Published: August 28th, 2012 at 2:19 pm ET
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Follow-up to this report on Shunichi Yamashita: Head of Fukushima health study: 100 mSv/yr OK for pregnant moms -- "Effects of radiation do not come to people that are happy... They come to people that are weak-spirited"
FRCSR (Fukushima Radiation Contamination Symptoms Research) Newsletter
August 28, 2012
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We asked Fukushima Medical University vice president Shunichi Yamashita, who is in charge of the thyroid examination, about his challenges.
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Reporter: What do you think about the effect of radiation?
Yamashita: We might find small cancer, but thyroid cancer can occur at a certain frequency under normal circumstances. We won’t know the conclusive trend until over 10 years later. We cannot get into oppositional relationships with the prefectural residents. I would like to guide them so that Japan as a country will not fall apart. After the Chernobyl accident, many lawsuits happened regarding health effects, with compensatory expenses cut into the national budget. When that happens, the ultimate victims are people of the country.
Published: August 28th, 2012 at 2:19 pm ET
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sending...
For Dr. Smiley it's all about the money. Destined to go down in Japan's history as one of the most hated individuals of all time. Yes, I would label him a traitor… to his face.
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as predicted long-ago SP, just wait until the lawyers get of whiff. The damages alone will finish-off nuclear power.
So now we see the 'learned' ones quietly calling for calm. He's asking that we be reasonable? Where was the reason over the last five decades when others warned of such catastrophes occurring with this technology?! With condescending smiles, they dismiss anyone who warned against the use of this technology within the biosphere. So, to add salt to the wound, they're now asking that damages be limited or outright not rewarded to the public, so they can buy 'wound packages' for the victims?! Now, all of a sudden they're concerned with the welfare of the public?
I say, find each-and-every person who's either spoken for or worked for this industry and strip them of their assets! That includes every corporation and…university professor who's shilled for that industry. That should buy more than a few bandages. And don't kid yourself. If any of us were found to have made illicit profits from some ongoing threat to society, these same 'people' would have no problem stripping us of those ill-gotten gains. And as governments have no problem making retro-active law, we'll simply claw-back every dollar and apply it to the medical and environmental remediation costs. Hell…Yamashita's worried about a few farmers getting their due?
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The Japanese lawyers are afraid of what the government might do to their careers.There will be no lawsuits. "Act Of God".
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won't exclusively be their lawyers. Borders with no boundaries…
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There's plenty of evidence that the plants were improperly built long before any 'Act Of God'.
The greatest danger is if the Japanese government waves the 'national security' magic wand, and the courts won't allow the lawsuits to proceed.
That magic wand sure works well in the US.
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agree TIS, that many hide behind the national security clause. What I'm not sure of is how well it'll fly when it comes to inept management of a civilian operated facility. They'd have to embroil the military services in their legal argument; something they'd be reluctant to become a part of. It be far more productive on the part of the Japanese government to declare TEPCO a criminal enterprise; stripping all concerned parties of assets and moving forward from there. They've already nationalized TEPCO (to preserve its value as an operating entity), so it's only a matter of declaring who the 'bad guys' are. Doubtless, they have plenty enough on record to indict the responsible parties. The sooner they disengage from this criminal organization and clean house, the sooner they'll be able to extricate themselves from the legal repercussions of having been in bed with this company for so long. From there, it's a matter of dispensing the penalty funds, printing more fiat currency (added national debt) and securing commitments from the international community. This ongoing defense of TEPCO simply discredits the Japanese government and undermines any long-term efforts at getting this under control…
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Agree Agree Agree. Also retroactively rescind those that retired early with pensions. Put them back to work at Fukushima cleaning it up.
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@MaidenHeaven: unless an individual can be proven complicit in an illegal activity, I wouldn't do a claw-back on mid-to-low-level employees. I would take every-effing-penny (and them some) from (past and present) upper-level management. These are the true decision makers within any organization. They're the ones who disproportionately benefit from their positions within the organization. For this reason alone, would I exact punitive damages. And if every married spouse understood that the actions of their prestigious partner not only earned them mad money but also risked a life in the gutter, they'd be more than interested in their moral integrity. The mid-to-low-level employees will have a difficult enough time filling out employment applications and admitting to their past association…
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Dead right.
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I am hoping that Dr. Smiley's own thyroid finds that "certain frequency".
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love that 'certain frequency' thing, rambojim…
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an interesting point – on the Honorable Yamashita's part – regarding compensatory awards versus resources allocated for remediation. Problem is, limiting damage-awards doesn't guarantee effective remediation!
So, what is it supposed to be?! Now that the world's realizing the loses from nuclear power plant failures can far exceed the insurance coverage (that, by-the-way, we the public pays for), are we supposed to waive any right to punitive actions against those who create these catastrophes? Is there no limit to the machinations of these 'people'? If I were the people of Japan, given the in-you-face neglect that their government's shown from day one, I wouldn't bother waiting for their idea of justice…
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"…regarding compensatory awards versus resources allocated for remediation."
Bulls$%&. The Japanese government can print all the money they want, just as the US has printed trillions of dollars out of thin air. There is no shortage of money. There is only a shortage of truth and compassion.
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excellent point TIS…
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"When that happens, the ultimate victims are people of the country." Umm, maybe I missed a memo or two, but aren't the 'ultimate victims' of country already victims, and have been since 3.11?? In fact, your ongoing crusade to play all of this away is making the entire N. Hemisphere the 'ultimate victims'.
I wish there were a way to get the true victims out of there for good where they can get appropriate care and be treated as a human being and just let the government and TEPCO slowly succumb to their toxic deaths.
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Its not new. Since WWII-see how the citizens who were war wounded – from nuclear -were treated by their fellow citizens. Or Chernobyl-but at least those victims were evacuated. Would be interesting to find the MISSING meeting minutes after the Fukushima disaster. Did MONEY have more to do with evacuation? Is that what is in the missing information?
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Smiley The Psychopath Yamashita
is an apparition from Nightmare Theater.
He`s committed acts murderous, quite obscener
than mere lying, denying medical gleaners
from gathering facts and acting as screeners.
For denying that children need life that is cleaner
he should meet the business-end of a`repeater`
and be sent to hell or to meet his redeemer.
He`s a dirty corpse-raping inhuman turd,
a butt-sucking nukespawn puking death-words,
he`s living rot, a pain-feasting cannibal
who deserves worse than a rabid animal.
He`s a pus-tongued, maggot-souled walking excrescence
of foulness, filth and evil tumescent,
engorged with power, cold ego and hate;
may for Eternity this be his fate -
to be pounded to pulp on a fissioning anvil
by acid-dipped, razor-tipped smiley-face hammers
wielded by demons screaming DENIER!
with awareness-sustaining pain-amplifiers.
Un-anaesthetised vivisection with pliers
would be too kind for his kind of liar.
Please note – the above is gender, age and nationality neutral.
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brilliant or-well…welcome home brother…
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Thank you. I do feel home here.
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well…pull-up a crate and grab a beer!
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They would send to Doom
the Helpless, the Innocent,
the blindly obedient
simply because
it`s financially expedient.
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Oops, you did it again,
Or-well.
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Has Yamashita nodules on his brain
that make him immune to childrens pain,
that make his words lies, filthy and septic –
no one should listen that isnt a sceptic,
much that he says is the height of venality,
ignoring medical ethics, morality,
he would bring sickness and infant mortality.
He`s a pathological one-man calamity
who should be bronzed and stand for eternity
named as Japans Staue of Medical Infamy.
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Hands Up Baby Kid –
this is nuclear mugging!
We dont have heartstrings
so dont try any tugging!
Hand over your thyroid
and your bone marrow!
Hand over your heart
my little sparrow!
Hand over your lungs
and immune sysytem!
Our weapon is nukes -
dont try and resist `em!
While were at it -
hand over your future!
Now toddle on home
to Fuku Prefecture!
Nuclear mugging, ransom and theft -
theyll want more even
when nothing is left.
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You have a gift or-well….
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Ah, the reason that Fukushima medical records have been sealed. Screw the victims, save the economy. "You shouldn't have been in the way of the contamination. Your fault for being there. It's your financial burden, not TEPCO's or the government's."
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Reports of tumors
are no more than rumors
spread by conspiracy-paranoid Doomers.
No Authorised Study
shows such results,
for best Happy Data
its best to consult
Appointed Specialist Media Talkers
(AKA shills and soulless skin-walkers).
Nobodys dying from what cant be proved
to be anything other than what pre-existed
because relevant data has all been removed
or baseline comparison hopelessly twisted
by studies NOT DONE, covered up, cherry-picked,
give us more funding
we`ll get this thing licked
with Professorial spit and some polish
you`ll be good to go
on your way to a death
from what you cant know.
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Ah, or-well. In rare form today, I see. Soon to run me out of smileys.
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or-well,
Slow down my man! You're making me dizzy…(:
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Im sorry.
Im raging.
Yamashita is a killer no less than any hands-on murderer IMO.
Well, my punctuation keys are malfunctioning.
I guess thats a sign I should stop.
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OR-WELL:
humbly i salute you, fellow poet.
have you another arena for your work?
may i suggest you most certainly should?
i refrain from adding links to my own in this reply out of respect.
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to "a female faust" -
my "at" key makes quotation
as to you I make salutation.
Please give some consideration
to linking YOUR versification.
After all, theres no competition
as we try to send nukes to perdition.
Any efforts are welcome addition
when creating NO NUKES conditions!
Well, someday, when I get it together,
I`ll saddle blog and slap anti-nuke leather,
and gallop or canter or trot,
publishing what I`ve already got,
and if I dont fall out the saddle,
maybe make more impromtu twaddle!
If not now, today, in this thread,
you dont want your own stuff read,
please keep in mind this request –
that you invite us into your nest!
ps Thanks! I feel guilty not doing everything original on the spur of the moment, but if Smiley the Killer can spout the same crap all the time I feel I have some licence to do replays.
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o my dear, it pains me to find my self deprived:
reply most generous, civilized, & kind
was here most punctually appended;
ex -tempore – fitting –as such times will drive
likewise even the hardiest as out of time as mind
lest I forget & leave more crucial junctures undefended.
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check out the first letter of every line
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Nice. Brings back contracrostipunctus goosebumps from Hofstadter's GEB.
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Sherman -
set the wayback machine
for 1979!
aigeezer's not drunk,
his spellings correct,
with something new
we have a connect!
Oh and above
from Time we must save
a female fausts' return
with six lines well-behaved!
I almost missed both -
how serendipitous,
that I checked for news
however precipitous!
What's even odder
in Time's recursive refrain
is that above
are rhymes that again
could be in todays threads
of Japanese Mothers' pain.
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turtles all the way down! thank you
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a female faust, I am very touched by your gift.
Thank you!
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you are indeed a most well come one. …………and i would not be done ….but have an appt — must be gone…..
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or-well truer words have not been spoken.. "Yamashita is a killer no less than any hands-on murderer IMO."
Please no apologies for raging as all of us are. You have a way with putting our thoughts into words which is is truly needed. Thank you~!~
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agreed about the rage MaidenHeaven. I'm keeping it under control, out of respect to admin…
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Dearest Or-well,
Your rage is mine, truly.
Aloha.
P.S. We've missed you
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"I would like to guide them so that Japan as a country will not fall apart."
We are certain that the Japanese people appreciate your service, Mr. Yamashita. Except for two things:
1. Your patients, whom you are guiding not to sue TEP.gov for compensationo, are already sick and dying.
2. Japan is already falling apart, thanks to TEPCO Fuku nuke industry greed.
Let's reserve a chair right up front at the defense table for Mr. Yamashita at the upcoming World Court Fukushima Criminal Trials.
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Maybe not. Perhaps he was just fooling around when he said that the effects of radiation do not come to people that are happy.
I certainly would not wish anything bad to happen to Dr. Smiley…
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Legally the doctors cannot claim act of God for known structure/engineering design failure to the GE made reactors. Fukushima was not properly repaired by Tepco after structural difficulties were found in the years prior to March 11th, 2011.
Because of that act of corporate negligence, every person injured/dead is eligible for compensation because there was legal failure in three areas:
Tepco corporate(and now governmental as Tepco is currently nationalized) negligence in failure to warn citizens of impending catastrophic health danger due to Fukushima structural emmission abnormalities resulting in mass injury/death.
The Japanese government for not evacuating the citizens when Tepco stated that there was an unprecedented release of extreme carcinogenic emissions present that rivalled those of Chernobyl-whose containment was established in a month-for nineteen uninterrupted months-with no secure eta for containment on record.
Tepco government public support of feeding extreme amounts of known carcinogens to young kids and babies AFTER being aware that cesium 134 and 137 was present.
Japan is now bankrupt and they know it.
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good stuff kalidances…
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++++ kalidances
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The government could say that the reactors blew because of the tsunami. Thus, an act of god..Ya gotta blame it on somebody!
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rambojim said Ya gotta blame it on somebody.
Bob Dylan said Youre going to have to serve somebody.
"You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief
They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief
But you`re going to have to serve somebody"
Just who does Yamashita serve with his pronouncements?
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or-well,
The government of Japan?….maybe
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Yes, maybe.
As a Doctor, does he think he well serves the Hippocratic Oath?
As a Catholic, does he think he serves God?
Does he think he serves cancer research, or Medicine, or Science with his rubbish? His University? The Japanese Thyroid Association? The people? Radiation Risk Management?
You and I cant know and perhaps no one can know his inner beliefs or motivations or what principles or ideals he truly serves, or believes he serves.
We can only listen to his statements and observe his actions, and watch him condemn himself.
I`d like to know all his paymasters tho.
And even there, perhaps his remuneration is all above board, normal and par for the course in the cosy interlinked miasma of pro-nuclearism he functions within in Japan.
To be honest, I dont care, outside of curiosity about monsters, what he believes. He is dangerously anti-health and anti-truth, in a position of power and influence from which he should be removed, promptly and forever.
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Believe me or-well,we here have heard outrageously stupid remarks by more than one doctor, politician and power company spokesman in Japan.
I don't know if you were here when, a few weeks ago,a doctor,who is the head of a hospital in Japan stated that "radiation is good for you"!!!
I'm not making this up or-well. Ask others if you don't believe me….
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nudge…nudge rambojim. or-well's been out here for a long time; so long in fact, he's got a crate with his name painted on it. And nobody will dare sit on it while he's elsewhere…
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AFTERSHOCK, that`s just because the crate is also marked
"COD – IMPORTED FROM JAPAN"
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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or-well…I needed a good effing laugh!!!
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rambojim, I do believe you, as I`ve been here awhile.
In fact, we`ve heard little else from those you mention.
This guy seems to focus my anger, I guess because he`s a doctor, and so blatant, and so directly a threat to children.
He seems to me to epitomize so much thats wrong, there and here.
Maybe you`ve noticed andagi and GlowinTheDark mentioning squid ink today, sort of shorthand for media obfuscation, I think. Well, I think squid must have a pretty good perspective on Japan, as they hang around upside down…
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I promise not to sit on you're create or-well…(:
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any can sit on a poetic crate -
as long as no one is hiding inside,
or taking a break from re-ality
or having a quiet little cry.
In fact step right up -
like at Speakers Corner
in green old Hyde Park -
shout across borders and
throw off some sparks!
Giving full reign
to disobedience disorder
is better than hearing
damned nukers bark!
I`m stopping now as I`m WAY off topic.
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Spoken like a true shill..the medical variety.
"After the Chernobyl accident, many lawsuits happened regarding health effects, with compensatory expenses cut into the national budget."
Yes..it cut into the national budget to save lives and to compensate the victims for there suffering.
This is clearly an attempt to shirk liability.
While placing the burden back on the people.
"When that happens, the ultimate victims are people of the country."
THE PEOPLE ARE ALREADY THE VICTIMS!
The devious plans of the government..is always on the backs of the people.
Tepco has already received a large bail-out.
Where is the bail-out for the people?
Where is the rescue of the people?
Let the people decide..how to spend what is left of Japan's economy.
After all..they are paying with their lives.
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Their doubly dead. The ole 1, 2 punch. Healthcare needs to get busy cooking up some successful chemo and radiation results. This means they need to cure thyroid cancer in patients who don't have thyroid cancer, but will be lied to about it. Ethics be damned. Shocked? Dismayed? I can cure you of any disease 100% of the time if I can convince you my misdiagnosis is an accurate diagnosis. But of course they would never do that to their beloved sheeple.
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God doesn't want no part of your stinking nukes!
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That was a reply to rambojim. Fuku is definitely not an act of god. It is an act of man, not caused by EQ or tsunami.
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What caused the reactors to blow philipupnorth?
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What caused the reactors to go boom boom philupnorth?
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@rambojim: earthquake first – tsunami next – then lectrical failure of shorted backup-supply generators, which feed power to cooling system standby pumps.
Regarding this failure. The WSJ had an excellent article (sometime last year) that reported how TEPCO decided against spending the money (around $1K/station) to waterproof the backup generator's electrical control panels. These units are about the size of a refrigerator. Had they done this ahead of time, these control panels would've been able to survive through the water inundation.
Think about this. A handful of boardroom decision makers condemned the planet to a slow and agonizing death because they didn't think the security of these power plants merited such prophylactic measures. For want of a nail…the kingdom was lost…
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I remember reading that article AFTERSHOCK.
Thank you….(:
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which rambojim, pretty-much puts the 'act of god' clause to sleep. Putting-aside the arrogant stupidity of locating this complex of power plants where they did, there's no way they can claim they had no foreknowledge of the possibility of lose of backup coolant power…
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AFTERSHOCK: As I mentioned in another thread, There's a reason why many nuclear reactors are close to water and It's not because of a beautiful view. The government of Japan does not have enough money to compensate the victims of this disaster, now or in the future. They will snake their way out of it I assure you…
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I hear you rambojim. We all know it's the nature of things that we be left holding the bag. But as time goes by, there will be ever greater horrors that the world will have to endure. Eventually, all will be affected in one form or another; resulting in calls for accountability and justice from all corners. Just be patient. The universe does not require the approval of mainstream media to unveil itself. They cannot stop what's in motion. Behind closed doors, they're shitting their pants and the stench can be found wafting down the hallowed halls of every government and large corporation on this planet. This is literally…the end game…
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Well said AFTERSHOCK…..
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or-well so good to see you here again and the rants in this thread are really inspired. For some reason I was hit hard by todays headlines on enenews. It was shrink day for me today and I cut loose on her. I just couldn't hold back. In fact this is a screaming day, even my cats, precious monsters, are in hiding as I stomp around my new home with my head about to explode over the obsurdity, the murderous obsurdity of this whole world wide epidemic of greed and ignorance. So many of these corp. monsters caught with their pants down and getting away without even a ripple. I am paralized with rag today, it happens every once in a while, and yet the circus goes on. I was going to try and say something rational in this thread, but alas, I can find no words, rational words that is, to discribe what is in my head at this time. I need to go back and read some of Hearts posts or AFTERSHOCKs' and where the hell is Woopie, anyway keep this going folks, I wouldn't make it without you all.
Tom
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Hi blackbeer! Maybe like others I have to ration my participation here. Your comment certainly seems rational to me – murderous absurdity, epidemic of greed and ignorance, corporate monsters caught with their pants down and getting away – check, check and check! And the circus goes on – check!
What can one say to adequately address the insanity?
I haven`t figured that out. Rants relieve stress.
I hope mine trouble or amuse or inspire or just say
"Im a human being God Damn It, my life has value!" like that guy in the movie Network.
Whoopie is around, I`ve seen her very infrequently tho. I`d bet she`s on the case somewhere somehow!
Peace and good stuff!
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Cough.
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@blackbeer: it's important that you keep an even keel when processing the knowledge of what's happening. You've been out here long enough to know the truth. With that knowledge comes the weight of bearing it; more often than not, on your own. We're out here as a community to share in the handling of that load. But once you hit the log-off button, you're on your own. Under no circumstances should you allow this knowledge the means to undermine your better nature. Doing so is an injustice to all; including those who must bear the vivid reality of this catastrophe. They're the ones who are counting on each and every one of us to take this knowledge forward, as flame into the darkness that's descending upon the world. If you can't change the rage that's in your heart, be controlled in the dispensation of that rage…
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Amen…….
Tom
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To snake, is an all too pleasant way to describe the corporate demons that are devouring the future of our children. And, our dreams for them!
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I thought of better words Sol Man, but I am hanging on to my days on this forum by a shoestring already,as my words are not politically correct for some…
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Lawsuits will put an end to nuclear. They have no support, no money, and now everybody know's that nuclear plants are 100% unneeded. They're a total waste, to say the least.
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Not quite true TBP, Not everybody knows that nuclear plants are 100%unneeded. In fact next to no one knows this to be the case.
Tom
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not sure of your stats blackbeer, but fear you may be damn close to being right. I will tell you there's much going on (behind the scenes) to transit over (as quickly as possible) to renewables. The big corporations see the writing more clearly than 'the great unwashed'…
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This may be true AFTERSHOCK, I'm having a bad hair day today and shouldn't be held accountable for my ramblings. It just seems to me that we are at a point of monumental decisions and they are not being made on behalf of life or the planet. I trust no one in any leadership role to do the right thing. This is my home that is being distroyed, this is my life that I can no longer enjoy. I am sick to death of the slime that has taken over the direction of mankind. I am sick to death of the spineless followers, those who have surrendered their ability to make decisions on their gut feelings, those who no longer even trust their ability to know. Like I said, bad hair day, please forgive me…………
Tom
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nothing to forgive blackbeer. You are spot-on in your feelings. I'm also (as are most others out here) disgusted by the lack of rational behavior on the part of those on high. But none of this is new! Long before 311, any with a sense of self-preservation could've seen the writing on the wall. The only difference today is that it's all being spelled out in BIG-BOLD letters…FUKUSHIMA! And if it hadn't been there, it would've reared its ugly face somewhere else. So, you've decided to take the one colored pill over the other. That decision has consequences; there is no turning back. Now, it's a matter of taking what you know and merging that knowledge with personal skills. Personally, I'm working (though you wouldn't know it from the time I'm spending on this site) on something that promises to save lives and clean-up the environment. I'm not doing it for wealth or fame (though they'll be there to attempt seduction when this project's done). It's about paying back the good that others have done for me. We're all indebted to people we've never met and those who've lived before our time. Most of us lived better than we'll ever admit and owe much to others. I'm about closing the circle before it closes-up on me. That's what each and everyone of us is obligated to do (if you're smart) with the knowledge that we gain from knowing the truth and exchanging such with each other…
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AFTERSHOCK; that's what I was talking about when I mentioned our right to evolve a while back, or another thread can't remember, but what you are speaking of is a taste of a consiciousness (boy my spelling is down the tube without my cheet sheet) that is erupting through out the planet. Our potential is just unimaginable. I took that pill long before the Matrix and I'm still here. The down side to that is we are still fighting the same battle. Like there is this endless supply of cold warriors or low life scum who just revel in limiting potential. Anyway, I would love to talk with you my friend, I know I would enjoy it.
Tom
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@blackbeer: we'd have a blast if we were together around a campfire.
One thing you must retain: we're just fortunate enough to still have some fight left in our veins. And I don't mind the challenges of this age. They offer an opportunity to those who can face them head on.
Gotta jump now. I've run out of nickles to put in this jukebox. So I'll catcha tomorrow brother…
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Aftershock…You haven't answered my query. so let me change the question:
>>>ouch dharmasyd. Such character reference is not without its own set of issues….<<<
Okay. Would you be specific about the "set of issues." to which you refer?
What are you inferring? Just what do you see as my set of issues?
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DUDES! Come on!
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dharmasyd: you were one minute off from my 10:19 pm post @: http://enenews.com/mother-5-hospitals-refuse-provide-medical-care-children-be-doctor-when-be-doctor-will-be-confusing-result-different-fukushima-medical-university/comment-page-1#comment-283624
ciao…outta here!
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Sorry Aftershock… I saw your response come up with 1 minute difference from mine. I chose to leave the site. I'm tired. I'm almost 80 years old. I've worked hard all my life to try to make this a better place to live. I'm not complaining, and I'm not asking for sympathy. I've lived a fairly long, good life. But I'm tired; I have emphysema and am on oxygen. That makes my energy low. When I feel, everytime I come to eneNEWS, that I am misunderstood &/or attacked, I question why I even bother anymore.
When I feel someone is commenting from a limited or uninformed position, I comment. I say, as kindly as I can, what I see to be a wider view. That's what I did. Communism is not so bad as we have been brainwashed to believe.
I have been a practicing Tibetan Buddhist for 4 decades. I have met HH the Dalai Lama. I have heard him say, on many occasions, that he thinks Communism is the best system because it, theoretically, bases itself on compassion for all. That's theoretically; the application thus far differs.
Maybe I'm just too old to attempt to blog any more. Maybe my old, old, tired skin has just become too thin. But I know other sites where this does not happen to me.
I do believe, that from my years and years of experience, I have some comments which are worth contemplating, which may have some value.
For now, however, I am just tired.
So, blessings to you and good night and beneficial dreams.
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Dharmasyd
Don't leave the site!!!!
I very much appreciate your comments and I know that others do as well.
And thank you for your fight all of these years.
We are in a difficult period.
We've tried to raise awareness and our efforts have been very mixed.
The crisis is ongoing and too many people who are going to be affected are oblivious.
The complicity of governments around the world, their cooperation to hide the biggest environmental disaster in human history, is wrenching.
I know that lacking the ability to directly combat (verbally) those responsible for this disaster is beyond frustrating.
We can easily turn our frustration inward towards our community.
I feel frustrated and tired also.
But each (sans trolls) has something to contribute here and I hope so much that we do not drive more of our members away…
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majia & andagi…Thank you for your comments and acceptance. I'm not leaving the site, I'm just trying, still, to establish an acceptable presence.
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Dear Dharmasyd,
I always contemplate and learn from your comments. Please, just get some well-deserved rest. I look forward to hearing from you tomorrow
Aloha.
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Please stay with the site, your comments are excellent.
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Thank you, jec…
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@dharmasyd: met the Dalai Lama in passing years ago. Again, I have had only great respect for his being. In fact, Tantra's been more of an influence over my being than all else to date.
From day one, I 'sensed' you were on the right path. And while I understand that much of what we're witnessing weighs heavily, it's equally important that we not allow such knowledge to overwhelm us. I know this is easier said than done. But if you're to remain on the frontline, then you must keep your focus.
I'd also advise taking regular breaks from these headlines. It's not possible for any to remained unscathed by these ongoing revelations. Don't worry about falling behind in your knowledge of these ongoing events, as this nightmare isn't going away soon.
Be strong dharmasyd. I'll pray the goddess returns strength to your tired body. Of course, she may have other plans for your being…so be fearless and go where she guides you…much love to you brother…
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Aloha Aftershock.
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OK, guess who said this back in 2009. “Mainly for the people less than twenty-years-old, if they are exposed to excessive radiation between 10 to 100mSV, the risk of carcinogenesis is undeniable”. And in 2005 said “the lowest doses of X-rays for which reasonably reliable evidence of increased cancer risk exists range from 10 to 50mGy” Yes, our happy friend, Shunichi Yamashita.
But after being asked by Yuhei Sato, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture, to serve as a radiation risk management adviser to the prefecture, our happy friend now states "radiation exposure of 100 mSv/yr is safe".
This can all be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunichi_Yamashita
So obviously he was paid off in some way.
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GREAT FIND!!!
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Dear Mark,
Do you mean this guy?
Aloha.
Posted 4/2012:
http://capitoilette.com/tag/yuhei-sato/
"Fukushima Governor Yuhei Sato apologized Wednesday for prefectural officials who deleted records on the spread of radioactive fallout immediately following the start of the Daiichi nuclear crisis in March of 2011. The data from the country’s System for Prediction of Environmental Emergency Dose Information (SPEEDI) could have better informed citizens on when and where to evacuate during the first days after the Tohoku quake and tsunami destroyed safety systems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and could have also given those trying to piece together what happened inside the reactors important forensic evidence.
At a news conference, Sato said, “A big problem lies in the fact that we failed to fully share the information soon after the nuclear disaster broke out.”
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As usual i am confused. TEPCO stated that their air samplers off site were not working, and yet the guy states he had information. There were reports from other local officials that they were entirely in the dark concerning Fukushima's status, and yet it sounds like this guy knew quite a bit about releases, plant status and fallout patterns.
These guys need to at least get their stories straight. But if they did have all the information he alludes to have had, it was criminal not to have informed the citizens. After all that is the purpose of having an emergency system.
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Chris sez: "yet it sounds like this guy knew quite a bit about releases, plant status and fallout patterns."
SP: Yes, they said all but one Fukushima NPP monitor was destroyed by the earthquake and tsunamis.
But…They may have had radiation monitoring help from their longtime occupiers:
http://www.japan-press.co.jp/image/us_facilities_1.gif
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Nice discussion.
This doctor maybe tells what is the truth to him.
I got the feeling it is not so unusual to put society aspects on a medical situation.
There is a question tho – The individual person who seeks medical care, is made guilty. Having a disease and is not treated because of the safety of the country.. this is a terrible thing.
Instead of giving extra care – the sick are pushed aside as someone unwanted.
And to remember the way they handled Tree Mile Island – it was quite similar. No information at first – and then very censored versions. That it had severe meltdown and a lot releases of radioactivity, this was not spoken of at the time it happen. Even now people living there are not aware of all facts.
The method of "saving the face" is everywhere.
By the way: Tank you for the poetry expressions.
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A land of incredible beauty no more
Dead fishes rot upon the shore
Children gasp through throats so sore
Our homes are prisons forever more
They have killed us all, yet death comes slow
Radioactive winds continue to blow
They say we are safe from the Daiichi piles
Just drink your tea and wear big smiles
But we know the winds bring continued woe
Toxic rain and nuclear snow
My nose is bleeding and bowels are loose
Fukushima's toxins have cooked my goose
I would take my family and try to flee
But this is my home, can't you see?
The enemy is silent and impossible to spot
Great sickness is here and that is our lot
Tell all the world about our death throes
Our sick, sick land and unspeakable woes
Death of a nation by our own hand
Toxic waste killing children in our land
We are so sorry we killed the great sea
It wouldn't have happened if left up to me
In closing please know my warning is true
This terrible tragedy can happen to you
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Thank you Sickputer , i printed it out and it will go on my car window , i only changed the last line a bit for added impact (hope you don't mind
)
This terrible tragedy is now coming for you….
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Well told, Sickputer!
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brilliant SP…
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@Sickputer: I love and I hate to read it.
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"My nose is bleeding and bowels are loose
Fukushima's toxins have cooked my goose"
SP: Po-rant Laureate of ENEnews
…But my heart goes…
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Talk about money…
Overwhelming amount of loan…
When Yuko Mori, a diet member, asked Noda the total amount of foreign loans, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan answered that it was one trillion and a several hundred billion yen.
But when Noda was questioned and cornered, eventually he admitted that it was 14 trillion and 330 billion yen.
In the meanwhile, CEESA is encouraging Japan to join. CEESA is to be made up of NAFTA (US, Canada & Mexico) and Japan.
By this agreement, Japan is asked (threatened?) to pay 20 trillion yen over ten years.
:O
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20 trillion for the right to sell their radioactive worthless goods into the CEESA?? Sounds like a bargin, and a coup for Japan.. another win for big corporate business.. another loss for organisms on planet Earth.
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"perhaps no one can know his inner beliefs or motivations or what principles or ideals he truly serves, or believes he serves. We can only listen to his statements and observe his actions, and watch him condemn himself. I`d like to know all his paymasters tho…"
well, my sweet or-well, the bio info (from Wikipedia) on Shunichi "Damashita" YahI'mAShitta is an effing hoot. (fyi, Damashita means "I fool you" according to EX-SKF).
here excerpted but nominally:
Shunichi Yamashita (山下 俊一 Yamashita Shunichi?, 1952–) is a Japanese medical scientist serving as dean and professor at the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Nagasaki University.
In 1952, he was born in Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture. His mother was a Hibakusha [1] who survived the atomic bomb dropped in Nagasaki on August 9, 1945. He is also a descendant of Kakure Kirishitan in Urakami[2] (Present Nagasaki City) who kept their faith clandestinely more than 200 years under severe persecution from Tokugawa Shogunate. Yamashita himself is Catholic and belongs to Shiroyama Catholic Church in Archdiocese of Nagasaki.[3] He is also a member of the Japan Catholic Doctor Association and serves as president of its branch in Nagasaki.[4] According to the interview by the Asahi Shimbun, he respects Dr. Paul Takashi Nagai, (the author of “The Bell of Nagasaki”) and therefore chose to become a medical doctor.[5] Later, he was installed as a president of Nagai Takashi Memorial International Hibakusha…
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1985 The U.S. Los Angeles Research Fellowship Award
1986 Investigator Award from American College of Physicians
1986 Research Fund from American College of Diabetics
1990 The Third Nordisk Growth Hormone Investigator Award
1991 Investigator Award by Kudo Academic Foundation
2011 The Asahi Cancer Award
Scientific Papers
Glucose Stimulation of Protooncogene Expression and Deoxyribonucleic Acid Synthesis in Rat Islet Cell Line[7]
Articles in CiNii
From 1991 onward, Yamashita participated in the health research project supported by the Nippon Foundation. His visit to the affected area totals 100 times.[8] According to Yamashita, by communicating with children whose age was same as Yamashita’s and their mothers, he felt as if the area was next to Nagasaki.[8] On the other hand, Yamashita did not recognize other health problems like heart diseases reported by other scientists.[9] He eventually concluded the effects of radiation in the area as follows; “Apart from the dramatic increase in thyroid cancer incidence among those exposed to radiation at a young age, there is no clearly demonstrated increase in the incidence of solid cancers or leukemia due to radiation in the most affected populations”.
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From 1991 onward, Yamashita participated in the health research project supported by the Nippon Foundation. His visit to the affected area totals 100 times.[8] According to Yamashita, by communicating with children whose age was same as Yamashita’s and their mothers, he felt as if the area was next to Nagasaki.[8] On the other hand, Yamashita did not recognize other health problems like heart diseases reported by other scientists.[9] He eventually concluded the effects of radiation in the area as follows; “Apart from the dramatic increase in thyroid cancer incidence among those exposed to radiation at a young age, there is no clearly demonstrated increase in the incidence of solid cancers or leukemia due to radiation in the most affected populations”
Before the nuclear crisis in Fukushima, Yamashita showed his concern about the radiation dose to young people. In The Journal of Japan Physicians Association, he writes “Mainly for the people less than twenty-years-old, if they are exposed to excessive radiation between 10 to 100mSV, the risk of carcinogenesis is undeniable”.[11] In the other report written with other scientists, points out; “the lowest doses of X-rays for which reasonably reliable evidence of increased cancer risk exists range from 10 to 50mGy”
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Being Catholic, Yamashita has been involved with the various activities held in the Catholic Church. For example, when the first general assembly of the Conference of Japan Catholic Medical Care Associations was held in Nagasaki from October 23 to October 24, 2009, Yamashita said, "As Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the only cities in the world that were afflicted with A-bombings, both can claim the moral high ground on A-bomb elimination. No one can deny their claims and international diplomatic endeavors on behalf of peace free of nuclear weapons. U.N. General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto referred to this right when he visited Japan last summer.".[13] Even after his appointment to risk management advisor to Fukushima Prefecture, Church’s attitude toward the professor remains unchanged. In Saitama Diocese, The diocesan Committee for Justice and Peace led by Sadato Yabuki, a diocesan deacon and professor emeritus at Gunma University, invited Yamashita to lecture on radiation at the cathedral on May 7, 2011.[14] Later, In the name of Bishop Marcelious Daiji Tani, leaflets based on the lecture were printed in six languages and distributed in the diocese and shelters.
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From August 8 to August 10, 2010,Soka University Peace Research Institute had a research study in Nagasaki, and Yamashita lectured the participants.[20] On May 24, Yamashita was inveited by Komeito Party's election campaign office of Koriyama City, Fukuhsima Prefecture and lectuered there.After the Fukushima I nuclear accidents, with Prof. Noboru Takamura, Yamashita was asked, on March 19, 2011, by Yuhei Sato, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture, to serve as a radiation risk management adviser to the prefecture. The letter of appointment as special professor to the president at Fukushima Medical University was given on April 1 of the same year.[22]
As a radiation risk management adviser, Yamashita lectured on radiation mainly in Fukushima Prefecture.[22] He claims that radiation exposure of 100 mSv/yr is safe.[23]
To the interview with the Fukushima Minyu Shimbun, a local newspaper of Fukushima Prefecture, Yamashita said, ”When people are exposed to radiation does of 100mSV or more at a time, the possibility of getting cancer increases one out of every ten-thousand people” and referred its radiation dose as “It is equivalent to the radiation dose of receiving 10 times of CT scan one time. But CT scan is necessary for medication, so CT scan itself is not bad."
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On March 19, 2011, Yamashita visited the prefectural government's disaster headquarters and said "Information about radiation risks has not been correctly communicated. Under the current levels, administering iodine pills is unnecessary.".[25] Meanwhile, as the president of the Japan Thyroid Association, Yamashita wrote a letter dated March 24, 2011 to its member that thyroid blockage was not necessary citing the opinion of Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine.[26] However, the affected areas like Iitate, Soma and Minami-Soma, high radiation doses required to take iodine pills for thyroid blockage by the standard of Japan (100mSV)[27] and WTO (10mSV) was widely detected according to the SPEEDI map released to the public on March 24, 2011.[
In April, Yamashita become a member of The Committee for disputes of nuclear liability by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
In reaction to the lectures by Yamashita, the citizen group collected signatures for Yamashita's dismissal from the position of adviser.[30]
Due to his optimistic statements on radiation exposure in a series of lectures, Yamashita earned the Nicknames such as “Mr. 100mSV” [31] and “Damashita” (who tricked).[32] Some even compares him with Josef Mengele.
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Receiving criticism and repellence from people in Fukushima, He stated “leaving or staying Fukushima needs determination.” He explained the meaning of determination as "I do not deny over-protection, but parents shall let their children face difficulties: to judge properly by themselves in times of stress. It is to tell the risk and profit in a gray area with no answer of 〇 and ×. Sailing to the ocean without any chart is the meaning of determination".He concluded the situation as “It is an endurance contest between me and people in Fukushima”}}.
Takashi Hirose, writer and anti-nuke activist with Shojiro Akashi made accusations of criminal negligence against executives of TEPCO and affiliated people including Yamashita in July 2011.[34]
From September 11 to September 12, 2011, by the support of the Nippon Foundation, International Expert Symposium in Fukushima —Radiation and Health Risks – was held and Ymashita was one of the participants.
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Yamashita's words has gotton attentions from overseas.In august, Der Spiegal interviewed the professor and asked questions about his words.[36] On October 2011, at the German TV-channel ZDF, one of the public channels in Germany. Yamashita's Comments on radiation was broadcasted].[37]
On March 11, 2012, the 1 year anniversary of 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Yamashita spoke to the students, faculty and staffs at Khalifa University, UAE.[38]
On June12, more than 1,300 of people in Fukushima filed complaint and accused 33 people including Yamashita.[
for original context and links, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shunichi_Yamashita
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Hi a female faust!
No rhyme today, just a few thoughts.
While I reserve the right to condemn him, (using the most vile terms I think appropriate to a public forum), I must recognize that part of his insidious nature is that he is not consistently and unreservedly always speaking or acting obviously contrary to what can be regarded as acceptable.
Hmm. White coat, black hat. Black/blank heart? Evil in mind?
There are too many like him who "could" – but don't. Who "do" – but shouldn't. I frame him as the epitome of what's wrong with Japans' medical establishment, but he alone is not that establishment, as you know.
Maybe that's lazy of me. Or unfair. Honestly – I don't care, for just one like him brought down, condemned for acts of commission or omission would help bring an awakening in some measure.
I am glad you bring this spotlight to bear upon him.
By posting on this thread, you are decidedly on-topic. But for circumstance – and aigeezers' post the other day (contracrostipunctus!) I would not have seen your post(s). Please do visit the current threads when you can! I try and respond to responses, it seems rude not to, but I also try not to clutter, though, I suppose, some would say that's all my contributions are.
"On-topic" is rather a grey area at times, as you've seen, I expect!
Come to the off-topic forum. I'll leave you a poem,
spoken to me by my inner Golem.
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