25 January 2009

Tour Around The Interweb

- The government is pushing ahead with four sites for new nuclear power plants: Sellafield in Cumbria, Bradwell in Essex, Oldbury in Gloucestershire and Wylfa in Anglesey.

- You can follow updates on the Gaza solidarity sit-in at the University of Warwick here.

- A new US study, published online this week by the American Journal of Cardiology, warns that, in the first year of California using Taser stun guns, the number of in-custody sudden deaths rose dramatically. "Tasers are not as safe as thought," said Dr. Byron Lee, one of the cardiologists involved in studying the death rate related to Tasers. "And if they are used, they should be used with caution."

- A farmer in Wales has taken it upon himself to contamine the entire principality's GM-free status.

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