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Jul 2013
10

Radioactive Cesium Level Soars 90-fold at Fukushima

  http://rt.com/news/radiation-levels-soar-fukushima-839/ Radioactive cesium level soars 90-fold at Fukushima in just 3 days Get short URL Published time: July 09, 2013 13:28 Edited time: July 09, 2013 16:06   Levels of radioactive cesium-134 in a well at Fukushima nuclear power plant are up to 90 times higher than just three days ago, and may spread […]

May 2013
23

Apple Pectin Benefits

http://blog.luckyvitamin.com/diet-weight-loss/apple-pectin-various-benefits/ A segment of Dr. Oz show recently made viewers aware of one of the benefits of apple pectin supplements. Apple pectin was one of the products featured on Dr. Oz. 5 Minute Miracle diet to promote weight loss, particularly belly fat. Once again, people are trying to find more information about these supplements and […]

Apr 2013
08

New Radioactive Leak Found At Fukushima Plant

A new radioactive leak has been found at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, a day after the Tokyo Electric Power Company admitted up to 120 tons of contaminated water may have seeped into the ground out of a holding tank. “We have determined that a minimal amount of water was feared to […]

Apr 2013
03

Elevated airborne beta levels in Pacific/West Coast US States and trends in hypothyroidism among newborns after the Fukushima nuclear meltdown

Various reports indicate that the incidence of con-genital hypothyroidism is increasing in developednations, and that improved detection and more inclu-sive criteria for the disease do not explain this trendentirely. One risk factor documented in numerousstudies is exposure to radioactive iodine found in nu-clear weapons test fallout and nuclear reactor emis-sions. Large amounts of fallout disseminated […]

Mar 2013
15

Fukushima disaster: Long road to nuclear clean-up

Rupert Wingfield-Hayes on the massive logistical operation of getting into contaminated Fukushima It would be reassuring to think that the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl is contained, and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is in stable shut-down. Unfortunately a look inside the Fukushima plant suggests otherwise. I was part of a group taken […]

Mar 2013
15

Fukushima And The Navy: Sailors Sue Japan Nuclear Plant Owner, Saying Disaster Made Them Sick

Within weeks of setting off a geiger counter and scrubbing three layers of skin off his hands and arms, former Navy quartermaster Maurice Enis recalled being pressured to sign away U.S. government liability for any future health problems. Enis and about 5,000 fellow sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier had finally left Japan, […]

Mar 2013
15

Fukushima status little improved

Radiation is still at dangerous levels inside the contamination zone of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant, says an eyewitness report. Japanese police wearing chemical protection suits search for victims inside the 20 kilometer radius around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Minamisoma, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, on April 15, 2011. A massive earthquake and ensuing […]

Mar 2013
14

Increased obesity rates among Fukushima kids

Nearly two years after an earthquake and tsunami resulted in the second worst nuclear accident in history, Fukushima is still grabbing headlines around the world. Meanwhile, local residents are still suffering from the aftermath. A nationwide health survey of Japan’s school children has revealed that Fukushima prefecture has the highest rates of obesity for kids […]

Mar 2013
12

Japan’s Fukushima: long, risky work in progress

Workers will take some 40 years to complete the hazardous job of decommissioning Fukushima Daiichi plant after the world’s worst nuclear accident in a quarter century. FUKUSHIMA, Japan — The journey to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is littered with reminders of the havoc the triple meltdown has wrought on the lives of tens of […]

Mar 2013
06

I am one of the Fukushima fifty’: One of the men who risked their lives to prevent a catastrophe shares his story

They displayed a bravery few can comprehend, yet very little is known  about the men who stayed behind to save Japan’s stricken nuclear plant. In a rare interview, David McNeill meets Atsufumi Yoshizawa, who was at work on 11 March 2011 when disaster struck. It was, recalls Atsufumi Yoshizawa, a suicide mission: volunteering to return […]

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