Tag: Fukushima
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Fukushima’s Children are Dying
Some 39 months after the multiple explosions at Fukushima, thyroid cancer rates among nearby children have…
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Was I Exposed to Radiation From Fukushima?
In the fall of 2012, I participated in a study abroad program in Kyoto, Japan. During the last week of my stay …
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Fukushima Disaster Still A Global Nightmare
The rate of thyroid cancers among some 250,000 area young people is more than…
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NY Times Editorial Board Delivers a ‘Prudent’ Message of Nuclear Abandonment
For the finale of this landmark edit, we hear that “the great shield over Chernobyl should also…
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Canadian 10th Grader Discovers Radioactive Imported Seafood Long After Government Stopped Testing
Radioactive seafood isn’t foreign to Canadian grocery stores, but we have no research and development professionals to thank for that information—just a 10th grader from Alberta. Bronwyn Delacruz of Grande Prairie Composite High School in Alberta made her discovery with the help of a $600 Geiger counter her father purchased and the need to complete a science project.…