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Radiation Expert: “Alarming” number of children with cysts or lumps on thyroid after Fukushima — Access to Japan’s birth statistics requested, not granted

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Title: Scientists fear increased genetic defects in Fukushima
Source: Deutsche Welle (DW)
Author: Judith Hartl
Date: Aug 16, 2012

 

“…..A series of ultrasound examinations conducted on over 40,000 children in Japan found 35 percent of the children to have lumps or cysts.

“That is not normal among children,” Eisenberg, who is also a retired pediatrician, told DW. He added that the figure was alarming. He, along with some of his colleagues, requested access to Japan’s birth statistics for the time since the disaster at the Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima. As of now, he is still waiting for access to be granted….”

August 23, 2012 - Posted by | Uncategorized

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  1. I’m confused. My wife trained at Fukushima Medical School. Many of her alumni friends still practice in the area–even after the earthquake/tsunami/nuclear debacle. I talked to several of them, and none have substantiated this data.

    Booyah's avatar Comment by Booyah | September 21, 2012 | Reply

    • The report says that they examined 40,000 children in Japan. It does not specify where those children now are. Is it possible that of the 35% found to have abnormalities, many were by then outside the Fukushima area, and therefore not seen by those doctors still working in the Fukushima area?

      Christina Macpherson's avatar Comment by Christina MacPherson | September 21, 2012 | Reply


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