Tag Archives: Hiroshima

Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Survivors Pass Their Stories to a New Generation via The New York Times

Posted on 2015/08/17 by norma field

HIROSHIMA, Japan — Hiromi Hasai was being trained to make machine gun bullets when the flash from the atomic bomb that destroyed his city lit up the already bright morning sky. Just 14, he had been pulled from school a … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima survivors help Fukushima residents overcome fear and discrimination via DiaNuke.org

Posted on 2015/08/16 by norma field

Living through the atomic bomb may be best thought of not as a single experience, but a series of experiences: the blast itself, flattening buildings for miles around; the radiation exposure; the anticipation of radiation sickness; and the discrimination from … Continue reading →

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Bicyclists against bombs pedal 7 miles to protest nuclear proliferation via the Chicago Sun-Times

Posted on 2015/08/10 by norma field

Yuki Miyamoto believes her mother died of exposure to radiation from the atomic bomb the United States dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in 1945. Miyamoto, a DePaul University religion professor who grew up in Hiroshima, said her mother contracted a blood … Continue reading →

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How a secretive US agency discovered the a-bomb’s effect on people via Politico

Posted on 2015/08/10 by norma field

Susan Southard […] When Do-oh was 20, new hope appeared at her door. It was 1949, at the time of year, she remembered, that “the persimmon fruits started to develop color.” Her injuries still hadn’t fully healed, and her hair … Continue reading →

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Grandson of crew member of both B-29s that dropped A-bombs interviews survivors in Japan　via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/08/06 by norma field

A twist of fate has led the grandson of the only U.S. crew member aboard both the B-29s that dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 to Japan to meet survivors of those horrific blasts. Ari Beser, a … Continue reading →

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Survey: 61% of 2nd-generation hibakusha feel anxiety over parents’ radiation exposure　via The Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/07/30 by norma field

More than 60 percent of second-generation hibakusha still feel anxiety over their parents’ exposure to radiation from the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years ago, a survey showed. The Tokyo Federation of A-Bomb Sufferers Organizations released its study … Continue reading →

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Researchers to study long-term effects of radiation on Fukushima workers　via The Mainichi

Posted on 2015/03/14 by norma field

Following the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant disaster, Japan has a large number of radiation-exposed workers. To learn more about the health effects of this exposure, a study will be conducted this spring to follow the health of these … Continue reading →

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FOUR YEARS AFTER: A-bomb survivors research institute to monitor Fukushima plant workers via the Asahi Shimbun

Posted on 2015/03/09 by norma field

A research institute formed to study the effects of radiation on the survivors of the atomic bombings will start lifelong health surveys on workers at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant following the March 2011 accident. The Radiation Effects … Continue reading →

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America’s Atomic Time Bomb: Hanford Nuclear Waste Still Poses Serious Risks via Spiegel International

Posted on 2014/01/28 by norma field

The lambs were born without eyes or mouths. Some had legs that had grotesquely grown together; others had no legs at all. Many were stillborn. Thirty-one were lost in a single night. On a pasture nearby, a cow was found … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Forever via HuffPost

Posted on 2013/09/27 by norma field

Charles Perrow Fukushima is just the latest episode in a dangerous dance with radiation that has been going on for 68 years. Since the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in 1945 we have repeatedly let loose plutonium and other … Continue reading →

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