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Accident at Nuclear Plant Spawns a Medical Mystery

December 21, 2015 by sergneri

From the LA Times Accident at Nuclear Plant Spawns a Medical Mystery : Health: Questions are being raised about the effects of radiation exposures. Scientific answers are lacking. LINDA ROACH MONROE | TIMES STAFF WRITER | 09/10/1990 RICHLAND, Wash. — On that Saturday morning in 1962, the men whose bodies formed the radiological front lines … [Read more…]

Posted in: Environment, History, Nuclear Industry, Science, the Anthropocene Tagged: 1962, 1976, 1990, Accident, blue flash, Cerenkov radiation, Hanford, Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Nuclear, radiation, The Atomic Man

Save the Fish – 1888

November 14, 2015 by sergneri

Happily, I found this opinion piece from the Dec. 27th, 1888 Marin Journal. I’m happy as it shows we have been aware of the problems of over fishing and pollution “way back when”, one hundred plus years ago. It is disheartening to see that some of the same problems exist today. Marin Journal,  27 December … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Environment, Science, the Anthropocene Tagged: 1888, Fish, Giant powder, Marin Journal, Paper Mill creek, preservation of the species, Russian River, salmon, Sonoma creek, spawn, trout, trout hog

French Snails.

March 14, 2015 by sergneri

Mariposa Gazette, 23 May 1914 Ernest Camin had on exhibition in his store this week, a quantity of live fresh water snails raised on the old Camin ranch in Cathey’s Valley. The “seed” was planted in a spring on the ranch by Mr. Camin’s father who brought them from France a number of years ago. … [Read more…]

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, History, Science, the Anthropocene Tagged: France, fresh water snails, invasive pest, snail farming

State Vaccine Agent

March 1, 2015 by sergneri

SMALL POX.— The undersigned has just receiv- ed a fresh supply of VACCINE MATTER, and is pre- pared to vaccinate all persons who may call on him. J. P. SHARKEY, State Vaccine Agent, J near 2d street. Sacramento Daily Union,  6 June 1855

Posted in: California History, California Newspaper Archive, History, Pandemic, Science Tagged: 1855, Sacramento Daily Union, SMALL POX, vaccinate, vaccine

the agent of choice …

January 29, 2014 by sergneri Leave a Comment

… in a technological society “the human being is no longer in any sense the agent of choice… He is a device for recording effects and results obtained by various techniques.” In the technological society individuals have meaning and value only to the extent they service instruments. Jacques Ellul, 1964

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Future of Work, Obituaries, Politics, Science, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: 1964, agent of choice, human beings, instruments, technological society
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