Cs-137 causes heart conduction changes & low cardiac output
Cs-137 linked to reduced Cardiac Output, segment shortening and loss of variability.
In rats exposed to 137Cs arrhythmias included:
9% ST Segment shortening,
11% RT Segment shortening,
blood pressure decrease 10%,
Circadian rhythm disappearance.
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12012-008-9013-3
Cardiovascular Toxicology, March 2008, Volume 8, Issue 1, pp 33-40: Yann Guéguen, Philippe Lestaevel, Line Grandcolas, Cédric Baudelin, Stéphane Grison, Jean-René Jourdain, Patrick Gourmelon, Maâmar Souidi, Abstract (Excerpts)
Chronic Contamination of Rats with 137Cesium Radionuclide: Impact on the Cardiovascular System
“Cardiovascular system impairment has been observed in children and in liquidators exposed to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.”
“ECG analysis did not disclose any arrhythmia EXCEPT ST- and RT-segment shortening (−9% and −11%, respectively, P < 0.05) in rats exposed to 137Cs. Mean blood pressure decreased (−10%, P < 0.05), and its circadian rhythm disappeared.”
The pandemic of cardiac insufficiency
“How to cope with the pandemic of cardiac insufficiency.“
http://fukushima-diary.com/2013/01/prof-of-tohoku-uni-graduate-school-ca...
Tohoku university hospital was in the middle of the disaster area. We medically made our best for the restoration, but we saw the significant increase of cardiac insufficiency patients.
As we had the discussion about that in the emergency symposium held by Mr. Tei, the chairman of academical meeting of cardiac insufficiency (2011), the increase of cardiac insufficiency was seen in Iwate and Fukushima prefectures in common.
The increase of cardiovascular disease such as acute myocardial infarction, pulmonary embolism, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and severe arrhythmia etc were reported, but increase of cardiac insufficiency has never been reported after past great earthquakes.
It will be a very important theme of the medical care for the future disaster to identify the reason why cardiac insufficiency increased after 311.
The academic meeting decided the main theme as “For the restoration after 311″, the sub theme as “How to cope with the pandemic of cardiac insufficiency“.
Miyagi Heart Attacks Double
Miyagi, Japan Heart Attacks DOUBLE following 311 Earthquake, (& Fukushima Daiichi radiation releases).
http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/03/cardiac-arrest-case-was-doubled-after...
Professor (of Cardiology, Hiroaki) Kitagawa from Tohoku University analyzed 120,000 of cardiac arrest cases in Miyagi from February to June in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. As a result, from 2008 to 2010, 28 people were hospitalized weekly for cardiac arrest at average, but it was 60 weekly in April of 2011. Also, cardiac infarct and apoplexy (stroke) were increased as well. After a major disaster, circulatory disease increases, however, cardiac arrest was unusually increased after 311.
Cesium is known to cause cardiac arrest and cardiac infarct.
Cited Source and Google Translator URL:
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0316/TKY201203150747.html
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The Sentinel Paper
This appears to be the sentinel paper relating Radioactive Cesium, at environmental dosage levels, to heart conduction disorders, reduced cardiac output, heart damage and death.
‘Radioactive Caesium and Heart - Pathophisiologic Aspects’
http://www.enfants-tchernobyl-belarus.org/doku.php?id=base_documentaire:...
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Enfants of Tchernobyl Belarus
Radioactive Caesium and heart - pathophisiologic aspects
Yu. I. Bandazhevsky. Radioactive caesium and heart (pathophisiologic aspects).
Minsk.: «Belrad» 2001. - 59 pp.
ISBN 985-434-080-5 UDC 612.014.482
Association Loi 1901 - Résidence "Les Jardins d'Emeraude" 28 B, rue de la République - appt 21 - 22770 LANCIEUX
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Table 1 Frequency of electrocardiographic modifications and radioactive cesium concentration in the organism of children of different groups.
Group Radioactive caesium accumulation in the organism, Bq/kg Frequency of electrocardiographi c alterations, %
Abbreviated Table 1
Area -------------- Accumulation --- Conduction Δ %
1. Gomel --------- 30,32±0,66 ---------- 72.3
2. Vetka -----------82,50±7,32 -----------86,8
3. Svetilovichi --- 91,20±7,68 -----------94,4
4. Grodno -------- 29,74±0,67 ----------- 66,3
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Professor Youri Bandajevsky, by Professor Michel Fernex
Professor Youri Bandajevsky
An appraisal by Professor Michel Fernex
http://tchernobyl.verites.free.fr/z_angl/Yuri/Fernex_WILPF_Appraisal.htm
(Interview conducted by Mrs Ballantyne of the Woman's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and by Professor Andreas Nidecker of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR)
Following the interview of Professors Ostapenko, Kenigsberg and of Dr.Minenko concerning the scientific value of the work of Professor Youri I. Bandazhevsky, we asked the opinion of Michel Fernex, octor of Medicine, Professor emeritus of Bâle University, Switzerland, and of Mrs Solange Fernex, ex European MP and president of the French section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. (WILPF)
Question: Have you any first hand knowledge of the Institute where Professor Bandazhevsky worked?
Professor Michel Fernex: I visited the Institute of Medicine of Gomel in autumn 1998 and was highly impressed by the level of this Faculty of Medicine. Discussions with lecturers and staff showed the extent of their knowledge with regard to the health consequences of Chernobyl and there was an active participation by the students during their courses.
As a pathologist and histologist having worked in Switzerland, France and Sweden with World Health Organisation grants (WHO) as well as in Senegal, I was in a position to appreciate the remarkable standards of this institute – with active researchers, small groups of assiduous, attentive students and impressive collections.
Professor Bandazhevsky had prepared, for a parliamentary committee, which had arrived from Minsk the day before, a collection of the congenital malformations collected by his Institute over a period of 15 days (following therapeutic abortions or stillbirths). The number of malformations exhibited corresponded to what one might expect over a 12 month period before the Chernobyl incident.
Question: What can you say with regards to the medical work of Bandazhevsky?
Professor Michel Fernex: It is work of exceptional importance. In no way do I share the criticisms formulated by the scientists whom you interviewed. In just a few sentences, it is impossible to give a full account of the numerous studies of Professor Bandazhevsky. I will focus on only one example, in a field in which I myself worked, cardiomyopathy.
young patients with myocardial infarction
"I met with four physicians from Fukushima Medical University in cardiology, urology, internal medicine and ophthalmology. They all seemed unaware of conditions related to radiation contamination. They were very surprised to see young patients with myocardial infarction, diabetes and eye diseases. I told them about the work of Professor Bandazhevsky which highlighted the links between contamination, particularly by Cesium 137, and these diseases."
Dr. Michel Fernex, a professor at University of Basel in Switzerland who visited Fukushima.
Translate it yourself. http://translate.google.com/#
http://independentwho.org/fr/2012/08/02/lecons-ignorees/
Or use this reasonably accurate translation.
http://www.twitlonger.com/show/iqvg2t
In Fukushima, lessons of Chernobyl are ignored.
An interview of Dr. Michel Fernex, a professor at University of Basel in Switzerland who visited Fukushima.
I met with four physicians from Fukushima Medical University in cardiology, urology, internal medicine and ophthalmology. They all seemed unaware of conditions related to radiation contamination. They were very surprised to see young patients with myocardial infarction, diabetes and eye diseases. I told them about the work of Professor Bandazhevsky which highlighted the links between contamination, particularly by Cesium 137, and these diseases.
Directive was given at Fukushima Medical University not to mention radiation. One young professor of ecology tried to study effects of nuclear disaster on children, but he has received threats. The majority of the faculty follow orders and they close their eyes to save their careers: this is very serious. A country such as Japan with strong research abilities should further investigate the genetic alterations induced by radiation contamination and develop anti-mutagenics to reduce genetic abnormalities that will be passed on from generation to generation.
Thyroid diseases are already apparent, but cancers have latency, brain cancer will be seen in children in four years and later in adults. The number of babies with low birth weight increases. The number of female births down 5% because the female embryo is more vulnerable. Appearance of diseases of the newborn and Down's syndrome is still kept secret.
Original French article:
http://independentwho.org/fr/2012/08/02/lecons-ignorees/
http://tl.gd/iqvg2t
Radioaesium in Fukushima & Chernobyl
Comparing Fukushima Radioaesium to Chernobyl
http://ajw.asahi.com/appendix/fukushima-accident/chernobyl.html
A good Slide Show
C-137/134 Induced Heart Disease
malignant tumours, spinal problems, birth defects, leukaemia, breast cancer, thyroid dysfunction, radiation cataracts, and liver and heart diseases
http://www.theage.com.au/world/escape-to-okinawa-20111205-1ofh3.html
Escape to Okinawa
Date December 6, 2011 Jane Barraclough
THREE days after Japan's biggest-ever earthquake and its colossal shock waves pummeled Fukushima's coast, reducing the TEPCO Daiichi nuclear plant to radioactive wreckage, Mari Takenouchi cycled frantically through East Tokyo with her baby strapped on her back. Coincidentally, on the eve of March 11, Takenouchi was putting the finishing touches to a Japanese translation of the Petkau effect — a controversial theory that claims even low levels of radiation can cause terminal diseases.
“When I heard how high the radiation was that day, and I realised my baby could have breathed in those particles, exposing him to the risk of internal radiation as well as external, I was very angry that nobody warned us. That is what shocked me, not the accident itself — which had long been predicted."
In June, door-to-door surveying in non-evacuated areas 60 kilometres from the plant revealed clusters of residents with persistent nose bleeding and diarrhoea. The same symptoms were also found among Tokyo residents. Hiroshima survivor Dr Shuntaro Hida, who runs a non-profit hospital for Chernobyl and Hiroshima atomic bomb victims, assessed 50 patients at a one-off clinic in the middle of the year. “People presented with purple spots, nose bleeding, high fevers, diarrhoea, aching bones, and extreme fatigue, ” he says.
These symptoms appeared to varying degrees in people exposed to fallout from the Hiroshima bomb, which contained caesium and iodine but also high levels of strontium-90. Longer-term effects included malignant tumours, spinal problems, birth defects, leukaemia, breast cancer, thyroid dysfunction, radiation cataracts, and liver and heart diseases. After seeing patients at the clinic with multiple radiation symptoms, Hida is concerned about radiation in Tokyo.
Cataracts, Cancer & Gorked Babies
Cataracts, Cancer and Birth Defects
“Chronic exposure to low doses of radiation can lead to cataracts, cancer and birth defects, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aKNgo0CVJg9s
Chronic exposure to low doses of radiation can lead to cataracts, cancer and birth defects, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A study of 6,252 Taiwanese people who lived in apartments built with radioactive reinforcing steel found that 117 cancer cases were diagnosed from 1983 to 2005. The research showed a statistically significant increase in leukemia and breast cancer. ``People don't understand the risk,'' said Dr. Peter Chang, a professor of environmental health at Taiwan's National Medical Center who developed the study. ``We have an extreme lack of education.''