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Half of Fukushima children are radioactive
Nearly a quarter of the medical samples of children living in areas of radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear power plant (Japan) give positive results for…
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Medicine - Health
Fukushima children have 20 times more cancer
Researchers found that children who lived near the Fukushima nuclear power plant incident in 2011 had a higher, even 50-fold higher risk of thyroid cancer than elsewhere…
Medicine - Health
Fukushima children are exposed to radiation below the danger threshold
The NIRS team also produced the above calculation results through various data, including thyroid test results for about 1,000 children in Fukushima Prefecture, where th…
Medicine - Health
Fukushima children are tested for cancer periodically
Children living in a contaminated area from the Fukushima nuclear power plant (Japan) will receive periodic cancer screening throughout their lives.