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Experts: More data needed to assess radiation’s role in cancer among Fukushima kids via The Asahi Shimbun

Health experts are at odds on whether radiation from the Fukushima nuclear accident led to an unexpectedly high occurrence rate of thyroid gland cancer among children in Fukushima Prefecture. The prefectural government has been conducting thyroid gland tests on all … Continue reading

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4 members leave Fukushima panel overseeing prefectural health survey via The Mainichi

A Fukushima Prefectural Government panel set up to monitor tests of residents’ health in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant announced the exit of four members and the introduction of a new goal at … Continue reading

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Analysis of WHO report on Fukushima catastrophe via IPPNW

Analysis of WHO report on Fukushima catastrophe Dr. med. Alex Rosen* University Childrens Clinic Düsseldorf August 3rd, 2012 On May 23rd, 2012, the World Health Organization (WHO) published what it called a “Preliminary dose estimation from the nuclear accident after … Continue reading

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Thyroid gland tests on kids in Nagasaki to be compared with Fukushima findings via The Asahi Shimbun

The Environment Ministry has begun thyroid gland tests on children in faraway Nagasaki Prefecture as part of efforts to gauge the effects of radiation fallout from last year’s nuclear disaster. Those children will serve as a control group for kids … Continue reading

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