» Stories and Facts from Fukushima Vol.3

Vol.3 (Aug 27, 2013)

・Unpredictable health hazards in  Fukushima (1)
・Overview of Fukushima Health Management Survey
・The Recommendation on the Fukushima Health Management Survey submitted by citizens to prefectural government
・Thyroid cancer found in minors in Fukushima: 18 confirmed, 25 suspected

Tags:Chernobyl, FoE Japan, Fukushima health management survey, Fukushima Medical University, thyroid cancer, thyroid ultrasound examination, 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

• 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

• One child has been diagnosed with throid cancer after the second health check-up