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First Cancer Case Confirmed From Fukushima Cleanup (nhk.or.jp)
AmiMoJo writes: Japan's labor ministry has confirmed the first cancer case related to work at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. Following on from reports of elevated levels of child cancer and 1,600 civilians deaths from the evacuation, this is the first time that one of the 44,000 people involved in the clean up operation has been diagnosed with cancer resulting directly from the accident. The worker was involved in recovery and cleanup efforts at the plant after it suffered a meltdown in March, 2011. He was in his late 30s at the time, and has been diagnosed with leukemia. The ministry has approved workers' compensation. Radiation exposure has been linked to the onset of leukemia.
According to established radiation science and statistics, it is highly unlikely that this cancer is from exposure at Fukushima. He might be lucky that he and his family will receive significant compensation, unlike the many Leukemia sufferers who never worked at Fukushima.
Is this the same established science that claimed the reactors were in cold shutdown while in reality there were at least 3 meltdowns, meltouts and one nuclear fizzle including plutonium-enriched MOX fuel?
I hear the fish in northern Pacific don't agree with your trust in established science and statistics.
I can smell the fear of nuclear establishment trembling for their positions. If humanity had any sense of reality of the situation then the current "stone-age" reactors would all be shut down and the nuclear scientists put back to research mode.