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Continuing health problems from the atomic bombing in Japan

The Nuclear Bait-and-Switch, Fellowship of Reconciliation, By Mark Meade, April 12, 2012,  Dr. Kyoko Iitaka, general secretary of the Japan Fellowship of Reconciliation branch and representative from Asia to the International Fellowship of Reconciliation (IFOR) International Committee, recently visited our Louisville FOR chapter.

Her presentation was a powerful reminder to me that issues involving nuclear weapons and energy will endure into the future whether we remain focused on them or not. Her experience of living in Japan through the Second World War and its aftermath while still championing nonviolence revealed a striking perspective from a country that has
seen too much of the dark side of nuclear power. …..
Dr. Iitaka reminds us that Fukushima is indeed an enduring disaster and will be for generations. More disturbingly, our use of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are disasters of health in the present, not just for survivors of the bombing. Two generations later, there are continuing health problems that are directly related to the
fallout from those bombings.

She warns us that even though the Japanese people were very wary of nuclear power because of the terrible legacy from our bombs, no dose of caution fully inoculates a
population from the hazards of nuclear energy. A half-century national debate on nuclear power was ultimately unable to prevent this http://forusa.org/blogs/mark-meade/nuclear-bait-switch/10456

April 14, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general