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Friday, March 1, 2013

News coerage update of Fukushima Cancer Risk

WHO sees higher cancer risks in Fukushima Pref.

The Daily Yomiuri -
GENEVA (Jiji Press)--The World Health Organization has said in a report that it has found rises in cancer risks in areas most affected by radiation leaked from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. In the report released Thursday, the WHO assessed ...

Greenpeace slams WHO over Fukushima radiation

euronews -
Greenpeace has criticised the World Health Organisation's (WHO) assessment of radioactive risks around Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant. The environmental group says the WHO has not sufficiently taken into account the potential long-term health risks to ...

Fukushima disaster residents 'have an extra risk of cancer'

The Times (subscription) 
Girls living nearest to the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone have almost a 70 per cent increased risk of thyroid cancer, the World Health Organisation says. Their lifetime chances of getting the disease rose by two-thirds, from 0.75 per cent to 1.25 per cent.

UN report: Slightly higher cancer risk, barely detectable, for those nearest Japan ...

Calgary Herald -
LONDON - Two years after Japan's nuclear plant disaster, an international team of experts said Thursday that residents of areas hit by the highest doses of radiation face an increased cancer risk so small it probably won't be detectable. In fact, experts ...

Risk of thyroid cancer up 70% for those who lived in the shadow of Fukushima

Ghana Broadcasting Corporation -
People living in areas most contaminated by radiation following the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan in 2011 are likely to have a higher risk of getting cancer. An assessment by the World Health Organization, or WHO, estimates risks in the general ...

Meltdown: Despite the Fear, the Health Risks from the Fukushima Accident Are ...

TIME - ‎6 hours ago‎
An anti-nuclear protest in Tokyo in April 2012. Japan is likely to begin restarting its shutter atomic plants. Email · Print; Share. Facebook · Twitter · Tumblr · LinkedIn · StumbleUpon · Reddit · Digg · Mixx · Delicious · Google+. Comment. Follow @TIME. The World ...

Japan riled by WHO's Fukushima cancer warning

NDTV -
Tokyo: Japan on Friday insisted warnings by the World Health Organisation of a rise in the risk of cancer for people in Fukushima were overblown, saying the agency was unnecessarily stoking fears. The UN's health agency said the 2011 nuclear disaster had ...

Japan questions WHO's report over health risks

China Daily -
TOKYO - The Japanese Environment Ministry questioned a World Health Organization (WHO) report which said cancer risk for people in the most contaminated area in Fukushima increased after a nuclear disaster caused by tsunami in 2011 in the prefecture.

New report highlights cancer risk

Herald Scotland -
A magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, killed nearly 19,000 people and devastated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, triggering meltdowns, spreading radiation and forcing about 160,000 people to flee their homes. It was the worst ...

Infants in Fukushima face greater risk of cancer: WHO

Times of India 
Infants in Japan's Fukushima prefecture are at greater risk of developing cancer after the March 2011 accident at the Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, the World Health Organization says in a report released here on Thursday. People living near Dai-Ichi were ...

Cancer risk from Fukushima disaster small, report says

Los Angeles Times - 
The 9.0-magnitude Tohoku-Oki earthquake and resulting tsunami that triggered a meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station has resulted in only a small increase in lifetime cancer risks for people living nearby, and an even smaller risk for ...

Fukushima raises cancer risk

BDlive -
GENEVA — PEOPLE in the area worst affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident two years ago have a higher risk of developing certain cancers, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Thursday. A magnitude 9 earthquake and tsunami on ...

Fukushima residents at higher risk of cancer

Irish Independent -
Fukushima residents at higher risk of cancer. Comments. Email; Print; Font Size. Stephanie Nebehay – 01 March 2013. People in the area worst affected by Japan's Fukushima nuclear accident two years ago have a higher risk of developing certain cancers, ...

Slightly higher cancer risk seen for Fukushima victims

Boston Globe -
... the highest increases in cancer risk appeared for people exposed as infants. Chris Meyers /Reuters. In the report, the highest increases in cancer risk appeared for people exposed as infants to radiation from Fukushima in the most heavily affected areas.

Record cesium level found in Fukushima fish

Asahi Shimbun - 
A record concentration of radioactive cesium--5,100 times the government's food safety standard--was detected in a fish caught near the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, the plant's operator said Feb. 28. Tokyo Electric Power Co. said the reading of ...

Record high radiation found in fish in Japan's Fukushima

Xinhua -
TOKYO, March 1 (Xinhua) -- A fish contaminated with radiation levels as much as 5,100 times of legal limits has been caught near Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, hitting a record high, said the nuclear plant operator. The Tokyo Electric Power ...

Japan cancer risks rise

ABC Online -
The World Health Organisation has released a report saying the risk of thyroid cancer in those living within a 20km radius of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster has risen. Thyroid cancer among women exposed to radiation as infants were expected to be up ...

Japanese disaster films highlight victims' stories

The News International - 
The unnerving clicks of dosimeters are constant as people wearing white protective gear quickly visit the radiated no-go zones of decayed farms and empty storefronts. Evacuees huddle on blankets on gymnasium floors, waiting futilely for word of ...

Fukushima disaster has raised cancer risk: WHO

Times of India -
LONDON: The worst health fears over the Fukushima nuclear accident following the tsunami in Japan two years ago, has now been confirmed. The first-ever analysis of the global health effects due to radiation exposure after the Fukushima accident has ...

WHO Sees Low Health Risks From Fukushima Accident

New York Times -
TOKYO — A study published on Thursday by the World Health Organization on the health risks associated with the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant suggested that the risk for certain types of cancers had increased slightly among ...

Fukushima cancer risk slightly up for those exposed to highest radiation dose

Toronto Star -
In this April 7, 2011 file photo, Japanese police, wearing suits to protect them from radiation, search for victims inside the deserted evacuation zone around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear reactors. By: Raveena Aulakh Global Environmental reporter, ...

Fukushima cancer risk near plant

Sky News Australia - ‎Feb 28, 2013‎
Updated: 07:32, Friday March 1, 2013. Fukushima cancer risk near plant. Fukushima disaster raised the cancer risk for people living near the atomic plant, but no jump in cases is expected elsewhere, the UN's health agency says, sparking an angry reaction ...

Cancer risk from Fukushima nuclear plant disaster "quite small," says World ...

CBS News - ‎Feb 28, 2013‎
LONDONPeople exposed to the highest doses of radiation during Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant disaster in 2011 may have a slightly higher risk of cancer but one so small it probably won't be detectable, the World Health Organization said in a report ...

WHO assesses cancer risk from Fukushima radiation

Livemint - ‎Feb 28, 2013‎
Experts calculated that people in the most affected regions had an additional 4-7% overall risk of developing cancers including leukaemia and breast cancer. Photo: AFP. Also Read. Gandhigiri against cancer · Sun Pharma arm to make generic version of ...

PROMETHEUS TRAP (15): US maintained sense of urgency over nuclear accident

Asahi Shimbun - ‎Feb 28, 2013‎
Editor's note: This is the final part of a series that has run in the past under the overall title of The Prometheus Trap. This series deals with the different responses between Japan and the United States in dealing with the Fukushima nuclear accident of 2011 ...

Report: Fukushima's radiation damaged more souls than bodies

CNN - ‎Feb 28, 2013‎
(CNN) -- Two years ago, an 8.9-magnitude earthquake generated a tsunami of historic proportions that waylaid Japan's northeast coastline, including a nuclear power plant. As Fukushima Daiichi unraveled in global public view with fire, explosions and ...

Much of Fukushima's fallout was gone with the wind

Nature.com - ‎Feb 28, 2013‎
Cancer risks from nuclear disaster concentrated in a few radiation hotspots. Declan Butler. 28 February 2013. Children evacuated from the Fukushima region take potassium iodide to prevent thyroid cancer after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster of 2011.

WHO downplays Fukushima cancer risk

Financial Times - ‎Feb 28, 2013‎
People exposed to the highest radiation doses during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear emergency in 2011 have only a slightly raised risk of developing some cancers, according to an assessment released by the World Health Organisation on Thursday.

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