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Radiation in the Marshall Islands – Expert reaction

Radiation in the Marshall Islands – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 16 July 2019

Radioactivity still persists in parts of the Marshall Islands from nuclear testing in the 1940s and 50s, according to new […]

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5G: hype vs reality – Expert Q&A

5G: hype vs reality – Expert Q&A

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 10 July 201904 December 2019

5G has been lauded as a game-changing technology, but will 5G actually change our lives? The latest upgrade to the […]

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Mobile phone cancer link in rats – Expert Reaction

Mobile phone cancer link in rats – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 02 November 201811 February 2019

US research suggests a link between mobile phone radiation and cancer in male rats, but experts have cautioned that the […]

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Glaciers drove kiwi diversity – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 30 August 201611 April 2018

A new study suggests kiwi are more diverse than previously thought, thanks to ice age glaciations driving evolution into multiple […]

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Cell phone radiation and cancer in rats – Experts reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 30 May 201630 May 2016

A new report detailing an increase in tumours in male rats exposed to cell phone radiation has been widely reported […]

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Fukushima and NZ: Five years later – Expert reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 10 March 201603 May 2017

Five years on from the Fukushima meltdown, the SMC asks if we have seen any effects in New Zealand. And […]

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No link found between brain cancer and mobile use

In the News  |  Published: 26 February 201528 March 2016

Despite a dramatic increase in the use of mobile phones, there hasn’t been a matching rise in the incidence of […]

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WiFi in schools safe – report

In the News  |  Published: 21 March 201428 March 2016

Wifi radiofrequency fields in schools do not pose a health risk to children or staff, with exposures many thousands of […]

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Fukushima water leak – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 22 August 201328 March 2016

Radioactive water is leaking from holding tanks at the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan . Minor earlier leaks […]

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Dental x-rays linked to brain cancer – experts respond

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 11 April 201211 April 2012

New research has drawn a link between a history dental x-ray imaging and incidence of meningioma, a type of brain […]

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