https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Swedish Food Agency wants the state to provide funding for tests of radioactivity in wild boar. https://www.thelocal.se/20191222/should-sweden-foot-the-bill-for-radioactive-wild-boar Sun, 22 Dec 2019 12:45:21 +0100 should-sweden-foot-the-bill-for-radioactive-wild-boar Even though it's over 30 years since the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, radiation levels exceeding 39 706 Bq (becquerel) per kilo have been found in Swedish wild boar meat taken from the Uppland area. https://www.thelocal.se/20180123/record-radiation-levels-found-in-swedish-wild-boar Tue, 23 Jan 2018 15:51:10 +0100 record-radiation-levels-found-in-swedish-wild-boar A wild boar with radiation levels more than ten times the safe limit has been shot in central Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20171005/radioactive-boar-shot-dead-in-sweden-31-years-after-chernobyl-disaster Thu, 05 Oct 2017 19:08:21 +0200 radioactive-boar-shot-dead-in-sweden-31-years-after-chernobyl-disaster Mora municipality in central Sweden has decided not to accede to the wishes of an "electro-oversensitive" local resident and introduce a "radiation-free" zone in order to maintain mobile phone coverage. https://www.thelocal.se/20111128/37608 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:33:00 +0100 37608 A Swedish man who sometimes wears a silver-coloured suit to protect himself from mobile phone mast radiation has demanded that local officials in Dalarna in central Sweden create a “radiation-free zone” to protect his health that may leave half the county without mobile phone coverage. https://www.thelocal.se/20111125/37576 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 17:28:00 +0100 37576 A Swedish man police detained two weeks ago for trying to build a nuclear reactor in his kitchen said Thursday he had started the experiment "just for fun". https://www.thelocal.se/20110805/35368 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 11:26:00 +0200 35368 Sweden is to follow an EU recommendation to check all Japanese food imported after the March 11th earthquake, the National Food Administration (Livsmedelsverket) announced on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110323/32768 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:11:00 +0100 32768 The Swedish foreign ministry has offered to fly Swedes and other Scandinavians wishing to leave Japan out of the country via Bangkok. https://www.thelocal.se/20110318/32664 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:21:00 +0100 32664 Radon is more of a health hazard than has been hitherto known and the World Health Organisation (WHO) has argued for a dramatic cut in limits for homes and buildings. https://www.thelocal.se/20090927/22318 Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:16:00 +0200 22318 Safety officials in Sweden may put one of the country’s nuclear power plants under special supervision following a number of safety violations. https://www.thelocal.se/20090707/20522 Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:29:00 +0200 20522 New cracks have been discovered in control rods a nuclear reactor at the Oskarshamns nuclear facility in southern Sweden, less than six months after all the rods were replaced. https://www.thelocal.se/20090527/19686 Wed, 27 May 2009 10:03:00 +0200 19686 A sharp increase in reports of young people being injured from visits to Sweden’s tanning salons may result in stricter regulations, including a ban on clients younger than 18-years-old. https://www.thelocal.se/20090420/18978 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:26:00 +0200 18978 Exposure to mobile phone radiation worsens the short-term memory of rats, according to a new Swedish study. https://www.thelocal.se/20081203/16082 Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:48:00 +0100 16082 Sweden shut down one of its nuclear reactors on Tuesday to check the plant's control rods after cracks were found in the rods at an identical plant, the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (SSM) reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20081021/15110 Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:50:00 +0200 15110