2015 has been a year of growth for X-Z LAB, Inc., with many thanks to our business partners. As we enter this holiday season, we want to wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Looking forward to more opportunities to work together in 2016 to Engineer a Safer World.
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Fukushima Radiation Continues Spread
Four years after the meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi, tests of hundreds of water samples from the Pacific Ocean have revealed that the nuclear power plant continues to leak radioactive isotopes from the accident. However, the levels are still too low to harm human or ocean life, according to scientists. “Despite the fact that the levels of contamination off our shores remain well below government-established safety limits for human health or to marine life, the changing values underscore the need to more closely monitor contamination levels across the Pacific,” cautions Ken Buesseler, marine radiochemist with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Woods
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Cancer Patients Turned Away at Safdarjung India
Dozens seeking cancer treatment were turned away from Safdarjung Hospital in India as the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) shut down the hospital’s radiotherapy department. According to AERB regulations, hospitals cannot administer radiation therapy without a Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). Although Safdarjung Hospital already had an RSO, the AERB did not recognize her because she submitted her application for renewal in print while the AERB had transitioned to an online system. Until the RSO resubmits her application online, the hospital must direct all new cancer patients—upward of 120 each week—to one of three other government hospitals that offer cancer care.
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