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We investigate the long-term effects of the 2011 tsunami, including a potential cancer threat for Fukushima’s children.

Congenital Hypothyroidism and Fukushima Fallout in the US

http://southweb.org/lifewise/congenital-hypothyroidism-and-fukushima-fallout-in-the-us/

By Dr Mae-Wan Ho of the Institute of Science in Society:

Plume of airborne radioactive iodine arrival in the US correlates with increased rates of congenital hypothyroidism among the new born.

A new study finds congenital hypothyroidism in the US rising 28 % in the two and a half months after the arrival of the Fukushima fallout of radioactive iodine (I-131) [1]. Researchers and authors Joe Mangano and Janette Sherman from the Radiation and Public Health Project [2] have done a thorough job based on data from the US government

ExtractMangano and Sherman stress that the findings should be regarded as preliminary, and require confirmation and expansion, including long-term follow-up of infants and other children. CH is only one indicator for the health impacts of the Fukushima fallout. Other indicators of foetal/infant health include foetal deaths, premature births, low weight births, neonatal deaths, infant deaths and birth defects; and those should also be monitored. While any adverse impacts would be expected to affect first the most susceptible foetus and infant, changes in the health status of older children and adults may also occur.

Sure enough, thyroid cancer among the young has shot up in Fukushima, and scores of US sailors exposed while performing rescue work near Fukushima in March 2011 have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, testicular cancer, leukaemia, and other illnesses…..