia’s war on Ukraine. The April 26, 1986 disaster...
