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Fukushima steps up children’s thyroid recheck -Too little too late?

Prefectural officials took the step because only one-third of the children requiring re-examination have been able to undergo the procedure.

Image source ; http://english.ruvr.ru/2013_02_18/Almost-half-of-Fukushima-kids-have-thyroid-abnormalities/

Fukushima Prefecture has taken steps to facilitate the re-examination of children found with lumps in their thyroid glands following the 2011 nuclear crisis.

Only one hospital had been conducting the re-examination in the prefecture in northeastern Japan.

The prefectural government has added 2 more hospitals to carry out the examinations. One started work on Wednesday and examined 5 children. The other is to follow on Friday.

Prefectural officials took the step because only one-third of the children requiring re-examination have been able to undergo the procedure.

Fukushima is conducting regular checks of the thyroid glands of 360,000 people who were 18 or younger when the nuclear crisis began.

That’s out of concern that radioactive materials emitted by the damaged reactors could accumulate in children’s thyroids, possibly causing cancer.

Children found with a lump 5.1 millimeters or larger are supposed to undergo a thorough recheck. That includes an ultrasound examination and blood and urine tests.

The re-examination is taking time. As of the end of March, only one-third of about 1,100 children had been re-examined.

A doctor involved in the examinations expressed hope that the expanded program will help residents feel more at ease over their health.

Jul. 24, 2013 – Updated 10:23 UTC

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/news/20130724_28.html

Fukushima – 27 children have developed thyroid cancer so far!

２０１３ 年６月時点での福島県での１８歳未満での甲状腺検査結果 を記します。2005年には日本で１０万人に１人であった未成年の甲状腺がんが、まだ正確な数値はデータを取っている途中なので、確定しませんが、少なく とも数十倍規模で事故１，２年後から増えていることが読み取れます。

First of all, let me give you the latest data of thyroid cancer test in Fukushima as of June 2013.  Though we do not know the exact number since the examination is still underway and especially the 2nd tests had not been completed with many of the suspected subjects, we can tell that the incidence rate has already jumped dozens of times compared to the 2005 statistics of 1 thyroid cancer out of 100,000 among Japanese minors.

 

July 26, 2013 - Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized