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Sunlei

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9. yes, and there was a lot of rad drift right to the USA and we don't even have a gov agency to check.

Reply to Moostache (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 23, 2013, 12:24 PM

Feb 2013

Japans Minister of Health has revealed 36% of Japans children exposed have abnormal thyroid today.

We're really in trouble when our USA health agencies have to battle 'self-regulating' corps- to keep bacteria out of peanut butter factories, beef supply and have no funding for other things.

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Fukushima radiation spread to residential areas hours before venting [View all] bananas Feb 2013 OP

Expect cancer rates to soar in those areas in the coming years. Zoeisright Feb 2013 #1

Yep, cancer clusters I believe is the term davidpdx Feb 2013 #2

Why? Doesn't the amount make a difference? FBaggins Feb 2013 #4

What is the cancer rate? beardown Feb 2013 #6

Don't confuse dose rates and actual absorbed dosage FBaggins Feb 2013 #7

We are going to see a lot worse than just cancer out of this before its all said and done. Moostache Feb 2013 #3

yes, and there was a lot of rad drift right to the USA and we don't even have a gov agency to check. Sunlei Feb 2013 #9

Talk About Just Plain Dumb on the Part of Japanese Government dballance Feb 2013 #5

I think the Japanese government had a pretty good idea that there was a radiation problem Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #13

People also need to understand that there's more than one type of evacuation. FBaggins Feb 2013 #15

It was more like a combination of the two Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #16

Hey Art RobertEarl Feb 2013 #17

It was a horrible time Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #18

Thanks Art RobertEarl Feb 2013 #19

The first couple of weeks after the disaster were pretty surreal here Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #20

TPP? RobertEarl Feb 2013 #21

Good guess at the meaning of the TPP acronym Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #22

How far do you live from Fukushima? RobertEarl Feb 2013 #24

I'm approximately 100 miles south of Dai-ichi Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #25

It was 13+ times ambient? RobertEarl Mar 2013 #27

Yes, it was approximately 13+ times ambient in Toride Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #28

Japan has quite the monitoring program RobertEarl Mar 2013 #29

I can't be sure, but Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #30

36 percent of Fukushima Prefecture children have abnormal growths on their thyroid. Sunlei Feb 2013 #8

Yikes! New report: "44.2 percent of 94,975 children sampled had thyroid ultrasound abnormalities" bananas Feb 2013 #11

that stuff is so dangerous and to think in the USA the drift here is ignored by the state/fed govs Sunlei Feb 2013 #12

Yikes? Someone has spent too much time listening to Caldicott and her ilk. FBaggins Feb 2013 #14

Thank gawd that here in the USA... bvar22 Feb 2013 #10

There is no 'safe' exposure to radiation RobertEarl Feb 2013 #23

That's a good article. nt bananas Feb 2013 #26

This NYT article on the WHO report, is telling RobertEarl Mar 2013 #31