100% Test Positive for Cesium
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100% Test Positive for Cesium
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110627p2g00m0dm004000c.html
The experts surveyed 15 people aged between 4 and 77 in Iitate and Kawamata in early and late May, and found radioactive cesium in both batches of their urine samples.
Radioactive iodine was detected in the first batch of urine samples from six of the 15 people but was not found in the second batch, they said.
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Fukushima cesium spew
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Fukushima's cesium spew - deadly catch-22s
http://www.japantoday.com/category/commentary/view/fukushimas-cesium-spe...
By W David Kubiak - Jun. 29, 2011 - 09:38PM JST
For those most focused on Fukushima’s human toll, there are several main sources of concern: the continuing radiation menace in the region’s fields, crops and seafood; and TEPCO’s recent admission that its reactors won’t be under control until 2012 at best. These offer critical reminders that radioactive cesium is now Japan’s public enemy No. 1.
Behind the confusing fog of rad, rem, becquerel and milliseivert statistics lurks the basic fact that the spread of cesium 137 was the deadliest legacy of Chernobyl and is now the gravest health threat facing eastern Japan.
"Book 'em Danno"
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The more murderous segments of the Nuclear Industry delay patient testing for C-137, in an attempt to reduce liability damages to sick, weak and doomed victims, such as the children of Honshu and Hokkaido islands.
Justice delayed is justice denied.
Deliberate withholding of timely medical care, is a criminal act, in every legal jurisdiction on planet Earth. The death of the victim elevates the criminal act to negligent homicide, involuntary homicide, homicide or capital murder. Multiple deaths elevate the charges to serial killing, mass murder and crimes against humanity.
Book 'em Danno - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVz_kJpv-Fs
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radionuclides in children's bodies
If they had provided the children with zeolite-klinoptilolite like they did in Ukraine and Belarus, they would at least have mitigated if not prevented the tragedy. After 3 months of radiation the bodies and cells of the children will already have suffered a lot causing a higher risk of cancer. Sad.
PB reduces Cesium Retention
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Guidance for Industry on Prussian Blue for Treatment of Internal Contamination With Thallium or Radioactive Cesium
http://www.fda.gov/OHRMS/DOCKETS/98fr/03d-0023-nad00001.pdf
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Food and Drug Administration [Docket No. 03D-O023]
Cesium and thallium ions are ordinarily excreted into the intestine,
reabsorbed from there into the bile, and then excreted again into the
gastrointestinal tract. Orally administered prussian blue traps thallium or
cesium in the intestine, interrupts its reabsorption from the gastrointestinal
tract, and thereby increases fecal excretion of thallium and cesium. Prussian
blue itself is not absorbed across the intestinal wall in significant amounts.
Forty-six patients with heavy internal contamination were treated with prussian blue. Data on the whole-body effective half-life of cesium-137 during treatment and after treatment with prussian blue was completed on 33 of the 46 patients. The untreated mean whole-body effective half-life of cesium-137 is 80 days in adults, 62 days in adolescents, and 42 days in children. Prussian blue reduced the mean whole-body effective half-life of cesium-137 by 69 per cent in adults, by 46 per cent in adolescents, and by 43 per cent in children (see International Atomic Energy Agency, 1998).
Data from additional literature articles, including a study of 7 human volunteers contaminated with trace doses of cesium-137 and reports on 19 patients contaminated with cesium-137 in other incidents, show a similar reduction in whole-body effective half-life after administration of prussian blue (see Madhus, 1968 and National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement, 1979).
http://www.evs.anl.gov/pub/doc/Cesium.pdf
‘children and cyanide’
It is a sad occasion to require the use of the words ‘children and cyanide’ in the same sentence. But here we go. The chemical name for the pigment Prussian Blue is ferric hexacyanoferrate. The chemical formula is: Fe7(CN)18?14H2O
We can review these subjects somewhat dispassionately in North America. Japan has probably already missed the boat for the population within 50 miles of the Fukushima power plant. By their failure to act, the Japanese have chosen the path of ARS, cancer and death. Blatant corruption, incompetence, capricious-stupidity, denial and deadly malice in the USA, Europe and Japan have made the common and inexpensive chemical Prussian Blue unavailable and exorbitantly priced. There are no strategic stockpiles. None is in hospital pharmacies or pharmaceutical warehouses. Certainly Russia has supplies and offered them to the Japanese government, but the drugs were refused.
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2008/021626s007lbl.pdf
RADIOGARDASE - ferric hexacyanoferrate(ii) capsule HEYL Chem.-pharm. Fabrik GmbH & Co. KG
Prussian blue insoluble capsules for Oral Administration, contain insoluble ferric hexacyanoferrate(II), with an empirical formula of of Fe4 [Fe(CN6)]3. It is provided as 0.5 gram of Prussian blue powder in gelatin capsules with 0 – 38 mg of microcrystalline cellulose. The dark blue capsules are imprinted with the light blue inscription: PB. The powder may vary from uniformly fine, dark granules to coarse light and dark-colored granules.
This is so completely sad
This is so completely sad and backwards. Why on earth would they not test the soil, air, water, and food in April and May and try to prevent exposure. I guess we should be happy they are testing at all? This is completely @$$ backwards.
http://www.mext.go.jp/english
http://www.mext.go.jp/english/incident/1303962.htm
http://www.mhlw.go.jp/english/topics/2011eq/index.html
Test results for air (being published since March 12), soil (since March 19), water (March 18) and food (since March 19). Also fallout.
Time to start testing urine
Time to start testing urine in the USA... is 'BRAWM' up for the task?
or is anyone else doing this?
Test for cesium in urine in USA
I am also looking for a Dr that will test my urine for cesium and other nasty radioactive particles. Anybody know anything? I also heard some Dr's testing hair samples. My husband and I moved to Ecuador to be safe, but we come back to the states regularly, and need to know how much radiation we are receiving.
More from the airline flight
You are receiving many, many times the radiation exposure from the airline flights between the USA and Ecuador; than you would receive if you stayed in the USA all the time.
BTW - where did people get this idea that the southern hemisphere was somehow immune to Fukushima radiation? The only source I've seen is that IDIOT Arnie Gundersen; and he has hardly been accurate.
BRAWM? If you
BRAWM? If you can't/won't....who will? I am up for it!
Children Making Hot Water
Children Making Hot Water
Another battery of 100% positive urine tests in Fukushima
Radioactive substances were found in urine samples of all of 10 surveyed children from Fukushima Prefecture in May.
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/news/20110630p2g00m0dm106000c.html
According to the urine test, 1.13 Becquerels of radioactive cesium-134 per 1 liter of urine, the largest amount for the isotope among the 10 surveyed children, was found from an 8-year-old girl, while the largest amount of cesium-137 at 1.30 Becquerels was found in a 7-year-old boy.
David Boilley, president of the French nongovernmental organization (NGO) ACRO radioactivity measuring body, said at a press conference in Tokyo that the results of the survey on 10 boys and girls in Fukushima City aged between 6 and 16 suggest there is a high possibility that children in and near the city have been exposed to radiation internally. ACRO also investigated radiation exposure of children who resided near the site of 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
Tokyo Children Harvesting HOT Tea
Radioactive cesium detected in tea leaves grown in Tokyo
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110701p2a00m0na005000c.html
Radioactive cesium was detected in processed tea that was made from leaves that elementary school children picked in Tokyo as part of their school curriculum, it has been learned.
The Itabashi Ward Office announced on June 30 that 2,700 becquerels of radioactive cesium -- in excess of the government's provisional limit -- was detected in processed tea that used leaves picked at a plantation in the ward by some 300 students of local elementary schools.
According to the ward office, the tea-picking class took place on May 9, and fourth- and fifth-grade students from three public elementary schools in the ward participated in the event. When the approximately 20 kilograms of processed tea -- made of some 80 kilograms of first-harvest leaves that the students had picked -- was screened, 1,300 becquerels of cesium 134 per kilogram and 1,400 becquerels of cesium 137 per kilogram were detected.
Does anybody know the ratio
Does anybody know the ratio of urine Cesium to Bodyweight cesium. If these kids have 1Bq/Kg of Cs 137 in their urine, what does that imply for their bodyweight cesium? I could only find a number during pregnancy which implied 18%. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10772022) If that number is correct for children as well, that would imply 5Bq/Kg of Cs137 in body weight. That sounds significantly lower than Chernobyl numbers, but still obviously a worry.
Chernobyl numbers
Chernobyl 'numbers' range was vast across Eurasia.
100% have tested positive. Focus on 100%, rather than the quantitative uptake on the 1st few children.
I completely agree. 100% is
I completely agree. 100% is horrible. I still would like to get a sense of degree. Chernobyl was 100% and so was Fukushima. But it's still important to know the degree of contamination. 5Bq/Kg is very different from some kids in Chernobyl woh were 130Bq/kg bodyweight. I live in Japan and such differences are very significant to me. Thanks.
Answers anyone?
I agree with the Sat, 2011-07-02 14:06 commenter. I also, live in Japan, and it would certainly help to know more than just "100% is bad."
How about a comparison with samples taken from different areas around Chernobyl (as the commenter attempted)?
I live near Tokyo, and my 4-year-old daughter's urine test results (as of Oct. 26, 2011) revealed the following:
cesium-137: 0.16 bk/kg
cesium-134: less than 0.13 bk/kg,
Iodine-131: 0 bk/kg.
Any specific comparisons or references to scientific papers addressing the issue (or better yet researchers I could contact directly) would be welcome. The "any-amount-is-bad" response will not help me or my daughter.
Radioactive Exposure for 300,000 kids
1,500 march in Fukushima
"300,000 school children in Fukushima are forced to radioactive exposure"
http://www.doro-chiba.org/english/dc_en_11/PDF/Doro-ChibaQR_027.pdf
Speakers from Fukushima Prefecture Teachers Union, National Railways Workers Union Koriyama Factory Branch, Sendai City Municipal Workers Union, Farmers, Evacuees, and Student of Fukushima University demand;
The TEPCO recently checked the degree of internal exposure of a part of the workers who were involved in the emergency operation to put down the hydrogen explosion. Upon the request of the workers to let them know the result of the measurement, TEPCO answered: “We can’t tell it to you now. For the publication of the result in future, we can’t promise you”. Evidently the result of the measurement must have shown a high level of radioactive exposure exceeding the official limit recently raised for an emergency situation by the nuclear authority.
“If only there had been no nuke plant”, with these last words, farmers commit suicide one after another, fishermen look up the sky with a sore heart and numerous workers are thrown on the street due to the closure of stricken factories. 300,000 school children in Fukushima are forced to radioactive exposure by the administrative instruction that their circumstances are “free from dangerous radiation.”
TEPCO and Kan administration deserve death. Is 100 billion Yen too expensive to save human lives? Are the stock price and the general meeting of TEPCO shareholders more important than human future?
Doro-Chiba Quake Report June 24, 2011/ issue 27
Doro-Chiba Quake Report: http://dorochibanewsletter.wordpress.com
RADS to the Unborn
Radiation Dose to the Embryo/Fetus
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/occupational-he...
http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003739548.pdf
Regulatory Guide 8.36 - Radiation Dose to the Embryo/Fetus
Calculating the radiation dose to the embryo/fetus from internally deposited radionuclides requires quantitative information about maternal radionuclide intake, placental transfer and kinetics, and resulting embryo/fetus radionuclide concentrations. Intakes of radioactive material occurring prior to the pregnancy may also be important if these materials remain in the pregnant woman during all or part of the gestation period. Transfer kinetics from the mother to the embryo/fetus are modeled as a function of stage of pregnancy, route of intake by the pregnant woman, and time after intake. The stage of gestation (or fetal development) is an important parameter in estimating radionuclide concentrations in the embryo/fetus. The geometry of the embryo/fetus (i.e., size and weight) affects the radionuclide dosimetry.
Cesium? In my Fukushima?
Cesium? In my Fukushima?
“OH LOVELY ..:”
“OH LOVELY:”
http://www.businessinsider.com/residents-near-fukushima-are-pissing-radi...
OH LOVELY: Residents Near Fukushima Are Pissing Radioactive Urine
Joe Weisenthal | Jun. 26, 2011, 6:52 PM
Newsflash: The radioactive crisis near Fukushima isn't getting any better.
This has been something we discussed in the last few weeks, but now there are some new disturbing details.
Japan enhances RAD monitoring
Japan enhances radiation monitoring
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110629p2g00m0dm009000c.html
TOKYO - The government is planning to set aside more than 20 billion yen in the second supplementary budget for fiscal 2011 to enhance its nationwide radiation monitoring system. The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has made the decision as the existing system has failed to accurately follow the spread of radioactive substances, affected by wind direction and rainfall, in the aftermath of the nuclear crisis in Fukushima Prefecture. Specifically, the ministry plans to establish around 250 monitoring posts across Japan,
One-year-old Himari, center, held by her mother Tomomi Sato, left, undergoes a radiation screening test at the welfare office in Oyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on May 24, 2011.
(Mainichi)
A worker from the Japan Atomic Energy Agency measures radiation levels in a sandbox at the Fukushima University-affiliated kindergarten in Fukushima on May 8, 2011.
(Mainichi)
No toma agua!
No toma agua! (Don’t drink the water)
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110627p2g00m0dm004000c.html
Translation:
These people must immediately evacuate, quit eating and “no toma agua”.
Euphamism: (Quote from the article)
Nanao Kamada, a radiation biologist who led the survey, said, "There is no cause for concern unless the residents continuing eating contaminated food such as vegetables, but it may be hard to continue living in the areas."
Why not remove K-40?
If metabolic K-40 is all that bad … and the nuclear industry, insists that it is.
There is no need to waste the radioactive K-40. As we move the K-40 from 1 micron to 1 meter away from vital cellular processes, the health hazard will be reduced to a trillionth.
The K-40 could be redirected to non-food chain applications. There are many such applications including: Heat transfer, magnetometers glass, soap, fluorescent lamps, dye, pigment and explosives.
The Japanese have ‘skin in the game’. The gross negligence of TEPCO, General Electric, Hitachi and the Japanese government have created a ticking time bomb of radiation related syndromes, cancer and death.
A simple and inexpensive way to prevent a cancer epidemic is to reduce biologic uptake of K-40. It is simpler to piss K-40 as Cesium; and much healthier.
Why not?
Please read response here
Please read response here
Radiation Induced Kidney Failure
Radiation nephropathy is kidney failure, induced by radiation.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/243766-overview
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/243766-overview#aw2aab6b2b2aa
Radiation nephropathy is kidney injury and impairment of function caused by ionizing radiation. It may occur after irradiation of 1 or both kidneys, and it may result in kidney failure. The term nephritis was commonly used in the past; however, because radiation nephropathy is not an inflammatory condition, the term nephropathy is probably more appropriate. For older reports, the term nephritis will be used.
Radiation nephropathy is due to cellular injury caused by ionizing radiation. All components of the kidney are affected. In the case of injury by radionuclide(s), a radioactive substance can injure the kidneys if it lodge(s) in the kidney during a time when it is still a radioemitter.
Oxidative injury to the DNA initiates injury to healthy tissue by ionizing radiation. This is a genotoxic injury. A cell with sufficient DNA injury eventually dies after several divisions. The delay in cell death may partially explain why radiation injury to healthy tissue is a delayed reaction. In clinical experience, radiation nephritis does not occur until months after the kidneys are exposed to sufficient ionizing radiation.
Not all patients exposed to sufficient renal irradiation develop renal injury. The reason for this clinical variability is unknown. No reliable clinical predictors are available for the development of radiation nephritis. Some individuals may develop radiation nephritis at a dose of radiation that has no clinical effect on others.
From BP - PR Handbook
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“Taking a page from the BP pubic relations handbook” … Excerpts
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/06/29/radiation-in-our-food/
Medicine Hunter
Radiation in Our Food
By Chris Kilham - Published June 29, 2011 - FoxNews.com
Though the horrendous tsunami that hit Japan on March 12, 2011 seems like old news in the midst of today’s headlines, the crippled nuclear power plants at Fukishima Daichi continue to spew radiation into water, air and soil, with no end in sight.
Even as thousands of Japanese workers struggle to contain the ongoing nuclear disaster, low levels of radiation from those power plants have been detected in foods in the United States. Milk, fruits and vegetables show trace amounts of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daichi power plants, and the media appears to be paying scant attention, if any attention at all. It is as if the problem only involves Japan, not the vast Pacific Ocean, into which highly radioactive water has poured by the dozens of tons, and not into air currents and rainwater that carry radiation to U.S. soil and to the rest of the world. But it is happening here, on your dinner plate.
Taking a page from the BP pubic relations handbook, TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) and the Japanese government have downplayed the extent of the nuclear disaster at Fukushima Daichi, in which three of six nuclear reactors are in ongoing meltdown. According to Japanese nuclear engineer Naoto Sekimura, nuclear fuel rod meltdown at the damaged plants began only hours after the tsunami, and the situation has not been contained. There is still an ongoing threat of a total “China Syndrome” meltdown, and Japanese officials now say that the three damaged plants may possibly continue to emit uncontrolled radiation for another year.