Dear Friends,
There was a question made by Anngwyn about numbers of infant deaths. This is
just one of them I came across.
Published on Saturday, February 25, 2012 by the San Francisco Bay View
Fukushima Worse Than Chernobyl
by Janette Sherman and Joseph J. Mangano
There is no longer any doubt that radioisotopes in concert with industrial
chemicals have caused the epidemic increase in childhood and adult cancer that
has occurred since World War II.The U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC)
reported weekly deaths by age in 122 cities, which represents about 25 to 35
percent of the population total. Deaths rose 4.46 percent from 2010 to 2011 in
the 14 weeks after the arrival of Japanese fallout, compared with a 2.34
percent increase in the prior 14 weeks. The number of infant deaths after
Fukushima rose 1.80 percent, compared with a previous 8.37 percent decrease.
Projecting these figures for the entire United States yields 13,983 total
deaths and 822 infant deaths in excess of the expected numbers. An updated
analysis using the entire year 2011 raised the excess deaths to 21,851.
By contrast to nuclear tests that prolong the release of radioisotopes by
dispersion into the stratosphere, emissions from nuclear power plants are
dispersed at low atmospheric levels, brought down by rain and snow in a matter
of days to weeks. Every nuclear power plant releases a number of isotopes,
whether it is operating normally or melting down. These include Sr-90,
Cs-137, I-131, argon, krypton, xenon and barium, taken up by animals, plants
and humans.
The epidemic increase in childhood and adult cancer has occurred since World
War II, when both chemical and radiological pollution spread over the world.
Half a century later, there is no longer any doubt that radioisotopes in
concert with industrial chemicals have caused this epidemic.
All forms of cancer can be induced by radiation. The incidence increases with
cumulative dose, and younger aged individuals human, animals and plants alike
are more sensitive to ionizing radiation than adults. It is not only cancer
that is of concern, but genetic damage, birth defects, over-all health and loss
of intellectual capacity, the latter absolutely essential for survival. In
Belarus, only 20 percent of children are considered well by official standards
since the Chernobyl catastrophe.
A unique study of Norwegian children, exposed early before birth to low-level
Chernobyl fallout, demonstrated lower intellectual capacity than a comparable
group not exposed.
In Belarus, only 20 percent of children are considered well by official
standards since the Chernobyl catastrophe.After the Chernobyl meltdown, not all
biological systems were studied, but of those that were wild and domestic
animals, birds, fish, plants, fungi, bacteria, viruses, humans, etc. all were
altered, many irreversibly. Genetic damage and reduced viability across species
continues to be documented.
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