58% increase in female breast cancer and 50% increase in lung cancer in men downwind of two Magnox reactors in Wales. Report and TV program

On Monday 19th December, the Welsh-language TV channel S4C published new evidence of a cancer cluster near the nuclear power stations at Wylfa in Wales. Commissioned by S4C, Professor Chris Busby analysed official data for cancer deaths, showing a 58% increase in female breast cancer and 50% increased lung cancer in men downwind of the two Magnox reactors, which began production in 1971. The findings are statistically significant.

Today's program  (Tuesday 2oth December)is the second of two investigating the significance of the Fukushima disaster for the proposed new nuclear reactor at Wylfa. This is the link for the trailer, **

http://www.s4c.co.uk/bydarbedwar/e_index.shtml

and the program begins at 9.30 p.m.

**If you have a problem with the links, try pasting  them into the address box of your browser.

The first programme,  Y Byd ar Bedwar - Fukushima, was transmitted on 12th December. It can be sen until 16th January. English subtitles are available - click on the "S" at the bottom right of the video screen. The video link is http://www.s4c.co.uk/clic/e_level2.shtml?series_id=482236265

    This information was derived from llrc, the Low Level Radiation Campaign.

From the historical events in Where The Fox Goes".The people stand up for their rights at the time of the enclosures.. Some of the best people were sent to Australia.

An extract from "Where The Fox Goes" 
       “Rose saved your life, too.” said Edwin. “If she hadn’t shouted, Harry wouldn’t have reached you in time.”     
       “Do you know who I am?” Michael asked her.
       “Yes. You’re the bad man who wants to take the wastelands away.” said Rose bravely.
       “But you shouted to your father to save me! ”
       “Yes.” said Rose.
       “It’s in the family.” said Edwin, dryly.
       “Would you do that for my child? ”  Michael asked Rose, who was looking up at him, unflinchingly, with her clear blue eyes.
       “Would there be man traps in the field? ”
 He looked down at his feet and shook his head.  
       “No.”
       “Would  we be hung or sent to Australia?”
       “No.”
       “If the field was hedged in, you wouldn’t be able to get there in time, anyway.” said her father.

To find out more go to  http://www.insideoutsider.co.uk    Christian family fiction with a difference.

Singing a favourite hymn in the mist.

Singing a favourite hymn when things were tough was what Alan did,  if he thought no one could hear him.
In "Where The Fox Goes" Alan does just that, but he had no idea where it would lead him and how it would help them all.
You can read more at http://www.insideoutsider.co.uk/page19.html
 This is a basic, drm free, low download pdf ebook which you can print out.   It's about caring for each other and the doors that open. You won't find it anywhere but my website at the moment, it only costs £1.00  with a free amateur audio book if you'd rather listen. ( That's around one and a half US dollars today.) and you can buy on Paypal..

Why now?

     Several years ago, when I wrote Everyone Can be a herO, (fiction from the future) I didn't know what was going to happen at Fukushima.  In my book I guessed that the English government would be sparing when it came to the truth about the amount of radioactive contamination left and that there would still be people around wanting to make money out of nuclear power. There would also be a majority of people who didn't want it and just wanted a healthy and fairer life for the future generations, although they knew that, because of the accident, their future would be blighted by increased disease and mutations.  In my book, however, no one speaks about it. The kids don't know much about nuclear waste, because they boycotted nuclear power lessons on principle.
     Society has learned to cope without oil and it hasn't been as hard as people expected, but when a nuclear accident happens, this is something that can't just be a forgotten event. The aftermath is there for millions of years.
     It takes people power and a deal of bravery to protest and stand up against the hidden lobby who want to make money out of the situation and whereas the good guys play clean, the bad guys play dirty.  Plus ca change...

Find out more at Inside Outsider Publications  http://www.insideoutsider.co.uk

A cat, the snow, and a kind heart.

   Sometimes it takes a cat or another animal to melt a frozen heart, sometimes it's the cold snowy weather that brings out the hidden kindness in people, and sometimes a sprinkling of kindness can melt a path through a frozen landscape.
    But the thing is....that it doesn't stop there.
To find out more, read Where The Fox Goes, a tale of kindness at a time of hardship, of people sharing and of people standing up for their rights in a time of recession and oppression. This is Christian family fiction with a difference, non judgmental, compassionate and inclusive. 
    From Inside Outsider Publications,
  http://www.insideoutsider.co.uk/page30.html
    ...to read about the cat...

Regaining democracy.. in fiction

Today I am selling books... ebooks and a freebie audio book.  I can wrap it in a friendly blog, but what I am trying to do is to sell books. Like most other people I need to, but unlike most other people I wouldn't say the quality of presentation was that good.  Everyone Can be a herO is fine. Micheal Smith of the Green (living) Review liked the book enough to suggest that we made an ebook too, and when I told him I hadn't ever done one before, he very kindly rolled up his sleeves and did it.
Where The Fox Goes is words... nothing but words. I thought that was what stories were about. It's also a very low download at around 600kb..  Everyone Can be a herO is around 1 MB and that includes one picture.
  These are people's books, about regaining democracy and not accepting a post democratic society, about warm friendly people who don't just care about their own problems but are prepared to step in and help their neighbours, Where this leads them and the adventures they have is part of the stories.. One thing is certain, they don't use violence to solve problems..They are too bright to do that.
     Everyone Can be a herO is for teenagers, but other people read it.. This is set in the future and is a school library book due back in 2040. There has been another nuclear accident, but this time it's in Britain. It isn't as bad as Fukushima or Chornobyl but the same problems are there.  The people who are left behind are the ones who can't buy their way out... but they are some of the best ones and they are trying to grow food organically and share what they grow.  The oil ran out some time before the accident and they have already come to terms with this, there were even some surprising benefits, what wasn't so good was the nuclear legacy.... and  the baddies have decided that there are a few quid to be made from it.
    "Where The Fox Goes" is Christian family fiction with a difference, it doesn't fit a conventional pattern and you don't have to be a Christian to read it.. There are various extracts  you can read on my website, including this one from "  The Fight to Save the Allotments"..Ivan is talking to his grandchildren.
     “Maybe I’m wrong, maybe I’m right, but when ordinary people have something special, that they work hard  at and take care of, someone always seems to come along and tries to take it away from them on the pretext that they’re doing it to improve things.  Really, all they’re bothered about is making money out of it. Even if you can’t see who it is, they’re always there.” He smiled wryly. “It’s power or money, but it’s usually money.” he added. http://www.insideoutsider.co.uk/page24.html 
  I have left the ebooks as pdf's  because people have so many different readers that it seemed silly to try to limit what I was selling. If you have problems with this, please email me and I'll do my best to sort it out for you.  Should you have a more modern Kindle, apparently  you can just copy them into "documents" folder on your Kindle device when it is connected to your Mac or PC via USB cable.
To find out more, my website is pretty basic but it is solar powered!!  http://ww.insideoutsider.co.uk

natural gas extraction - hydraulic fracturing.

     Since the discovery of massive amounts of shale gas in the U.K. I have been curious as to the extent of damage to the environment by hydraulic fracturing.  Having a strong conviction that there are few truthful official sources of news coming out of the country, when someone can make a bob or two at our expense, and here I include the BBC's coverage of nuclear power and accidents which I, personally, would find laughable if it wasn't so sinister, I was grateful to come across the review in Grist of the best green films in 2010.  This included a film called  Gasland by the avant garde filmmaker, Josh Fox, who grew up in Pennsylvania on a gas rich shale formation and has chronicled the impact of natural gas extraction known as hydraulic fracturing, on the American landscape.
     It's a very good review and if you live in the North West of England and haven't read it yet, I would strongly recommend it  http://www.grist.org/article/2010-01-29-the-best-green-films-at-sundance  as I would also strongly recommend a visit to the Gasland website  http://gaslandthemovie.com/
     These people have already walked the walk.  And yes, if you read the review in Grist, there is the famous clip of flames coming out of the drinking water tap.  It lasts around 15 seconds and it is spectacular!
    There are much better wind turbines on the way, with far higher energy output and much quieter and safer.  We have solar power.  Just for once, wouldn't be lovely if people cared about people and made a future we could look forward to leaving to the next generations?