ALERTS!!!!

“The number of children and grandchildren with cancer in their bones, with leukemia in their blood, or with poison in their lungs might seem statistically small to some, in comparison with natural health hazards. But this is not a natural health hazard—and it is not a statistical issue. The loss of even one human life, or the malformation of even one baby—who may be born long after we are gone—should be of concern to us all. Our children and grandchildren are not merely statistics toward which we can be indifferent.”

John F. Kennedy, July 26th, 1963

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Two and a half years after Fukushima

From: the International

Two and a half years after Fukushima
The Fukushima Daiichai nuclear disaster, occurring more than two and a half years ago, exposed Japan to the pitfalls of nuclear energy and defined international headlines for weeks. Yet, the site continues to leak radiation into international waters, contaminating marine food webs and threatening human health on a global scale.
For Japan, the experience has not only brought about environmental devastation, but also a two-sided response from its citizenry, as both volunteers as well as forced laborers work to clean the danger zones of the abandoned power plant.
New data challenge initial reports
A plume of radioactive debris continues to circulate around the Pacific Rim, and new reports confirm that fallout from the meltdown has infected coastal fish in California and increased the state’s rate of hypothyroidism in newborns.
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