13 Workers at New Mexican Nuclear Waste Dump Exposed to Radiation
authorities have confirmed 13 employees were exposed to radiation during a recent leak at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, nation’s first underground nuclear waste dump. Authorities did not give details on the level of contamination detected. The radiation leak was detected on February 14, but it is still not known what caused it.
Soft drinks cause permanent damage to young mouths
Soft drinks, fruit juice or even the so-called health drinks can permanently damage young people’s teeth, says a new study. Dental researchers at the University of Adelaide have for the first time demonstrated that drinks high in acidity can cause lifelong damage to the teeth within the first 30 seconds of acid attack. The researchers say drinks high in acidity combined with night-time tooth grinding and reflux can cause major, irreversible damage to young people’s teeth.
CIA Admits to Spying on Senate Torture Investigators
The CIA has admitted to spying on a computer network used by a Senate committee investigating the agency’s post-9/11 torture and rendition program. An internal CIA probe found staff improperly accessed a protected database and read the emails of investigators working on the torture report. The probe validated claims of CIA spying made by Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Dianne Feinstein and prompted CIA Director John Brennan to issue an apology after he had adamantly denied those claims. A number of senators have called for Brennan to resign.