05:33 AM EST on September 5th, 2011 | 90 comments - (Comments are closed)

Cesium-137 found in urine of child near Tokyo, despite mother’s stringent efforts at radiation protection — “Mixture of shock and a feeling that of course this is the case”

11:43 AM EST on August 31st, 2011 | 31 comments - (Comments are closed)

*After Cleanup* High school: 7.9 microsieverts/hour — Day care center: 7.1 microsieverts/hour

11:40 AM EST on August 30th, 2011 | 46 comments - (Comments are closed)

40-year-old Fukushima radiation worker dies of acute leukemia after working at plant for week — Checkup showed no prior health problems

10:40 AM EST on August 29th, 2011 | 35 comments - (Comments are closed)

School playground staircase has radiation at 70 times maximum allowed, far from evacuation zone — Equal to 69 millisieverts per year

02:15 AM EST on August 29th, 2011 | 33 comments - (Comments are closed)

Independent: Why Fukushima is worse than Chernobyl; “Now the truth is coming out” — 72,000 times worse than Hiroshima & 1 million+ cancer deaths, says professor

07:44 AM EST on August 27th, 2011 | 87 comments - (Comments are closed)

Professor: Radioactive particles from Fukushima like “poison gas” — Except it is going to kill you in a few years, not immediately (VIDEO)

03:48 PM EST on August 25th, 2011 | 21 comments - (Comments are closed)

Paper: Japan raising radiation limit to 20 millisieverts/year leads to 160,000 lifetime cancers per million people

10:18 PM EST on August 22nd, 2011 | 32 comments - (Comments are closed)

27,000 Bq/kg cesium in kindergarten near west coast of Japan — 200+ km from meltdowns

08:30 AM EST on August 22nd, 2011 | 114 comments - (Comments are closed)

Japanese Journalist: “It’s like killing our own children, I cannot allow it to happen” — Teachers forcing students to eat food that parents fear is contaminated with radiation (VIDEO)

Japan Journalist: “It’s like killing our own children, I cannot allow it to happen” — Teachers forcing students to eat food that parents fear is contaminated with radiation (VIDEO)
02:48 PM EST on August 19th, 2011 | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)

Gov’t: South of Tokyo 12,400 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium found next to children’s swimming pool — Radiation measurements nearly doubled over recent 5 day period

11:30 AM EST on August 19th, 2011 | 70 comments - (Comments are closed)

Fukushima mom comes to Portland: “10-year-old son started having symptoms — Nose bleeding and fevers”

07:11 AM EST on August 19th, 2011 | 57 comments - (Comments are closed)

14-year-old: “My body has taken in radioactive materials — I would like to be told whether I am OK or not”

08:28 PM EST on August 18th, 2011 | 43 comments - (Comments are closed)

Dr. Kodama: Tokyo radiation “continuously high” since raining on March 21

Radiation increased to .2 microsieverts/hour

04:18 PM EST on August 18th, 2011 | 51 comments - (Comments are closed)

Doctor near Tokyo attributes symptoms to radiation exposure: We have begun to see increased nosebleeds, stubborn cases of diarrhea, and flu-like symptoms in children

06:02 PM EST on August 16th, 2011 | 55 comments - (Comments are closed)

New Scientist: Japan’s radioactive children will be fine, thyroid glands only emitting 35 millisieverts — Anything under 100 millisieverts not dangerous

There have been 15 deaths from thyroid cancer attributable to Chernobyl so far, but Thomas says there probably won’t be a single death in Japan

02:23 PM EST on August 15th, 2011 | 19 comments - (Comments are closed)

Nursery School: Geiger counter “nearly off the scale” near play equipment — Topsoil had already been replaced (VIDEO)

Nursery School: Geiger counter “nearly off the scale” near play equipment — Topsoil had already been replaced (VIDEO)
11:42 AM EST on August 14th, 2011 | 65 comments - (Comments are closed)

Radioactive iodine found in 50 percent of children’s thyroids — Up to 35 millisieverts (35,000 microsieverts)

06:30 AM EST on August 13th, 2011 | 91 comments - (Comments are closed)

Tweets from Japan: “When we wash their hair, it comes off in a clump — It is really scary”

05:36 PM EST on August 11th, 2011 | 37 comments - (Comments are closed)

Headline: “Radiation from Fukushima may lead to decreased population in Japan” — Concerns about children’s health spread across northeast, Tokyo

Radiation from Fukushima may lead to decreased population in Japan, The Christian Science Monitor, August 11, 2011

02:20 PM EST on August 11th, 2011 | 52 comments - (Comments are closed)

Report: “Severe internal exposure” — 252,422 Becquerels of radioactive cesium detected in person outside evacuation zone (PHOTO)

10:05 AM EST on August 11th, 2011 | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)

ABC: Japan’s nuclear agency hides children’s radiation results

01:05 PM EST on August 10th, 2011 | 30 comments - (Comments are closed)

Report: Tokyo man tests positive for over 7,000 Becquerels of radioactive cesium during whole body counter check — Never went to Fukushima (RESULTS)

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