Environment

Authorities in Belgium are going to supply the entire population of 11 million citizens with iodine pills to protect against a potential nuclear war in Europe.  Health Minister Maggie De Block says the drastic measure is to safeguard members of the public against a potential nuclear accident. Yahoo News reports: Iodine pills, which help reduce radiation build-up in the thyroid gland, had previously only been given to people living within 20 kilometres (14 miles) of the Tihange and Doel nuclear plants.

Fast and Furious star Vin Diesel has gone public on Chemtrails, lending support to the theory that the U.S. government are spraying poisonous chemicals into the atmosphere in order to slowly poison and dumb down members of the public. Chemtrails are long-lasting trails left in the sky by aircraft that routinely spray highly toxic chemicals such as aluminium into the atmosphere. Trueactivist.com reports: While the conspiracy theory may be somewhat hard to swallow, convincing arguments do exist – though they are few.

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake rattled the southwestern French city of La Rochelle on Thursday morning. The Central French Seismic Office said it was  strongest quake in mainland France since April 2014. The quake hit at 08:46 local time and caused buildings to shake, but there have been no immediate reports of injuries or damage. France24 reports:The epicentre was between La Rochelle and the popular tourist town of Rochefort in the Charente-Maritime region.

South Korea’s Olympic athletes should be protected from the mosquito-borne Zika virus at this years Olympics. South Korea’s Olympic committee has unveiled the country’s Zika-Proof outfits, consisting of long-sleeved shirts and pants  impregnated with mosquito-repellent chemicals The athletes will wear their new outfits during ceremonies, training and at the athletes’ village in Rio de Janeiro this summer.

NASA’s Hubble Space telescope has found a previously unseen moon around the dwarf planet Makemake. The very bright dwarf planet lies beyond the planets of the Solar System in the Kuiper Belt, catching the last rays of the sun, after which lies the vast void of outer space that contains 99.9999… % of the universe.