Fukushima Update: The Effects on Children

Fukushima Update #70 – November 7, 2011

by Nelle Maxey

An excellent video on the testing situation in both Japan and the US on Fukushima airborne radiation spread.

A knowledgeable and rational assessment of what we are facing by someone who is involved in the testing himself.

Highly recommended 26 minute video:

Expert on Fukushima radiation in US: "We know its going to impact public health" (VIDEO)

Interview with Marco Kaltofen, PE, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, about his research studying airborne radioactive particles from Fukushima

Source: http://enenews.com/expert-fukushima-radiation-going-impact-public-health-video

Also available on YouTube 

This video also has a discussion of "the most contaminated site in North America", Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, just across the border from British Columbia.

More info on Hanford:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site

Hanford Challenge group spoken of in the video:

www.hanfordchallenge.org

This very sad story is also of import as the effect of the Fukushima disaster on young Japanese kindergarten children in a city in Fukushima Prefecture is quite profound: almost a 75% reduction in year over year growth rate.

Smaller increase in children's weight in Fukushima

Doctor Shintaro Kikuchi tracked the weights of 245 children aged from 4 to 6 in 2 kindergartens in Koriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture.

The results show an average weight increase of 0.81 kilograms over the past year through June. The increase for children in the same age group the previous year was 3.1 kilograms.

Source: http://fukushimaupdate.com/fukushima-update-day-243/

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