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Japanese mothers and pregnant women at risk from Fukushima radiation

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concerns mount for mothers Japan Women News Network, Eva Fernández Ortiz and Shubhi Tandon  14 July 11,   As parents from Fukushima prefecture line up in Tokyo for public protests and a more recent 7.0 level earthquake hit off shore of the east coast of Honshu, Japan on July 9, the latest data on nuclear power reveals: the amount of radiation inside the plant’s reactor has reached much higher than originally expected levels. Current released figures through JAIN – Japan Atomic Industrial Forum show 4,000 millisieverts per hour of radiation on June 4 was measured in Reactor No. 1 through a steam release rising from a crevice in the floor……

Current radiation release figures from TEPCO, the power company that operates and manages the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant now reveals that larger than originally reported releases of radiation at 770,000 terabecquerels did happen, a level that may hold much more significance as the disabled plant is expected to continue to release radioactive isotopes over an extended period of time.

“The situation at the Fukushima Daiichi plant remains very serious,” said the IAEA – International Atomic Energy Agency in a recent March 26, 2011 report.

Those with specific rising concerns include a subgroup of people who have followed the changing atmosphere of reports from TEPCO – Japanese women who are either pregnant or already mothers who now have worries about their children.

As the CDC – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention informs, “large radiation doses to the fetus during the more sensitive stages of development, between weeks 2 and 18 of pregnancy, can cause birth defects, especially to the brain.”….

July 15, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, Resources -audiovicual, women