» Stories and Facts from Fukushima Vol.4

Vol.4 (December 31, 2014)

・Unpredictable health hazards in  Fukushima (2)
・The number of Fukushima children diagnosed as thyroid cancer rose to 112
・Lessons of Fukushima will be shared in the public forum and related events of UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai
・A booklet with essential lessons learnt from Fukushima will be published in March !

Tags:Fukushima health management survey, health, thyroid cancer, UN WCDRR, UNSCEAR

• A new study: Excess of thyroid cancer detected in Fukushima is because of radiation, not “screening effect”

• IAEA’s final report on Fukushima disaster slams safety myth, downplays thyroid cancer fears

• Fukushima pref. will expand the target for covering the costs for thyroid treatment

• Even low doses of radiation increase risk of dying from leukaemia in nuclear workers, says IARC

• 16 more young people in Fukushima are diagnosed as thyroid cancer

• Health ministry proposes more than doubling radiation exposure limit

• Fukushima gov’t still denies the effect of radiation as a cause of thyroid cancer

• A team comes up to a method to estimate the radiation doses at thyroid grands more precisely