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• Flights show radiation normal near Los Alamos fire

  July 3, 2011 3:44 PM

  SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - An aircraft monitoring the area near Los Alamos where a huge wildfire has been burning has picked up no sign of unusual radiation levels. New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez announced Sunday that flights by a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plane in the past week... more »

• CO snowpack sampled after Japan disaster

  April 3, 2011 5:47 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Officials have stored samples of Colorado mountain snowpack just in case they're needed to measure any fallout from Japan's nuclear disaster. Denver's KCNC-TV reports that collectors took samples at 10 locations, from Cameron Pass to the north to La Veta Pass in the south. Officials stress... more »

• Tiny amount of Japanese radiation detected in Colorado

  March 23, 2011 6:32 PM

  Minute levels of radiation have been detected in Colorado's air by the state health department. The air sample shows a "minuscule" amount of iodine-131. The sample has been sent to the EPA for more testing. "Levels detected in Colorado are minuscule and represent no risk to human health,"... more »

• Trace findings of radiation turns up in some food and water

  March 19, 2011 6:36 PM

  FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) - There's word that radiation is turning up in some food and water in Japan. The Tokyo government says radiation levels in spinach and milk from farms near the facility were found to exceed safety limits, and higher-than-recommended amounts of radioactive iodine showed up in drinking water... more »

• No radiation danger in Colorado

  March 16, 2011 2:00 PM

  The Colorado Health Department says there is no current risk to Colorado residents from radiation leaking from nuclear power plant reactors in Japan. Colorado health officials also are not recommending that people take potassium iodide tablets to protect themselves from any possible exposure to radiation because there are side... more »

• Three from quake-damaged Japanese nuclear plant exposed to radiation.

  March 12, 2011 1:26 PM

  IWAKI, Japan (AP) - Officials are trying to ease fears about radiation leakage and a potential meltdown after an explosion today at a nuclear plant in northeastern Japan. They say the reactor's metal housing remains intact and radiation levels have fallen. But authorities have evacuated a 12-mile radius around the... more »

• Alarms over radiation from thyroid cancer patients

  October 20, 2010 8:24 AM

  Congressional investigators say cancer patients sent home after treatment with radioactive iodine have contaminated hotel rooms and set off alarms on public transportation. Patients have come into close contact with vulnerable people, including pregnant women and children, and the household trash from their homes has triggered radiation detectors at... more »

• FDA concerned about too much medical radiation

  June 14, 2010 8:30 AM

  The Food and Drug Administration is taking a hard look at medical radiation because of evidence that Americans get too much of it from tests. The average American's dose has grown sixfold in the past few decades. Americans get the most medical radiation in the world, accounting for... more »

• Radiation exposure varies by age, sex

  May 19, 2010 9:22 AM

  New research suggests radiation from CT scans pose a larger health threat for younger patients and women. A study from the Medical University of South Carolina aimed to estimate the risk of radiation according to a patient's age and sex. Using 51 patients undergoing routine abdominal and pelvic CT... more »

• US senators want to expand radiation compensation

  April 20, 2010 4:09 PM

  A bipartisan group of U.S. senators from western states wants to expand federal compensation for people who became ill from working in uranium mines, living near debris left from mining or living near atomic tests from the 1940s to the 1960s. The measure, introduced Monday, would broaden who's eligible... more »

• Next generation imaging may drastically reduce radiation exposure

  February 24, 2010 10:37 AM

  The next generation of imaging used to detect heart disease is not only more accurate, but seems to drastically reduce radiation exposure. The standard 64-slice CT scans can image 4 centimeters at a time. Researchers at Columbia University tested the latest technology, which uses 320-slice scans to image 16... more »

• One out of four nuclear power plants have radioactive leaks

  February 1, 2010 4:01 PM

  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission reports potentially dangerous levels of radioactive tritium - which can cause cancer - were found over the weekend in groundwater at the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in Vernon. The discovery brings to at least 27 the number of nuclear reactors in the U.S. with tritium leaks... more »

• Digital mammography uses less radiation

  January 29, 2010 1:05 PM

  Radiation exposure from digital mammography appears to be much lower than conventional film mammography. The latest digital mammographic imaging screening trial examined data from about 5,000 women. Researchers say the radiation dose from digital imaging was about 22-percent lower, on average, than film mammography. Both methods are similar... more »

• Radiation detected at Three Mile Island; public OK

  November 22, 2009 11:52 AM

  A small amount of radiation has been detected in a reactor building at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in central Pennsylvania. Officials say there is no public health risk. About 150 employees were sent home after the radiation was detected Saturday afternoon. Exelon Nuclear spokeswoman Beth Archer says... more »

• Studying dogs with cancer could lead to new human treatments

  October 15, 2009 12:34 PM

  Cancer researchers say studying the disease in pet dogs could help find new treatments for human patients. An estimated one million dogs are diagnosed with cancer each year and are treated with radiation, chemotherapy and surgery -- just like humans. Some pet owners even try experimental treatments. Researchers... more »