Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Fukushima’s Nuclear Casualties » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

Fukushima’s Nuclear Casualties » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
"It’s been nearly 18 months since the disastrous nuclear meltdown at Fukushima.  There have been many reports on the huge amounts of radioactivity escaping into the air and water, unusually high levels in air, water, and soil – along with atypically high levels of toxic chemicals in food – that actually “passed” government inspection and wasn’t banned like some other food.
Conspicuously absent are reports on effects of radiation exposure on the health of the Japanese people.  Have any health officials publicly announced post-March 2011 numbers on fetal deaths, infant deaths, premature births, birth defects, cancer, or other health conditions?  The answer so far is an emphatic “no"."

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