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Health Issues & Radiation
Sickness In Japan
Fukushima Nuclear Crisis
Magnetic Field Detector
April 23, 2012
by Philippe Schockweiler
For many months now, the first reports, studies and peer
reviews have been published on the issue of health effects
of the
Fukushima-Dai'ichi disaster. Especially children are the
most affected of radiation sicknesses and diseases such as
thyroid problems, acute cardiovascular diseases, cancers,
lumps and irrefutable cell damage, because their immune
systems are not fully developed. A study conducted in the
Fukushima prefecture on 3375 children showed:
"Total number of children tested: 3765
No. of children found with lumps 5.1 millimeters and larger:
26 (0.7% of total)
No. of children found with lumps smaller than 5.1
millimeters: 1117 (29.7% of total)1143 children, or 30.4% of
children tested, were found with lumps of varying sizes. 26
children (0.7%) have been found with lumps with 5.1
millimeters or larger in diameter, and will go through
further testing [at some time]. However, Shunichi Yamashita,
the head of the commission and the vice president of
Fukushima Medical University explains, "There is no
malignant change due to the nuclear plant accident". Of 3739
children who will not need further testing (99.3% of
children tested), 1117 children (29.7%) have been found with
lumps 5.0 millimeters or less in diameter. But the
prefectural government has decided they are "benign". (1)
Already last year, in May 2011 Satoshi Tashiro, senior
professor of the Hiroshima University had discovered in 550
out of 1100 children's thyroids high and health threatening
levels of radiation, up to 0,1 - 0,2 mSv/ h. (2) Regarding
the fact that especially children are extremely vulnerable
to radiation because their immune system is not yet fully
developed and that they are irradiated and exposed to highly
radioactive sources of radiation, and contaminated by local
food, dust and water, we must unfortunately be ready to
predict a high number of children cancers and genetic
defects over the next decades, probably worse then
Chernobyl. But also unborn life is severely affected by
radiation: Examiner.com resumed the risks and threats very
well in an article from June 2011:
"In the ultimate nuclear nightmare scenario now unfolding,
Japanese local newspapers have attributed sickness in
children to Fukushima's nuclear meltdowns, the radioactive
levels now elevated throughout eastern Japan. Children over
32 miles from ground zero are suffering fatigue, diarrhea,
and nosebleeds, the three most common of eight radiation
sickness signs, the three in the earliest stage Tokyo
Shinbun newspaper reported that many Japanese children have
"inexplicable" symptoms. Each symptom described are among
the first experienced with radiation sickness. Japan is
dangerously contaminated by radioactivity over a far larger
area than previously reported by TEPCO and the central
government according to new reports from multiple sources,"
the Daily Kos reported. The prefectural government of Iwate
released new data that shows radioactive contamination of
grass exceeds safety standards at a distance of 90 to 125
miles from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plants.
Children become radiated when they drink milk and eat dairy
products from cows feeding on radioactive grass, even at low
levels according to the world's foremost anti-nuclear
campaigner, Dr. Helen Caldicott, and other independent
scientists. Radioactive materials concentrate in milk" and
many other food products. (5)
Pediatricians around Japan but mostly in a 200km radius
around Fukushima report of more and more children attended
by radiation sickness and describing the typical symptoms:
" Tomoyuki Yamazaki, a Japanese doctor ... in Wakayama
Prefecture in western Japan who provides medical counseling
at the information center every month, said in an email to
ENInews that an increasing number of children he has seen
“have nosebleeds that don’t stop, diarrhea, dark circles
under their eyes, and incurable stomatitis [an inflammation
of the mucous linings in the mouth]. A growing number of
children [at the centre] have pains in their chests.” [...]
(6)
The fear and growing rumors of miscarriages have been denied
by the government although first analysis and statistics
point in a different direction. The University of Fukushima
disinforms the public by telling them that currently 28
pregnancies in Fukushima are resulting in a miscarriage out
of 100 , but that would be a rather normal number. One third
of the pregnancies ending in a miscarriage an this is
supposed to be normal? The disinformation these days doesn't
seem to know any limits. (7) Another less acadamical but
interesting report came from the Morning-TV of AsahiTV.
Apparently, mutations are also visible in botanic life:
Reporters claimed that many mutations in flowers and plants
have occurred and showed images of mutated dandelions. (8)
The disinformation from the government takes unprecedented
levels of absurdity. Sebastian Pflugbeil, a respected German
Nuclear Expert and chairman of the Society for Radiation
Protection, visited the Fukushima area and was shocked to
find a beauty pageant in Fukushima for the prettiest girl
who ate only food from Fukushima area. This pageant was
supported and sponsored by the Japanese Ministry of
Agriculture. (9) The typical eye-swelling especially in
small children has also occured in Fukushima and surrounding
areas. Swollen red eyes, as observed in Chernobyl are a
typical symptom of thyroid disorder and have been reported
in Japan especially by parents whose children played in
contaminated sand boxes or playgrounds. (10)
Leukemia cases and fear of Leukemia in Japan is on the rise.
A senior Japanese journalist, covering the Fukushima case
since march 2011 developed acute lymphocytic leukemia and
died after 3 weeks (3). In a recent survey a lot of Japanese
people show they are preoccupied about becoming sick and
scientist talk about a massive psychotic disorder caused by
both the accident and the coverup by Japanese authorities:
"Despite the fact that the Japanese government and TEPCO
were caught red-handed underplaying the severity of the
Fukushima nuclear crisis, a study has found that almost a
quarter of Fukushima residents hospitalized in the aftermath
of last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami were
treated as having a “psychiatric disorder” because of their
concerns over radiation. The phenomenon of authorities
underplaying the threat posed by radiation or even
characterizing concerns over it as a mental illness has
become a dominant theme since the catastrophe just over a
year ago. This is despite the fact that Japanese authorities
were caught over and over again lying to cover-up the true
scale of the disaster.“Some 24.4 percent of people who were
hospitalized in Fukushima with psychiatric disorders in the
wake of the outbreak of the crisis at the crippled Fukushima
No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant had done so possibly because of
fears of radiation exposure, according to the results of
research conducted by psychiatrists at Fukushima Medical
University,” reports the Mainichi Daily News" (11)
After 13 months, the whole impact of the catastrophe is yet
far from being measurable. The fact that still 3 reactors
are out of control and 6 spent fuel pools are beyond repair
does however predict a rather pessimistic future.
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