Published: August 31st, 2012 at 12:26 pm ET
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Title: Doctor group urges radiation action
Source: Kyodo
Date: Aug. 31, 2012
[The International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985] has implored the government to take urgent and comprehensive steps to limit annual radiation exposure from the Fukushima nuclear crisis to less than 1 millisievert.[...]
The IPPNW’s proposals will state that residents in areas contaminated with fallout from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 plant should be allowed full access to data about radiation levels, and that a system be set up to register all those who may have been exposed to annual radiation of 1 millisievert or more.
Victims of the nuclear disaster also should receive greater assistance to minimize their radiation exposure, and the government should provide them with health, housing, employment and educational assistance — as well as compensation — in a fair and consistent manner if they choose to relocate from irradiated areas, the IPPNW will stress.
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Tilman Ruff, physician and representative for the group, told a news conference in Tokyo
- Given the susceptibility of children to longterm radiation, “It’s certainly appropriate that priority be given to them and also to pregnant women”
- Ruff “accused government agencies and senior officials alike of propagating information amid the crisis that did not reflect international opinions, as well as the notion that annual exposure below 100 millisieverts poses no immediate health threat”
Published: August 31st, 2012 at 12:26 pm ET
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Half the country, or more, might be contaminated.
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To some extent the entire planet is contaminated with radiation from Fukushima.
Central and northern Japan is severely contaminated..
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His recommendations will be ignored.
They make too much sense and would be an admission from the Nuclear Industry that the 100 vs 1 msv is actually a risk that should not be taken.
It's a risk that should not even exist!
I do applaud his efforts though.
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You are more then likely correct ChasAha and this will be ignored but I am happy to see that my concerns are not only just mine and everyone here on enenews but are the concerns of this great group of doctors. I don't think we will win this battle without the lose of many lives and the disruption of many more. This is the world we have built for outselves and it may be too late to change it. The slime has overwhelmed the planet and we don't amount to a hill of beans in the over all pursuit of wealth and power. But, of course, we must continue the struggle until our dieing breath…..
Tom
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Damn…
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Yes..and yes.."women and children first"
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Thanks to this group for standing up for what is right. When I was in Japan dose limits for workers and the general population was the same as here in the United States. Pregnant women employees could not receive more than 5 milliseverts for their entire pregnancy, children under 18 and residents in the area could not receive more than 1 millisevert per year. Anything above those limits would be a violation of the plants licence and require immediate action or closure of the plant.
These guidelines were established from a number of studies, and stated that exceeding these limits would increase health consequences.
So how come Tepco and the Japanese government just makes up their own numbers although there is contradictory scientific evidence??
I hope there are more groups that demand the Japanese protect their own people and society at large.
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"urgent", and only 18 months (and counting) into the crisis. Why now? What has changed for them that they choose to take a position after all this time?
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Shame on the Japanese regulators that are putting TEPCO profits above the Japanese children's welfare because they all receive some form of Nuclear Payback*
* http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Nuclear+payback
Those that support nuclear power because nuclear power somehow supports them; no matter what the health implications or other "costs" are for others.
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From Asahi newspaper (Kyushu version):
An estimated average hibaku level for children (under 15) is 12 millisievert. The government (mis)inform parents (55% 1080 parents) the hibaku level is ZERO due to fear of causing unnecessary worry. The maximum level measured was 42mSv.
An expert explains, the level is lower than the standard set by IAEA and it is unlikely to cause any harm to their health.
Equivalent translation: Doctors should not tell cancer patients the true diagnosis in case the result upsets them!
How ridiculous is that!?
http://twitter.com/t1a9k6a6d8o1n0/status/222806502916886528/photo/1
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