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The 4-Steps Round Up 11.07.2014
Photo by AP The Rabbits are out of the hat this week in #Fukushima news – TEPCO says spent fuel pool #4 at the plant is cleared and Sendai is ready to restart it’s reactors but the International Green Cross has something to say about it all. Here are the highlights, step-by-step: STEP 1. EDUCATE […]
The 4-Steps Round Up 10.31.2014
Photo by Teppei Sato Between the uranium hexaflouride release at the Honeywell plant in Illinois that no one is talking about (except us) and sexy Ebola containment costumes, it was a scary week indeed! This week in #Fukushima news, justice for the USS Ronald Reagan sailors becomes real but college kids from #Fukushima meet another […]
The 4-Steps Round Up 10.24.2014
Photo by Teppei Sato This week in #Fukushima news, too much news to handle as kids in the suburbs of Tokyo suffer from the ineptitude of #TEPCO and the malice of the dying nuclear cartel. Here are the highlights, step-by-step: Step 1: Educate & Safeguard The number one thing you can do to make yourself […]
The 4-Steps Round Up 10.10.2014
Photo by Teppei Sato This week in #Fukushima news, the TEPCO road show continues as victims of the disaster begin to pile up like the bags of decontaminated dirt left on the side of the road in Japan. Here are the highlights, step-by-step: Step 1: Educate & Safeguard One of the things I take to […]
Regional Distribution of Fukushima Thyroid Cancer Cases (Confirmed and Suspected) Analyzed by Citizen Scientists
The first round of thyroid examination concluded in March 2014, and its results are nearly complete, except for some of the secondary examination results which were still not available as of August 24, 2014. Fukushima Medical University denies any regional difference in the incidence of thyroid cancer amongst Fukushima children and considers it unlikely that […]
The 4-Steps Round Up 10.03.2014
PHOTO BY TEPPEI SATO This week in #Fukushima news, the TEPCO road show continues as victims of the disaster begin to pile up like the bags of decontaminated dirt left on the side of the road in Japan. Here are the highlights, step-by-step: Step 1: Educate and Safefuard USS Ronald Reagan sailors got hit with […]
The 4-STEPS round up 09.26.2014
(PHOTO BY: Teppei Sato) This week in #Fukushima news, protests and controversy dominated the news wires as the continuing nuclear nightmare in Japan persists. Here are the highlights, step-by-step: Step 1: Educate and Safeguard Fewer than 300 fuel assemblies remain in the heavily damaged reactor #4 spent fuel pool. This is the best news coming […]
Fukushima worker fell ill, sent to hospital by air ambulance / Tepco rejects announcing the name of disease
On 9/6/2014, another Fukushima worker fell ill and sent to Iwaki Kyouritsu Hospital by air ambulance.The person is a male subcontract worker. Doctor comments he needs 1 ~ 2 additional inpatient hospital care. CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Fukushima Diary
Fukushima children thyroid cancer cases spreading to their lymph nodes and lungs
As predicted and following the ongoing counts of Thyroid cancers in the children of Fukushima, reported here, here, and here , the numbers are climbing high enough that doctors and researchers across the country are starting to question current data provided by the Fukushima Medical University. 甲状腺検査は、震災時１８歳以下の約３７万人が対象。 これまでにがんと診断が確定した子どもは５０人、がんの疑いは３９人に上る。 CLICK FOR MORE Courtesy of Evacuate Fukushima […]
As evacuation designated areas shrink, so are options for Fukushima evacuees
Since the start of the catastrophe in Fukushima on March 2011, areas designated for evacuation due to radiation levels have been redrawn on maps countless time, with a complete disregard for the safety, (physical and mental) of its residents. The ongoing contamination keeps on spreading, regardless of little circles or “invisible frontiers” being pushed back […]
