{"id":62876,"date":"2015-08-24T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=62876"},"modified":"2015-08-23T15:40:26","modified_gmt":"2015-08-23T14:40:26","slug":"unspoken-death-toll-of-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-killing-japanese-slowly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/08\/unspoken-death-toll-of-fukushima-nuclear-disaster-killing-japanese-slowly\/","title":{"rendered":"Unspoken Death Toll of Fukushima: Nuclear Disaster Killing Japanese Slowly"},"content":{"rendered":"

20 Aug 2015 – The Japanese government is still in denial and refuses to recognize the disastrous consequences of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, London-based independent consultant on radioactivity Dr. Ian Fairlie states, adding that while thousands of victims have already died, thousands more will soon pass away.<\/em><\/p>\n

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According to\u00a0London-based independent consultant on\u00a0radioactivity in\u00a0the environment Dr. Ian Fairlie, the health toll from\u00a0the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe is horrific: about\u00a012,000 workers have been exposed to\u00a0high levels of\u00a0radiation (some up\u00a0to 250 mSv); between\u00a02011 and 2015, about\u00a02,000 died\u00a0 from\u00a0the effects of\u00a0evacuations, ill-health and suicide related to\u00a0the disaster; furthermore, an estimated 5,000 will most likely face lethal cancer in\u00a0the future, and that is just the tip of\u00a0the iceberg.<\/p>\n

What makes matters even worse, the nuclear disaster and subsequent radiation exposure lies at\u00a0the root of\u00a0the longer term health effects, such as\u00a0cancers, strokes, CVS (cyclic vomiting syndrome) diseases, hereditary effects and many more.<\/p>\n

Embarrassingly, “[t]he Japanese Government, its advisors, and most radiation scientists in\u00a0Japan (with some honorable exceptions) minimize the risks of\u00a0radiation. The official widely-observed policy is that small amounts of\u00a0radiation are harmless: scientifically speaking this is untenable,” Dr. Fairlie pointed out.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Japanese government even goes so far as\u00a0to increase the public limit for\u00a0radiation in\u00a0Japan from\u00a01 mSv to\u00a020 mSv per year, while its scientists are making efforts to\u00a0convince the International Commission on\u00a0Radiological Protection (ICRP) to\u00a0accept this enormous increase.<\/p>\n

“This is not only unscientific, it is also unconscionable,” Dr. Fairlie stressed, adding that “there is never a safe dose, except\u00a0zero dose.”<\/em><\/p>\n

However, while the Japanese government is turning a blind eye to\u00a0radiogenic late effects, the evidence “is solid”: the RERF Foundation which is based in\u00a0Hiroshima and Nagasaki is observing the Japanese atomic bomb survivors and still registering nuclear radiation’s long-term effects.<\/p>\n

“From the UNSCEAR estimate of\u00a048,000 person Sv [the collective dose to\u00a0the Japanese population from\u00a0Fukushima], it can be reliably estimated (using a fatal cancer risk factor of\u00a010% per Sv) that about\u00a05,000 fatal cancers will occur in\u00a0Japan in\u00a0the future from\u00a0Fukushima’s fallout,” he noted.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr. Fairlie added that in\u00a0addition to\u00a0radiation-related problems, former inhabitants of\u00a0Fukushima Prefecture suffer Post-Trauma Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, anxiety disorders that apparently cause increased suicide.<\/p>\n

The expert also pointed to\u00a0the 15 percent drop in\u00a0the number of\u00a0live births in\u00a0the prefecture in\u00a02011, as\u00a0well as\u00a0higher rates of\u00a0early spontaneous abortions and a 20 percent rise in\u00a0the infant mortality rate in\u00a02012.<\/p>\n

“It is impossible not to\u00a0be moved by\u00a0the scale of\u00a0Fukushima’s toll in\u00a0terms of\u00a0deaths, suicides, mental ill-health and human suffering,” the expert said.<\/p>\n

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