Tag Archives: thyroid cancer

10 Years Living with Fukushima

Posted on 2021/03/27 by nfield

Thyroid cancer in Fukushima children increased 20-fold via Alex Rosen, IPPNW Latest results of the Fukushima thyroid screenings confirm worrying trend In 2011, people in Japan were exposed to radioactive fallout. Some still live in contaminated regions where they are … Continue reading →

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Fukushima Thyroid Examination January 2021: 202 Surgically Confirmed as Thyroid Cancer Among 252 Cytology Suspected Cases via Fukushima Voice Version 2e

Posted on 2021/02/04 by nfield

After a 4½-month hiatus, the 40th session of the Oversight Committee was held on January 15, 2021, releasing new data (as of June 30, 2020) from the fourth and fifth rounds of the Thyroid Ultrasound Examination (TUE). The pandemic restrictions have essentially stalled the school-based screening for … Continue reading →

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Radioactive Olympics Deja Vu: UPDATE by Dr. Alex Rosen of IPPNW via Nuclear Hotseat

Posted on 2021/01/11 by nfield

Radioactive Olympics deja vu – While they’re set to happen in 2021,they’re still called the 2020 games… same schedule, same dangerous locationsfor torch relay and first games.  Will Japan and the IOC never learn…? Listen Here: Audio Player00:0000:00Use Up/Down Arrow keys … Continue reading →

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“Take Science Seriously and Value Ethics Greatly”: Health Effects of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster　via The Asia-Pacific Journal/Japan Focus

Posted on 2020/09/30 by nfield

Interview with Hisako Sakiyama, M.D. & Ph.D. By Katsuya Hirano & Hirotaka Kasai Translated by Akiko Anson Introduction Hisako Sakiyama has a PhD in Medicine and is a Member of the Takagi School of Alternative Scientists, a Japanese NGO established in 1998 … Continue reading →

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Nuclear exposure standards discriminate on the basis of sex via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2020/09/21 by nfield

By Linda Pentz Gunter […] And despite RBG’s immense contribution to our greater wellbeing, as women, we still face discrimination in so many walks of life. That could be about to get worse. That discrimination remains most infuriatingly true when … Continue reading →

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The Half lives of the abandoned via Beyond Nuclear International

Posted on 2020/03/11 by nfield

By Cindy Folkers “Whatever I do, all pleasure has disappeared from my life…we are living with a narrow range of activities.”  Akemi Shima was a resident of Date (duh-tay) City when the reactors at Fukushima exploded, spewing radioactive particles into … Continue reading →

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A message from Sumio Konno・今野寿美雄, a former nuclear engineer, on the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster via the Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World・核の無い世界を目指すマンハッタンプロジェクト

Posted on 2020/03/09 by nfield

Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World SUBSCRIBE[ Voices from Japan: 9 years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster ] 2020 March video project by Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World English subtitle by John Baldwin, Karen Rogers, Mari Inoue, Rachel Clark, … Continue reading →

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Association between the detection rate of thyroid cancer and the external radiation dose-rate after the nuclear power plant accidents in Fukushima, Japan via Medicine

Posted on 2019/11/20 by nfield

Hidehiko Yamamoto, MD,aKeiji Hayashi, MD,b and Hagen Scherb, Dr rer nat Dipl-Mathc,∗Monitoring Editor: Jimmy T. Efird. Abstract A thyroid cancer ultrasonography screening for all residents 18 years old or younger living in the Fukushima prefecture started in October 2011 to investigate the … Continue reading →

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Association between the detection rate of thyroid cancer and the external radiation dose-rate after the nuclear power plant accidents in Fukushima, Japan via Medicine

Posted on 2019/09/16 by nfield

Yamamoto, Hidehiko MDa; Hayashi, Keiji MDb; Scherb, Hagen Dr rer nat Dipl-Mathc,* A thyroid cancer ultrasonography screening for all residents 18 years old or younger living in the Fukushima prefecture started in October 2011 to investigate the possible effect of … Continue reading →

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“Oops”: Manipulated childhood cancer data hides radiation impact, harms public health protection via Beyond Nuclear

Posted on 2019/08/01 by nfield

As the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe unfolded in March 2011, experts began applying lessons (some poorly learned or incomplete) from other nuclear disasters, primarily Chernobyl. After Chernobyl, it took nearly a decade for official experts to admit what data were revealing: … Continue reading →

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