Questionable Fukushima Radiation Exposure Studies Retracted
A pair of radiation exposure studies on the people of Date City have been retracted. Authors Hayano and Miyazaki retracted
Read moreA pair of radiation exposure studies on the people of Date City have been retracted. Authors Hayano and Miyazaki retracted
Read moreRadioactivity spewed from Fukushima Daiichi as the reactors melted down. That hasn’t been disputed. Researchers have found a far more
Read moreIn the years since the initial disaster there have been disparities between the official radiation exposure estimates and the subsequent
Read moreA study published in March of 2016 found insoluble cesium lodged in the lungs of some of the highly exposed
Read moreWorkers dismantling bolt together tanks at Fukushima Daiichi received high radiation doses to the eye during their work. TEPCO did
Read moreTEPCO announced that workers who exceeded 100 mSv in exposure during the initial disaster could soon return to work at the
Read moreTEPCO released a handout today providing new data on the unit 1/2 vent tower. The handout included photos from 2013
Read moreA former worker at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant during the disaster response at the plant has had his cancer
Read morePortions of the new IAEA report on Fukushima have been criticized by the media and roundly slammed by Greenpeace. Much
Read moreA contract worker at Fukushima Daiichi during the height of the disaster has filed suit for his exposure. The individual
Read more142 TEPCO workers were found to have higher radiation exposures than TEPCO admitted. The Labor ministry found the workers doses
Read more13 workers have been found to have internal exposure to americium 241 by inhalation after their lab tests came back. DOE
Read moreExamples of the continued abuse of workers hired to work at the nuclear disaster site continued in the last year.
Read moreAs the third anniversary of the 3-11 disaster draws near, parents in Japan are still dealing with the impacts from
Read moreThis is part three of a 3 part series to run Mon-Wed this week. Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima
Read moreThis is part two of a 3 part series to run Mon-Wed this week. Dr. Robert Jacobs of the Hiroshima
Read moreUS Congress has requested data related to the exposures. “Lawmakers requested not only an inventory of any adverse medical conditions
Read moreDr. Robert Jacobs has a new paper in the Asian Journal of Peacebuilding (November 2013). His paper looks at the
Read moreTokyo Shimbun is reporting the results of their investigation into the dealings of the Fukushima prefecture government, the medical university
Read moreA government trip to research how the response to the Chernobyl disaster was conducted but the report was never made
Read moreTakahiro Katsumi has been following an unusual trend on twitter in Japan. People began posting complaints of severe nosebleeds, then
Read moreFriday much of the media reported a declaration that there were no health impacts from Fukushima. This wasn’t even close
Read moreThe UN Human Rights Council report issued this month in an advanced edition spells out many issues that exist after
Read moreWe solicited (and continue to) readers to send in their questions for us to try to answer. There are so
Read morefukuleaks.org/web member Peter Melzer has a new post on his blog, Fukushima Radiophobia & The Mind. How exposure has been
Read moreFreelance journalists in Japan participated in a symposium put on by the Japan Free Press Assn last December. Many speak
Read moreTEPCO’s efforts to avoid outside inspections of the unit 1 reactor have caught up with them. After it was recently
Read more3 cancers have now been found in Fukushima children via the health survey. 7 are now suspected to have thyroid
Read moreTEPCO has announced that they will begin using robots to clean the interiors of reactor buildings 1 to 3 beginning
Read moreNamie town has teamed up with Hirosaki University to do independent examinations for any children from the town who want
Read moreThe radiation exposure monitoring program at Minamisoma Hospital has seen numbers of participants drop substantially. The program is not part
Read moreWorkers at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and radiation experts have pointed out flaws in early worker exposure monitoring. This
Read moreWe mentioned previously how a group of sailors are suing TEPCO and the Japanese government for withholding information and lying
Read moreA new study in the journal Biological Reviews has found that low levels of radiation may be harmful and even areas
Read moreDoes this sound familiar? It might, this was the level the government tried to slap on children in Japan before
Read moreTEPCO and the WHO have issued various reports about worker exposure. Many aspects of these reports give deceptively optimistic presentations,
Read moreTEPCO reports the results of a robot inspection in unit 3 at Fukushima Daiichi. The initial work was to look
Read moreThe UN special investigator Anand Grover has issued some initial comments on his visit to Japan. The statement is more
Read moreThe WHO is preparing to release a new report that declares cancer from the Fukushima nuclear disaster will not “significantly”
Read moreSome data has been released about the external radiation monitoring program going on in Fukushima. These programs involved issuing glass
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