Published: June 17th, 2011 at 11:04 am ET
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Radiation in Japan: Nosebleed, Diarrhea, Lack of Energy in Children in Koriyama City, Fukushima, EX-SKF, June 15, 2011:
Tokyo Shinbun (paper edition only, 6/16/2011) reports that many children in Koriyama City in Fukushima Prefecture, 50 kilometers from Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, are suffering inexplicable nosebleed, diarrhea, and lack of energy since the nuke plant accident. [...]
What’s happening to children in Koriyama City in Fukushima right now? Nosebleed, diarrhea, lack of energy – “Effect of radiation unknown” says the doctor
Report by Ao Ideta, Tokyo Shinbun, June 16, 2011 [...]
A 39-year-old mother of two told the doctor that her 6-year-old daughter had nosebleed everyday for 3 weeks in April. For 1 week, the daughter bled copiously from both nostrils. The mother said their doctor told her it was just a seasonal allergy from pollen. Her other child, 2-year-old son, had nosebleed from end of April to May.
Published: June 17th, 2011 at 11:04 am ET
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radiation affects rapidly dividing cells. like those in the alimentary (gi) tract. like hair follicles. etc.
diarrhea. hair loss. nosebleeds.
when cells die, and small blood vessels’ integrity is disrupted, blood cells release iron inside them.
this is likely why people get a ‘metallic taste’. they are tasting blood, not radioactive metals.
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Metallic taste is a definite sign of radiation ( Iodine -131) and so are the symptoms.
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Its reported that its a typical sign from being exposed to ionizing radiation emitters…
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i agree with Tacomagroove. totally.
@ moonshellblue
i agree with you.the metallic taste in mouth is a sign and symptom of radiation poisoning.
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Why the hell don’t they move away?! >_< Poor little girl bleeding every day! That's horrible!!
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Easy to say, just move away, but very difficult to do for those who have lost their way of life, farmers, etc. All the people who had to leave their homes and go to shelters. How awful.
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Yes, it is always simpler to just stay and die.
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I’d be sticking my thumb out just to get the hell out of there. This is so sad…these poor people.
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Many of these folks live hand to mouth as many around the world do, many do not even have a passport, and then Family is most important to them and language barriers, a job that would await ? Like all the people in the GOM that could not leave, even for a short time, many folks withdraw into a kind of shock as a dear caught in headlights, what is it, what to do, how do I do, with what do I do ??? Most often just to hunker down for no other chioce in a matter !
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Radiation projection…seems the rotating winds are over.
http://www.dwd.de/wundk/spezial/Sonderbericht_loop.gif
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Next Monday may be the beginning of the wind blowing to Tokyo… They have been very fortunate so far.
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FORECAST JET STREAM WINDS and WAVES
Weather Model – North Pacific Jet Stream Wind and 250 mb Pressure
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display_alt.cgi?a=npac_250
New storm on the way
Wave Model – North Pacific Sea Height
http://www.stormsurfing.com/cgi/display.cgi?a=npac_height
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Petition: Save hundreds of thousands of Japanese children, rollback reckless radiation limits. 100% on line.
http://fukushima.greenaction-japan.com/archives/41
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TY Blackrain. Posted to HP and signed!
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“The avalanche has begun. It is too late for the pebbles to vote.”
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MISO!!!!
Please, Everyone, help remind the Japanese of the wonderful tool they have…
It may not be 100%, but how many things are??
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11833659
http://www.ecomii.com/blogs/food/2011/03/16/miso-soup-powerful-antidote-to-radiation/
http://yufoundation.org/watanabe.pdf
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Posted that to HP thread too. Thank you!
Here’s the thread:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/06/japan-earthquake-2011-government-radiaton-estimate-doubles-_n_871887.html
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pubmed is the key.
http://www.pubmed.com
melatonin needs to be deployed liberally to this population.
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Die enlische seite hier
http://www.dwd.de/bvbw/appmanager/bvbw/dwdwwwDesktop?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=dwdwww_start&T178400415551302522764483gsbDocumentPath=Content%2FOeffentlichkeit%2FKU%2FKUPK%2FHomepage%2FTeaser%2FJapan.html&_state=maximized&_windowLabel=T178400415551302522764483&lastPageLabel=dwdwww_start
Aber die angewählte Seite informatzion existiert nicht aus Europe oder unsere Vaterland über alles.
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Seems to be just a 2FTeaser to englische volke, papal revenge ….2FHomepage%2FTeaser%2FJapan.html
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Beta – you need to change battery
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Tinhat keeps the netrons hot ‘n charged … singen kallte kameraden.
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That doctor sounds like his nose needs to be blodied, he’s as bad as the rest if not worse, Doctors should at least be on the patients side not tepco’s and the gov.
I find myself in denial the scope of this, I guess that would be a common thread. Everyone is in denial, just about different things:-|
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☢ Fukushima unit 4 spewing problems update 6/16/11 ☢
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_fJRnXTGaw&feature=player_profilepage
bit of potty mouth on this one
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I ve been watching MsMilkys vids as well as Connctingdots1,
In the related vids that popped up its a 6 part segment did you have a chance to watch them ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMb2ufbm7yw&feature=related
I view this situation through different eyes now. Just another perspective is all but is pretty interesting.
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Yes I did, I posted the links to the videos after coming across them !
There are 2 6′s, I forgot to change the # but they have different titles !
There are others I did not post also !
I saw these reports last month and the article ! May have posted it back then !
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Any general opinion(s)? there are some very difficult visual and scientific aspects brought up that cannot be argued
Now I dont know what to think… if this hypothesis is correct …. I cant even come up with words….
Why would Japan offer to enrich uranium for IRAN? doesnt make sense.
Oh well Im go 2 casino for a few maybe escape reality for a bit lol
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Haven’t made a call on any of the senario’s bobing up out there, Still looking at the proton gun they were fire into the ocean before the quake right below the Plant !
http://j-parc.jp/index-e.html
Pics of and details, located next to the Fukushima Nuclear plant !
http://www.bnl.gov/physics/superbeam/docs/Masayuki_Muto.pdf
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0029554X71903041
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20192389
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“escape reality for a bit”
Whats that ? It’s even in my dreams !
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http://www.jimstonefreelance.com/links.html
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If you read Jim Stone’s website, you will see that he never mentions MOX fuel which was in reactor #3. He is against closing down nuclear plants such as Vermont Yankee. He obviously is pro nuclear plant. He can’t see anything wrong with the cover-ups of TEPCO in the past as to the lack of safety at Fukushima.
If you want to continue more and more nuclear power plants, then he is your man.
I find him to be a industry shill.
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Govt refines evacuation system
The Yomiuri Shimbun
The government has decided to adopt a new system that would recommend evacuation from areas affected by radiation from the crisis-hit Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant not by municipality but on a house-by-house basis.
The government’s current evacuation order arrangements are two-layered: a no-entry zone within a 20-kilometer radius of the troubled nuclear plant, and designated areas outside the zone, where radiation levels are feared to exceed the internationally recommended limit of 20 millisieverts per year.
In areas outside the two zones, there are an unspecified number of spots with a possibility of accumulation of radiation doses surpassing the 20 millisievert-per-year limit, according to the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry.
Surveys are now under way by the ministry to gauge radiation levels on a house-by-house basis in the areas located outside the no-entry and other evacuation zones, officials said.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110617005420.htm
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Japan approves plan to rescue Tepco
By Lindsay Whipp in Tokyo
Published: June 17 2011 17:34 | Last updated: June 17 2011 17:34
Japan’s cabinet this week approved a rescue plan aimed at ensuring that Tokyo Electric Power survives as it faces large compensation pay-outs after the accident at its Fukushima nuclear power plant.
But the scheme has yet to pass Japan’s two houses of parliament, and with intensifying squabbling surrounding Naoto Kan’s premiership, the bill’s passage is far from secure.
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Tepco is buckling under Y9,000bn ($112bn) of gross debt and faces mounting costs. It has yet to contain the crisis at its plant before it can start decommissioning it.
While it has secured Y2,000bn in bank loans , Tepco admits that, unless it wins government support, it will soon run out of funds.
The scheme would create a vehicle funded through government special-purpose bonds and financial guarantees.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/784a9f06-98f9-11e0-acd2-00144feab49a.html#axzz1PZZoStSA
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MP Keirou Kitagami has capital idea for Japan’s disaster zone
Rick Wallace, Tokyo correspondent
From: The Australian
June 18, 2011 12:00AM
AN influential MP from Japan’s ruling party has stunned colleagues with a suggestion that the national capital be relocated to Fukushima – the epicentre of the nuclear crisis.
Keirou Kitagami’s suggestion will be dismissed as “bold” or “courageous” by Japan’s army of Sir Humphrey-style bureaucrats.
But the up-and-coming Kyoto MP is determined to have the idea debated and says making Fukushima City the capital is the only way to guarantee the disaster-stricken region’s future.
“I have always thought there needs to be more decentralisation, because Tokyo is one of the most compressed and centralised cities in the world and it is very prone to natural disasters,” he told The Weekend Australian. “I think at the very extreme, you could shift the National Diet (parliament) and some central government functions to Fukushima.
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“Realistically, if that’s not possible, we can perhaps have a national think tank to examine tsunamis or earthquakes or radioactivity based at Fukushima.
“The important thing is to have some kind of investment in Fukushima to spark population and economic growth.”
The way Mr Kitagami sees it, the earthquake and tsunami have eliminated the problem that has torpedoed previous debate on decentralisation – indecision and rivalries over where the alternative capital should be.
Whereas previous calls to shift the parliament to Osaka or somewhere in Gifu prefecture were in the interests of politicians from these areas, Mr Kitagami has no vested interest in a relocation to Fukushima.
“After the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident, I can’t foresee any private sector activities in this area so they need government investment,” he said. “This would kill two birds with one stone – assisting Fukushima and decentralising away from Tokyo.”
He admitted that many of his parliamentary colleagues would oppose the idea, as would the public servants who stood to be transferred away from Tokyo.
“There’s always bureaucratic inertia, so they might not like this idea, but I don’t think they would have any choice,” he said.
Fukushima prefecture was hit hard by the quake and the coast was battered by the tsunami. Now the prefecture’s future is clouded by the fallout from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
Clearly, the area is not immune to natural disasters, but Mr Kitagami insisted Tokyo had its own seismic risks and Fukushima City, which is well inland from the coast, was still a sensible choice to base the parliament and some government departments.
Mr Kitagami said Fukushima City had been touted as a potential site for the capital before the disaster.
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Report From Tokyo: A ‘Japan Spring’?
Posted: 06/17/11 11:04 AM ET
Unlike displeased masses in the Middle East who are rising up to demand domestic change, the Japanese people have traditionally preferred a milder form of protest. In fact, the idea of mass demonstration is unheard of in the land of conformity. Yet the crisis in Fukushima is encouraging groups of concerned citizens, worried about environmental pollution, to realize the path to change begins with becoming visible.
One group of concerned mothers in Tokyo has initiated policy change through determined effort on behalf of their families. The group, Protect Children in Koto, is seeking to reduce the level of radiation emanating from a nearby sludge-treatment facility to within government established levels. Why levels exceed acceptable targets in the first place is an important question. One wonders what would be happening if “Protect Children in Koto” did not press their case?
It is astonishing how many keepers of the truth here endeavor to treat the populace as brainless commodities — truly amazing.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-wagner/report-from-tokyo-a-japan_b_878861.html
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The week’s best television
Ian Cuthbertson
From: The Australian
June 18, 2011 12:00AM
Kevin McCloud
Kevin McCloud visits the world’s biggest slum, in Mumbai, in Slumming It. Source: Supplied
PREVIEWED: Nuclear Meltdown, Artscape, Kingdom, Slumming It, French Food Safari, Law & Order: SVU
Nuclear Meltdown
Sunday, 9.30pm, SBS One
Nuclear energy is under review across the world following recent events in Fukushima, Japan. Using much of the footage we saw in dribs and drabs during the initial crisis, and with the advantage of hindsight, this documentary pulls it all together to reveal exactly what happened and why. Suddenly, scientists have noticed that 20 per cent of all nuclear reactors have been built in earthquake zones. The program investigates the implications for Japan and for the industry as a whole.
Artscape
Tuesday, 9.55pm, ABC1
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Glowing reviews
Fri, Jun 17 2011 09:02 CET
by Clive Leviev-Sawyer
Supposedly, according to opinion polls, most Bulgarians favour going ahead with the Belene nuclear power station project, which has been long caught up in a baffling saga involving – in sum – political and price disputes.
President Georgi Purvanov appeared to be tapping into the issue when he said on June 12 that he was prepared to call a referendum on the Belene question. But given that he added the remark that Bulgaria was alone in not holding such an exercise in “direct democracy” for 20 years, it was not clear whether his point was actually about nuclear power or about a referendum being overdue, whatever the question.
In Europe, debate about nuclear power has been re-ignited after the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima plant. Especially in Switzerland, Germany and Italy, nuclear power policy issues have returned to the fore, with decisions made even as stress tests on existing nuclear plants in the EU proceed.
Nuclear no
On June 14, Italy’s prime Silvio Berlusconi acknowledged defeat in opposition-backed referendums, including one aimed at blocking the revival of nuclear energy.
http://www.sofiaecho.com/2011/06/17/1107573_glowing-reviews
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Our inspectors can’t stop dangerous food imports
By Bob Kingston, Ottawa Citizen June 14, 2011
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency might be trying hard to protect Canadian consumers from unsafe imported food. But, the simple fact is the agency is too broke to keep such products from store shelves.
Canada’s import food inspection is a patchwork that ignores some products, while others are examined, with little apparent logic to explain why. For Canadians watching daily reports about Germans falling ill and dying from food contaminated with a new variation of the E. coli bacteria, this knowledge will be cold comfort.
Proactive testing and inspection, other than trend monitoring or project work, is beyond the scope of CFIA’s current front line inspection resources. In fact, the inspection of food imports in Canada is one of the weakest components of the CFIA’s work.
There are only a handful of inspectors assigned to imports for food safety purposes. CFIA can afford to only temporarily assign inspectors to monitor imported food products. While one-off projects such as the Food Import Surveillance Team (FIST) are welcome, FIST has a small complement of inspectors and funding is temporary – for one year only.
Read more: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/health/inspectors+stop+dangerous+food+imports/4940892/story.html#ixzz1PZcBrrW3
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4 ‘hot spots’ may face evacuation advisory / High radiation levels detected in areas of Date, Minami-Soma, outside designated danger zones
The Yomiuri Shimbun
Four locations in Date and Minami-Soma, both in Fukushima Prefecture, are likely to be designated as a new kind of evacuation point because of high levels of radiation exposure.
The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry disclosed on Thursday the results of a radiation survey conducted in Date and Minami-Soma. High levels of radiation have been detected at some locations in these municipalities, even though they are outside the no-entry and planned evacuation zones.
The ministry and the Fukushima prefectural government conducted the survey June 5 and 6, and from June 10 through Tuesday, using cars to monitor radiation levels at 227 places in the four locations.
The locations were chosen because the annual amount of radiation there was expected to exceed 20 millisieverts, which would classify them as so-called hot spots.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T110617004107.htm
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Without government’s aid, the poors are nowhere to go. They either die of radiation, or die of starvation.
As for Japanese gov, I have no say……
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How about the whole island of Japan is a “hot spot” ?!
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To me this is the biggest Fuku 1 news of the day:
Radiation Halts Water Cleanup
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-13819767
So the radiation in the contaminated water is way worse than they thought – really. Of course one should expect lots of highly radioactive silt in this water. It’s flowing over a melted core, sea water has been corroding everything it touches, and explosions have pulverized things. So, the filters are becoming too hot to handle in no time. Frankly, I think this was all just a big PR effort. They knew it wouldn’t work. But, they wanted to be able to say, “We tried. But, since that didn’t work we have no choice but to dump it all in the Pacific.”
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