Published: August 5th, 2012 at 10:22 am ET
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August 4, 2012 report in the Asahi Shinbun with summary translation by Fukushima Diary:
A hematological physician in Minamisoma general hospital (23km from Fukushima plant) wrote on his blog that he measured 20,000 Bq/body from a man in 70s living in Fukushima by WBC (Whole body counter) though it was already July 2012. This is the total of Cs-134 and Cs-137.
He measured 10,000 Bq/body from the wife as well. It’s about 300 Bq/Kg.
See also: Top Radiation Expert: 50 Bq/kg in humans leads to irreversible lesions in vital organs (VIDEO)
Published: August 5th, 2012 at 10:22 am ET
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I clicked on the link to Fukushima Diary. When I saw the picture of the "damaged" heart muscle, I had to run to the bathroom and throw up. How can THIS be ignored by scientists? This is the Proof we have been looking for…I wonder how us West Coasters hearts look after seeing this? (I live in Oregon).
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Just to clarify.. I didn't get sick because of it being "graphic", it's not. I got sick because I saw the Proof of the damage and thought about the millions of people that have their hearts "shredded".
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Dear Cindy,
Agreed. So …their grandchildren? This is so horrible.
Take care all.
Aloha.
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I get your point. This whole situation sucks and reality is most of us are stuck in place with the damage, apparently already done. Though logically, staying in place receiving additional continuous ongoing dosing is kinda counter-intuitive to surviving, isn't it? I only pray the drought doesn't create a super painful human experience especially with this radiation problem so out of hand… crazy times.
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Dear Anthony,
It is very tough and going to get tougher, presumably, probably sooner than later, as we've all been deceived. I'm trying to learn all I can and make my best decisions regarding these overwhelming issues.
I will be wrong if I fail to see something positive and good everyday. If I don't do this I will burn out and I've decided I'm not going to do that.
You've absolutely said it best: 'Counter-intuitive Surviving'. Yes. Keep posting! Vert difficult truths.
ENENews is the best place to be during these incredibly challenging times. Take care now
Aloha.
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http://enenews.com/forum-best-practices-combating-effects-radiation
@Cindy – the enenews forum in this link is the best resource i have found for what we can do to fight off radiation damage. Chris Busby is a great resource. Arnie Gunderson, too.
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Internal radiation is the biggest risk to the population at this time. When the reactors had hydrogen-prompt critical explosions they ejected hot particles of significant size and radioactive strength to present a long term problem. The smoldering cores probably produce very small particles because they are not being ejected thousands of feet in the air, and the particles have some weight so they probably do not travel far. But those early explosions produced some bad stuff.
It would be interesting to see if these internal depositions are being produced by single hot particles or are caused by smaller less intense source. This problem could be better understood with better surveys of the countryside. With a few hours of time and a survey meter,one could find a source of radiation and then try to see if the source is from a pinpoint particle or not. If anyone in Japan is reading this I could tell you how to do this-it's easy.
The size and composition of the contamination matters for the safety of the people, and that is something that the people should be told and understand.
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Chrisk9
In one interview Arnie said the emissions are continuing to be lifted high into the jet stream because of the heat.
Additionally, any seawater contamination of the corium produces the buckyballs that travel very far because of their structure
so, I think that the risks far and wide are ongoing, although Japan is by far worse off….
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@chrisk9 – i think there is a group from the Hydrangea Revolution that is asking people to send in their air filters for testing. This can help map the contaminated areas, though it will be hard to determine WHEN the radiation arrived at that particular location. Maybe you can post your idea.
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Vic- If I was to check an air filter i would take readings on the outside of the filter casing, and begin to take it apart slowly. To see how much of the dose is from hot particles one needs to slowly dissect the medium or filter. If you can isolate one small area of the medium that has more dose you might have a particle. If one is found be careful that it is contained. This should be done in a controlled environment in a box or something to avoid anything getting loose.
Give me a link to any group trying to measure this stuff and I would be glad to help-and I am very curious myself.
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Hmm enough to cause immediate health effects?
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I can almost smell the rotting flesh.
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I think if a doctor told me I had 20K bq's in my body I would faint. Now what? Just go home and relax?
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Mr. Busby took readings from an air filter from Tokyo that read I believe 40,000 bk's. That said, one can assume Tokyo is a Nuclear wasteland. It's inhabitants are most likely saturated also. No containment of foods, water, or manufactured goods is spreading the nuclear contamination. No safeguard containments are in place.
Persons on the west coast breathed 10 hot particles per day in March, April 2011. Im curious as to whole body counts thier. Anyone have current American, or Canadian CDC stats?
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Hey CB,
I'm new here, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I just moved back here a couple months ago from Europe. I have been following ENEnews for several months now. I know about the fallout from Fukushima and I just assumed that the worst of it would naturally be along the coastlines an inland just a bit. While that may be true for a lot of Fukushima fallout specifically, it is not true of the nuclear issues and accidents that have taken place right here in North America.
http://www.beyondnuclear.org/canada/2012/1/27/radioactive-fallout-from-nevada-test-site-impacted-canada.html
You can see the impact from the Nevada test site. It is more difficult to find such maps like this of Canada, but when you see this map, you don't really need to. The jetstream from the US up to Canada is quite strong and direct. I'm in central Canada, and I can assure you that my area is WELL fed from the US
Sadly, for the past 5 weeks, I have had extreme allergies, sneezing 15-20 times per day, headaches and sore throats. I'm 30 years old and have never experienced such a thing. I was baffled. A few days ago I installed an Oreck xl air purifier and my sneezing is down to just a few times per day now. It works by putting a charge in the air which makes dust fall to the ground. Anyways, there's fallout here in central Canada. The only way I will find out how much is if I test it myself or someone I trust does the testing. No government cover-ups.
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Hi BeautifullyEuphoric! Welcome as I do not recognize your screen name. Beautiful Country up your way. I see that the radioactive fallout did not magically stop at the U.S. border in your link you provided. I hope your allergies are just that. Have you seen Radchicks, ichicax4, or Scatterdomes videos of the mutations to plant life up your way on YouTube? Hopefully the pollen count is low in your area.
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If you missed this Beautiful: 11/18/2011 — ☢ Test #1 — 349.5 CPM — Airborne indoor particulates — St. Louis, MO ☢
http://goo.gl/dLHby
Check out the vids on the right also.
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Dear Folks,
Jus' say'n.
Here is how WHO describes the ICD system: ICDs apply to "all general epidemiological, many health management purposes and clinical use. These include the analysis of the general health situation of population groups and monitoring of the incidence and prevalence of diseases and other health problems in relation to other variables such as the characteristics and circumstances of the individuals affected, reimbursement, resource allocation, quality and guidelines."
http://patients.about.com/od/medicalcodes/a/icdcodes.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICD-10
Please tell me if I'm wrong. Ten years and no connecting of the dots?
Aloha.
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Dear Folks,
"Annual health checks are an important part of Japan’s system of universal health coverage and play a role in both health monitoring and intervention planning. Accordingly, in May 2011 volunteers from the University of Tokyo, in collaboration with local governments in Fukushima prefecture, conducted a free health check among villagers in the “planned evacuation zone”. This was an essential measure, since widespread confusion and logistical difficulties had made it impossible to monitor the health of the local population after the disaster. For many villages, such as Iitate, it was the last opportunity to obtain information on the health of the population before the enactment of a compulsory group evacuation order on 25 May."
"Before 11 March, this particular village had a population of 6152, but within a few months this figure had dropped dramatically. With the elderly comprising 28.1% of its population, the village provides a good example of the ageing of Japanese society.
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/8/11-094474/en/index.html
http://www.who.int/about/agenda/en/index.html
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/8/en/
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Dear Folks,
"Of an expected 300 residents, which were the only ones that the local government could locate because of confusion after the evacuation order, 257 attended the health check. The majority of them were older than 60 years."
"Whereas before they had spent most of their time outdoors, after the disaster they became more sedentary and avoided going outside the house. It soon became apparent from the health interviews that ambiguous official information disseminated through the media after the nuclear crisis had confused the inhabitants and resulted in self-imposed “grounding” and lack of physical activity."
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/8/11-094474/en/index.html
Aloha
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Dear Folks,
"For elderly Japanese people reared in country villages, being torn from the land of their ancestors and moved to an unfamiliar environment can cause more stress and harm than direct exposure to radiation."
"The World Health Organization includes “a state of social well-being” in its definition of health. In Fukushima’s post-disaster setting, attention to this dimension of health may be just as important as concerns about the immediate physical effects of radiation, especially among an active elderly population that judges its self-worth in terms of its ability to safeguard and convey basic social and cultural values and to contribute to society through farming or the custodianship of land long after retirement. What the elderly want is not necessarily a cancer-free life in 20 years’ time, but rather, the ability to continue living their normal lives."
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/8/11-094474/en/index.html
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Dear Folks,
"Health is a multi-faceted concept whose definition varies at different stages of the life cycle. If health interventions fail to take into account or to alleviate the fears and concerns of the people they target, they may ultimately prove more harmful than beneficial for some segments of the population, such as the elderly, in both the short and long term."
http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/90/8/11-094474/en/index.html
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Dear Folks,
So sorry, I've got to cool down now. I hope that now the world is coming to some understanding of this culture.
This is published only in the 'Perspectives' section in the latest WHO Bulletin.
I feel as though I'm in the middle of the Pacific in a dinghy that has s slow leak and still have half a pack of gum left!
For crying out loud!!!
Aloha.
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hi andagi
interesting report, the focus on the psychological aspects of the disaster and the play down of the radiological aspects is staggering.. interesting that it cites the disinformation by the media and government etc as a major cause of psychological problems and the self imposed, fear based self imposed grounding..
i wouldnt be spending too much time outside if i knew this..
"Published on Mar 13, 2012 by criirad
This video shows radiation levels on May 29th 2011, in Fukushima city (Japan) about 60-65 km from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear reactors.
Measurements are made by a CRIIRAD scientist (Bruno. Chareyron, engineer in nuclear physics) during a meeting between CRIIRAD and Japanese citizens .."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLvoQKx9glE
note 1000 counts per second is 60, 000 counts per second, inside… the WHO report neglected to mention this point??
2000 odd CPS outside
yep! stay inside
then they did a "healthcheck" citing this term
".. no direct radiation damage was detected in blood tests…"
the only test i am aware of was by this guy
Joseph K. Gong of berkely who in 2000 issued a paper
on such a test.. nothing since though?
"..His work has centered on seeking a predictable, accurate and practical cell marker of internal biological damage from radiation, using a rat model…"
he rackons to have had some success but needs an initial sample from the individual before he can know if there is damage..
cont…
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"….it then became possible to use the number of red blood cells with transferrin receptors as a biomarker for radiation exposure. Subsequent blood tests can monitor any increase or decrease in cell damage…"
so according to the science in 2000 they could take an initial sample as a marker and work out damage from there.. and in the document it says they should be able to use algorythms etc to work out past damage, though mentions that in connection with the original marker sample..
the old people have only had this "marker" blood test..
looks like the WHO knows that they will be used as buinea pigs as opposed to the rat model described..
heres the link to the article from 2000
http://www.buffalo.edu/ubreporter/archives/vol31/vol31n18/n8.html
interesting that there is NO more recent findings about the accuracy of this test.. hmmm?
looks like the people of fukushima are going to be the test subjects..
this guy got it really wrong on the hiroshima study!! hes a pro nuke "yes man"
and the WHO are pro nuke "yes men" too imo
nice catch andagi
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correction
note 1000 counts per second is 60, 000 counts per second
should be 60,000 counts per minute!
and while im at it..
buinea should be guinea
will have to post on word first methinks..
luv spell checker..
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Dear Arclight,
'Staggering' -great balls o'fire!
I thank you from the bottom of my myocardial myofibres which haven't yet mooshed!
Aloha.
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Facts about low dose Radiation. Please refer the Scientific reports under the Video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywKv0dj3UuY
This is the very real truth about the damage caused by the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3cQSdRfNeo&feature=related
NOTE at the time of Dr. Caldicotts report the info that 14 Reactors are in Severe conditions was not known.
http://enenews.com/must-see-report-introduced-by-top-govt-official-hosono-actually-other-reactors-are-all-in-considerably-severe-condition-besides-fukushima-daiichi-14-reactors-total-dai-ni-onagawa-tokai
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If we are to believe the Japanese hospital president who announced just last week that "radiation is good for you", than this man and his wife should,by all accounts,live to be roughly 120 and 105 years old respectively…
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Dear Rambojim.
These fine folks might find it wise to read ENENews.
Glad to hear from you
Aloha.
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http://enenews.com/forum-best-practices-combating-effects-radiation
This really is the best source of what any of us can do on our own to try and strip out as much radiation as we can.
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Does anyone know what is more important than your health or the health of your loved ones???
Please don't tell me it's nuclear energy or energy of any kind or an izod shirt or a new car…..cause it aint!
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People in Tokyo and beyond should be checked with the body counter.
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I expect that this is repetitive to the few names here which i still recognize, but there have been recent studies and very old studies which clearly support the use of Ascorbic acid as a Healing Factor to combat our increasing exposure to radiation and many other environmental toxins, here's one done on Fukushima workers a few months ago.
http://www.doctoryourself.com/Radiation_VitC.pptx.pdf
And here's a book that'll help explain why;
http://vitamincfoundation.org/stone/
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