{"id":20328,"date":"2012-07-23T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T11:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=20328"},"modified":"2012-07-19T16:14:40","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T15:14:40","slug":"36-percent-of-fukushima-children-have-abnormal-growths-from-radiation-exposure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2012\/07\/36-percent-of-fukushima-children-have-abnormal-growths-from-radiation-exposure\/","title":{"rendered":"36 Percent of Fukushima Children Have Abnormal Growths from Radiation Exposure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Of more than 38,000 children tested from the Fukushima Prefecture in Japan,\u00a036 percent have abnormal growths<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 cysts or nodules \u2013 on their thyroids a year after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, as reported by ENENews.<\/p>\n

The shocking numbers come from the thyroid examination section of the “Sixth Report of Fukushima Prefecture Health Management Survey<\/a>,” published by\u00a0Fukushima Radioactive Contamination Symptoms Research<\/em>\u00a0(FRCSR<\/a>) and translated by the blog\u00a0Fukushima Voice<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Shunichi Yamashita, M.D., president of the\u00a0Japan Thyroid Association,\u00a0sent a letter<\/a> to members in January with guidelines for treating thyroid abnormalities. In 2001 Yamashita co-authored a study that found normal children in Nagasaki to have 0 percent nodules and 0.8 percent cysts.<\/a><\/p>\n

The introduction of the letter, written by\u00a0Fukushima Voice<\/em>, states that the results in Fukushima show a “much faster progression compared to Chernobyl” as research done around Chernobyl showed the rate of thyroid nodules in children 5 to 10 years after the accident to be 1.74 percent.<\/p>\n

In March 2011 a massive earthquake triggered a tsunami that led to\u00a0series of nuclear meltdowns and releases of radioactive materials<\/a>\u00a0at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, leading to the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.<\/p>\n

The introduction of the letter notes that Australian pediatrician Helen Caldicott said that is”not at all normal for children to have thyroid nodules or cysts\u00a0and that early appearance of thyroid abnormalities, less than one year, meant\u00a0the Fukushima children received a very high dose of radiation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

ENENews also\u00a0reported a specific case<\/a>\u00a0in which three children in a family who lived 60 miles from the Fukushima nuclear plant were found to have multiple cysts on their thyroids.<\/p>\n

See also:<\/strong>\u00a0The First Traces Of Japanese Nuclear Radiation Have Been Found In California Tuna ><\/a><\/p>\n

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Michael Kelley earned a BA in philosophy from Northwestern University and a master’s degree in journalism from Medill.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 businessinsider.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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