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Fukushima radiation may be the cause of newly detected thyroid cancers in Fukushima children

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster May Cause Childhood Thyroid Cancer: Reports Sputnuk News, 24 Dec 14 Radiation from the Fukushima nuclear incident may be the reason for four cases of thyroid cancer detected in children in the local area. MOSCOW, December 24 (Sputnik) – The 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster may be behind another four children being affected by thyroid cancer, Xinhua reported Wednesday, citing local media reports.

In August, Japanese researchers, using data from the first survey conducted into the potential health impacts caused by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, concluded that 57 children had thyroid cancer as a direct result of radiation leaked by the reactors.

However, a further four children, then aged from between six and 17, but not counted by the first survey, have been included in a second survey as also suffering from the disease, according to Xinhua………http://linkis.com/sputniknews.com/scie/NJDbQ

December 26, 2014 - Posted by | general

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  1. Thyroid cancers in children occur at what one may call a “natural” rate. Great care must be taken by the research workers in claiming that these particular cancers are the result of radioactivity released from the Fukushima disaster is whether the general incidence in the particular population group is increasing over what it has been for, say, the past 30 years. No data to give such an indication have been included in the article. Is the answer known?

    Mike Thurgood's avatar Comment by Mike Thurgood | December 28, 2014 | Reply


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