Fukushima's Fallout Is Already Harming Our Children

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/11-3

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The survey sample was 94,975. So some 38,000 children are already cursed with likely health problems...that we know of.

A thyroid abnormality can severely impact a wide range of developmental realities, including physical and mental growth. Cancer is a likely outcome.

This is the tenth such study conducted by the prefecture. As would be expected downwind from a disaster like Fukushima, the spread of abnormalities has been increasing over time. So has the proportion of children with nodules that are equal to or larger than 5.1 mm. The number of cysts has also been increasing.

And the government has revealed that three cases of thyroid cancer have already been diagnosed in the area. All have been subjected to surgery.