Children in a radiation control area
Hot Schools
Children in a radiation control area
http://japanfocus.org/-Aileen_Mioko-Smith/3615
“75% of Fukushima’s 300,000 children are going to schools that are so contaminated they would be radiation control areas in nuclear plants where individuals under 18 are not legally allowed. The Japanese government won’t evacuate people unless radiation levels are four times what triggered evacuation in Chernobyl,” Aileen Mioko Smith pointed out.
The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
In-depth critical analysis of the forces shaping the Asia-Pacific...and the world.
Bringing the Plight of Fukushima Children to the UN, Washington and the World
By Aileen Mioko Smith with Mark Selden
Japan Withholds Vital Information
The Japanese government, has withheld or controlled information about:
health risks of radiation
expected dispersion of radioactive materials ---- and
their actual contamination measurements
http://www.japanfocus.org/-Say_Peace-Project/3549
http://japanfocus.org/data/APJ_JF_ProtectingChildrenFromRadiationSayPeac...
Protecting Children Against Radiation: Citizens Take Radiation Protection into Their Own Hands
Say-Peace - Introduction by Norimatsu Satoko
Robert Alvarez, a former senior policy adviser at the U.S. Department of Energy said in a Democracy Now! interview on June 10, ―The nuclear industry, particularly in the United States, and elsewhere—Russia and Japan—has had a very long history of withholding information and misleading the public about the hazards of their activities.‖ Being no exception to Alvarez‘s generalization, the Japanese government, since the multiple meltdowns and explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in mid-March, has withheld or controlled information about health risks of radiation, expected dispersion of radioactive materials,1 and their actual contamination measurements in areas surrounding Fukushima Daiichi and beyond.2 Instead of providing candid information to the public, the government started campaigns in the opposite direction – to lull the public into worrying less about radiation and its health risks.