The Dangerous Myths of Fukushima » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names

The Dangerous Myths of Fukushima » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names
"The myth that Fukushima radiation levels were too low to harm humans persists, a year after the meltdown.  A March 2, 2012 New York Times article quoted Vanderbilt University professor John Boice: “there’s no opportunity for conducting epidemiological studies that have any chance for success – the doses are just too low.”  Wolfgang Weiss of the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation also recently said doses observed in screening of Japanese people “are very low.”