onlooker wrote:They're is also the issue of Biomagnification "the potential that these radioisotopes will be concentrated as they make their way up the food chain—what ecologists call biomagnification."
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/how ... arine-life
dissident wrote:onlooker wrote:They're is also the issue of Biomagnification "the potential that these radioisotopes will be concentrated as they make their way up the food chain—what ecologists call biomagnification."
http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/feature/how ... arine-life
That is what I posted above with the example of Hg. Cesium and Strontium have the propensity to accumulate in bones and other tissues of living organisms. In the case of fish there is progressive accumulation (biomagnification) as smaller fish are consumed by larger fish, just as with mercury.
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Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Only 30% of Fukushima residents happy with disaster recovery progress
SENDAI, Japan (Kyodo) -- Nearly 10 years after the 2011 earthquake-tsunami and nuclear disasters in northeastern Japan, only 30 percent of Fukushima Prefecture residents say reconstruction has been sufficient, a Kyodo News survey showed Thursday.
The figure was notably lower than 80 percent in Miyagi and 66 percent in Iwate prefectures, which were also affected by the natural disasters.
The low number in Fukushima reflects how the nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant and subsequent evacuation orders have slowed reconstruction work.
Face-to-face surveys were conducted in November involving 100 residents in each of the three prefectures to ask about reconstruction of the communities where they lived when the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the region March 11, 2011.
A total of 176 people, or 59 percent, across the three prefectures said reconstruction was "progressing" or "progressing to some degree," while 123 people, or 41 percent, said there had not been enough progress. One person did not answer.
"My hometown is full of vacant plots of land," said a man in his 50s who evacuated from Futaba, which hosts the Fukushima Daiichi plant, to Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture. "I cannot imagine the town becoming a place we can return to."
Many respondents appreciated the rebuilding of infrastructure, but some said it has taken too much time. Among Fukushima residents unhappy with the reconstruction progress, many said they are disappointed that they are still not allowed to return to their hometowns due to radioactive contamination and that townscapes have not been restored.
Across the three prefectures, 66 percent said their lives were back on track as they were able either to move to public housing for disaster victims or build new homes. By prefecture, the rate was 80 percent in Miyagi and 70 percent in Iwate but significantly lower at 49 percent in Fukushima.
The cost of rebuilding homes and a decrease in income have also been a burden for residents.
"To reconstruct my house, I needed to get another loan (in addition to that for the home destroyed by the disaster). I won't finish the payments until I'm 80 years old," said Toshiyuki Naganuma, 58, who runs a construction firm in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture.
The local government in Natori declared the completion of the city's recovery in March 2020. More houses have been built and tourists are returning. But Naganuma said that while "it may look like the city has recovered, reconstruction is not finished."
"Jobs are still gone. My income is unstable," said a man in his 40s who changed jobs three times after the disasters. He used to work at a restaurant in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, but sales dropped when construction workers and others engaged in work to rebuild the city left.
Yukihisa Ojima, 49, who operates a home appliance store in Rikuzentakata, worries about the city's declining population. "Public facilities were rebuilt but things are slack for businesses here," he said.
For those affected by the disasters, recovery means "getting back one's life before the disasters," said Jun Oyane, a professor at Senshu University and head of the Japan Society for Disaster Recovery and Revitalization.
"The next step after restoring infrastructure will be to focus on the varying needs of individual residents and to stand by them in rebuilding" their lives, he said.
UN Scientific Committee Says No Health Effects Were Recognized Due to Radiation Exposure in 2011 Accident at Fukushima Daiichi
UN Scientific Committee Says No Health Effects Were Recognized Due to Radiation Exposure in 2011 Accident at Fukushima Daiichi
On July 19, three members of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) met the press at the Japan National Press Club, where they presented again their reinforced conclusion that no adverse health effects from radiation exposure had been recognized stemming from the 2011 accident at the Fukushima Daiichi.
Many eminent experts around the world, including those from the field of radiology, participated in the analyses and compilation of a report based on over 500 scientific papers and investigations. Based on detailed evaluations of residents’ evacuation routes, etc., the report found that exposure dose was initially overestimated, and concluded that health implications, including cancer due to radiation exposure, were unlikely.
Because of the number of independent experts involved in the investigations based on the latest data, it was emphasized that the conclusion was unlikely to change substantially in the future.
Dr. Gillian HIRTH, past chair of the committee, presented the conclusion that “future cancer rates that could be inferred from radiation exposure from this accident are unlikely to be discernible.” An increase in children’s thyroid cancer in the area after the accident was attributed to “extensive, ultra sensitive screening.”
The members then held meetings with residents, students and scientists in Fukushima City on July 20, in Iwaki City, Minamisoma City and Naraha Town on July 21, and in Tokyo on July 22.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Newfie wrote:Tanada,
I a surprised at this finding. I admit I was caught up in the hysteria of the time.l and a bit embarrassed if my reactions.
Maybe Germany and the USA can now come to their senses.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
theluckycountry wrote:A government controlled scientific community, yeah right.
6000% Increase in Cancer Rates at Fukushima Site
by Christina Sarich
Posted on February 6, 2015
Updated on December 15, 2021
Here we have people actually willing to put their names on the line, not some faceless nameless committee
As reports from individuals like Chieko Shiina, a supporter of the Fukushima Collaborateive Clinic talk about exploding rates of thyroid cancer in children, as well as an epidemic of leukemia, heart attacks, and other health problems, the Abe-led government and US continue to sweep the fall out of the Fukushima disaster under the rug.
Cancer rates have exploded at an increase of almost 6000% in areas near the reactor meltdown. Aside from people-on-the-street interviews that a rare media outlet like “Hodo station” will report on, mainstream media stays completely silent. One Japanese resident, Carol Hisasue, laments that as the incident has disappeared from the media, it has also disappeared from people’s consciousness.
https://naturalsociety.com/6000-increas ... hima-site/
Cancer patients seek damages from Fukushima nuclear plant
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireS ... t-84990964
July 22, 2022
Japan releases Fukushima contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean
https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2022/07 ... fic-ocean/
Well why not. It's harmless after all isn't it? No wonder the UN came out with its report, can't stand in the way of Big Business can we.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
AgentR11 wrote:News
Fukushima water is now being dumped into the Pacific. I don't know whether this is a nothing-burger or not, but it sure is being hammered on by China about how irresponsible it is.
What yall think, physically a good call or three eyed fish coming to a plate near you! lol.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
AgentR11 wrote:Not surprising I suppose, it'll be a long, long time before China gets over their WWII experience.
Tanada wrote: It is harmless unless the concentration is absurdly high at which point they would be capturing and selling it not letting it escape with waste water.
theluckycountry wrote:Tanada wrote: It is harmless unless the concentration is absurdly high at which point they would be capturing and selling it not letting it escape with waste water.
Then why don't the Japanese drink it, or irrigate their crops with it? And why was it captured and put in drums in the first place?
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Tanada wrote: For someone who claims to be so well informed why do you not know this?
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