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Eight key issues the NII report on Japanese MOX fuel should have addressed

BNFL only admitted it had falsified safety data on MOX fuel after the Independent newspaper found out. Then it repeatedly denied that any data on the fuel sent to Japan was falsified, until data released in Japan, and a memo from the NII, showed otherwise. The NII report can only be reliable if all the documents and data related to the scandal are released.

The changing story

Background briefing on the BNFL's 'fundamentally flawed' management.

A summary of Lockheed Martin's health, safety and environment record

Lockheed Martin used to manage Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant currently subject to fierce official condemnation. It currently manages on behalf of the US Department of Energy four sites related to nuclear weapons.

This month the US National Family Farm Coalition, in conjunction with Greenpeace, held public meetings to which farmers were invited to hear about the experience of US growers and other farmers regarding the impacts of the commercial introduction of GM crops. Following a number of requests for more information from those who were unable to attend, here's a summary of the meetings and other subsequent developments.

Many soft plastic toys are made out of PVC (also known as vinyl). Vinyl toys contain chemicals called phthalates to make them soft. Phthalates are liable to cause liver, kidney and testicular damage and the European Commission has warned that they are released in dangerous quantities when children chew vinyl toys for long periods.

Greenpeace will be inviting retailers to remove soft PVC toys for children under three years old from their shelves. This note explains how you can play a part.

Babies and toddlers should not swallow hazardous chemicals. But they do. Every time they play with a soft PVC toy.

Chemicals called phthalates (pronounced tha-lates) have been banned from use in all babies toys in 7 European countries, but soft PVC toys containing phthalates remain on sale throughout the UK.

Soft PVC toys contain phthalates to make them soft. (You can often smell these chemicals, or the vanilla essence used to disguise the smell, when you open the packaging).

This report details Greenpeace's position on the principles for fisheries and fish management and our call for urgent government and industry action.