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Researchers Say Fukushima Child Cancer Rates 20-50x Higher Than Expected (ap.org)
New submitter JackSpratts writes: According to the Associated Press, "A new study says children living near the Fukushima nuclear meltdowns have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at a rate 20 to 50 times that of children elsewhere, a difference the authors contend undermines the government's position that more cases have been discovered in the area only because of stringent monitoring.
Most of the 370,000 children in Fukushima prefecture (state) have been given ultrasound checkups since the March 2011 meltdowns at the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. The most recent statistics, released in August, show that thyroid cancer is suspected or confirmed in 137 of those children, a number that rose by 25 from a year earlier. Elsewhere, the disease occurs in only about one or two of every million children per year by some estimates."
Most of the 370,000 children in Fukushima prefecture (state) have been given ultrasound checkups since the March 2011 meltdowns at the tsunami-ravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant. The most recent statistics, released in August, show that thyroid cancer is suspected or confirmed in 137 of those children, a number that rose by 25 from a year earlier. Elsewhere, the disease occurs in only about one or two of every million children per year by some estimates."
Why is it irrelevant how much radioactive material went airborne?
That was not said. Instead, it was all about the alleged untrustworthiness of TEPCO. TEPCO lying or not doesn't change in the least change what happened. That's why it's irrelevant.
Let us also note that the data was not collected and made available to the public making this a very convenient argument for you. Care to cite a source of such strictly controlled information that such a University could access?
Not my problem.
Here you are, a Nuclear Shill planting the seed of a meme "Those children would have never suffered if they didn't start treating them for thyroid cancer". You're almost a professional.
And here you are not providing a credible counter argument. Exceptional claims require exceptional evidence.
It wouldn't matter if this was peer reviewed a thousand times, every argument that criticizes the nuclear industry would be irrelevant to you.
Because peer review doesn't change reality. It's like you haven't thought a bit about this. It's all those mean shills making reality not work the way you want it to work.