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Fukushima disaster panel so far reports on thyroid cancer
A Fukushima Prefectural Government panel said Wednesday that two people who were 18 or younger when the triple-meltdown crisis started at the Fukushima No. 1 atomic complex in March 2011 have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, bringing the total cases to three.
Reporting at a meeting on the health impact from the catastrophe, professor Shinichi Suzuki of Fukushima Medical University said it is too early to link the cases to the nuclear disaster, because it took at least four to five years for thyroid cancer to be detected after the Chernobyl meltdown calamity that started in 1986.
The three people have been doing well since undergoing surgery, according to Suzuki.
Radioactive iodine released in fallout tends to accumulate in thyroid glands, particularly in young people. In the Chernobyl disaster, a noticeable increase in thyroid cancer cases was detected among children in the affected area.
Local authorities in Fukushima Prefecture are examining the thyroid glands of those who were under 18, who numbered around 360,000, at the time the nuclear crisis started to check if they have been affected by the radiation.
Of the 360,000, around 38,000 were checked in fiscal 2011, and 10, including the three thyroid cancer cases, are believed to be suffering some form of cancer. The average age of the 10 is around 15, and seven are female.
The remaining seven are undergoing medical examinations at the university.
3 Comments on "Fukushima disaster panel so far reports on thyroid cancer"
DC on Thu, 14th Feb 2013 2:16 pm
A whole……three cases of cancer..wth? What a con job. Cancer spiked almost immediately after Chernobyl, not just in the immediate area, but even in Western Europe. It didn’t take no 4 or 5 years to ‘notice’ anything. People started getting sick almost right away. Japan times, as well as the authorities there, should be held criminally liable for trying to pass this garbage off as ‘fact’. The exact same thing happened after Chernobyl as well. Not just Russian, but even US and other western ‘experts’ and agencies chimed in, insisting hardly anyone had or even will get sick. But claiming 3 whole cases is a whole new level of deceit, even for the habitual liars and denial experts in the nuclear industry.
Interesting to note, of the 3 cases even the hospitals are defending the nuclear industry by saying its ‘too early’ to tell! If this is the party line, then Japan has a serious problem with the rule-of-law, or lack of it. Whitewash does not even begin to cover what folks there are being subject to.
Kenz300 on Thu, 14th Feb 2013 3:20 pm
TEPCO and the government of Japan were not open and honest when the disaster first started. They can not be trusted to be open and honest now.
There needs to be independent studies and reporting of the disaster at Fukishima.
The disaster continues today with no end in sight. The current stabilization and clean up plan is planning to be completed in 2051 over 40 years after the initial disaster.
They have not even stabilized the spent fuel rod pools yet.
BillT on Thu, 14th Feb 2013 3:22 pm
DC, you don’t expect truth from a country that is sliding back into the 18th century. do you? Or from any country today. News outlets are owned by the corporate elite. Bad news is destructive to profits and income, therefore, all numbers are suspect.