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Symposium in Japan: Gov’t must be stopped from burying effects of Fukushima radiation

http://enenews.com/symposium-japan-govt-be-stopped-burying-effects-fukushima-radiation-official-russian-authorities-citizens-post-chernobyl-japan-after-fukushima/comment-page-1#comment-284186

Published: August 31st, 2012 at 2:09 pm ET
By ENENews

Title: Call for caution on Fukushima effects
Source: The Australian
Author: by: Rick Wallace
Date: September 01, 2012 12:00AM

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The symposium heard criticism of the Japanese government’s decision to centre its health response on a limited program of thyroid checks for children, and its failure to assist with evacuation for people in areas with radiation levels close to, but not exceeding, the 20mSV level.

Japanese MP Ikuko Tanioka, who quit the ruling Democratic Party of Japan in disgust over its handling of the post-disaster clean up, told the symposium Russian authorities had done more for their citizens in the wake of Chernobyl than Japan had post-Fukushima.

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heres a link to the details of the symposium

http://www.peaceboat.org/english/?page=view&nr=55&type=21&menu=62

Kyodo: Doctors urge radiation action — Gov’t should pay to evacuate irradiated areas, women and children first

Published: August 31st, 2012 at 12:26 pm ET
By ENENews

Title: Doctor group urges radiation action
Source: Kyodo
Date: Aug. 31, 2012

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Victims of the nuclear disaster also should receive greater assistance to minimize their radiation exposure, and the government should provide them with health, housing, employment and educational assistance — as well as compensation — in a fair and consistent manner if they choose to relocate from irradiated areas, the IPPNW will stress.

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Ruff “accused government agencies and senior officials alike of propagating information amid the crisis that did not reflect international opinions, as well as the notion that annual exposure below 100 millisieverts poses no immediate health threat”

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http://enenews.com/kyodo-doctors-urge-radiation-action-govt-shold-pay-evacuate-irradiated-areas-women-children-first

NHK: Gov’t to study humans for genetic effects of Fukushima radiation — “Residents have been voicing concerns” — Health to be monitored for next 50+ years (VIDEO)

Published: August 31st, 2012 at 11:21 am ET
By ENENews

Title: Government to study genetic effects of radiation
Source: NHK
Date: Aug 31, 2012

Environment Minister Goshi Hosono: “Understanding the effects of radiation on a genetic level will help prepare us for the future”

The Japanese government plans to study the possible effects of radiation on genes of people affected by the Fukushima nuclear accident. It will begin the tests in the next fiscal year.

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Fukushima residents have been voicing concerns over possible genetic effects of radioactive substances

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The ministry plans to conduct blood and other tests. The ministry says it will work with the Fukushima Medical University and research institutions. The first priority will be testing children.

Hosono said after the meeting that the health of Fukushima residents needs to be monitored for more than 50 years. He said understanding radiation influences on the genetic level could help these people in the future.

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Title: Japan To Study Genetic Effects Of Fukushima Radiation
Source: RTTNews
Date: 8/31/2012 2:54a ET

The Japanese government plans to study possible effects of radiation on the genes of people affected by last year’s Fukushima nuclear accident.

Disclosing the proposal, Environment Minister Goshi Hosono told a meeting in Fukushima city on Thursday that his Ministry planned to conduct blood and other tests on people who lived in the surrounding areas of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant plant

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Fukushima residents have been voicing concerns over possible genetic effects of radioactive substances

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Health of Fukushima residents needs to be monitored for more than 50 years, Hosono said

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http://enenews.com/japan-govt-to-study-humans-for-genetic-effects-of-fukushima-radiation-residents-have-been-voicing-concerns-health-to-be-monitored-for-next-50-years

(video on enenews link above)

August 31, 2012 - Posted by arclight2011 | Uncategorized