From Hiroshima to Fukushima: The truth about radiation biohazards
Japan is the only country on Earth to have experienced both the horrors of the atomic bomb and the catastrophe caused by the "peaceful" use of atomic power.
From the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the close of the Second World War to the atomic-testing incident with the crew of the Daigo Fukuryu Maru to the current Fukushima crisis, the Japanese have been the victims of U.S. nuclear aggression, testing, and power technology.
As the unwitting guinea pigs for the effects of radiation on humans, the Japanese have, unfortunately, amassed a wealth of information in this area.
Now, with Fukushima's continuing release of undetermined amounts of radioactive poisons and the Japanese (and other) government's claims of no significant adverse health effects with "low level" exposure to radiation, reliable information about such long-lasting and potentially deadly environmental contamination is more important, and relevant, than ever.
On Monday (March 31), from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Prof. Eiichiro Ochiai (PhD University of Tokyo) will deliver a lecture at UBC titled Hiroshima to Fukushima: Biohazards of Radiation. The talk is sponsored by the Centre for Japanese Research and will take place in the C.K. Choi Building, Room 120, 1855 West Mall.
Ochiai has taught and researched in universities in Japan, Sweden, Germany, the U.S., and Canada (University of Toronto and UBC).
Comments
15 Comments
jsfga
Mar 31, 2014 at 4:52am
people need to pay attention to whats going on and think about preparing for the worst case scenario if you can prepare!
Graham Brimhall
Mar 31, 2014 at 6:45am
Martin, I hope you do a follow up on this to share what Dr. Ochiai has to say on the subject. From what I've read, low level radiation can be the most dangerous kind. With a constant onslaught to the body and radioactive substances bio-accumulating in the environment and food supply, this can be far more difficult to track and mitigate risk.
I personally think we are all the guinea pigs of Fukushima at this point. With such mixed data coming out of Japan and our own governments here in North America, it's hard to tell what the real, long term effects will be...
Ecoguy
Mar 31, 2014 at 11:11am
It greatly bothers me that TEPCO the Japanese nuclear power plant operator and the Japanese Government itself does not offer the people radiated from Fukushima the radiation detox mineral called zeolite that can safely remove both radiation and heavy metals from the human body!Did you know that an American internet company offered both TEPCO and the Japanese Government a 100 percent FREE full shipping container filled with enough medical grade Micronized zeolite to removed the radiation from thousands of people! You should also know that both TEPCO and the Japanese Government refused the FREE zeolite that could have and would have helped so many people that many are now sick and dying from cancer! Both TEPCO and the JAPANESE Government will still not admit that the huge amount of Fukushima radiation has caused a large influx of thyroid cancer! Also TEPCO continues to pump millions of gallons of radioactive water each day into the Pacific Ocean to poison the fish and sea food! Anyone eating the Pacific fish and seafood should think about doing a zeolite detox to remove the radiation! For more information do a simple search for the one word Zeolite.
EJ Lima
Mar 31, 2014 at 11:44am
The answer to GENESIS 6.6.. begins with REVELATION 6.7..
bela the bug
Mar 31, 2014 at 12:29pm
I want my MTV and, oh yeah..throw in some money for nothing and chicks for free.
GOSPEL OF BELA 101.1
We gotta install microwave nukers
Custom radiation deliveries
We gotta move these waste rods
We gotta move these toxic TVs
I shoulda learned to play the guitar
I shoulda learned to play them drums
Look at that mama, she got it stickin' in the camera
Man we could have some fun
And he's up there, what's that? Hawaiian noises?
Bangin' on the bongoes like a chimpanzee
That ain't workin' that's the way you do it
Get your radiation for nothin' get your death for free
Excerpt from: Fuckyourshitup Blues w/apologies to Dire Straights
EJ Lima
Mar 31, 2014 at 12:46pm
and btw. and fyi .. the 3/11/2011Fukushima, and the 8/22/2011 Va / Denver earthquakes have nuclear signatures .. SECRET Va/Denver Earthquakes .. search. THAT!
Sandy
Apr 1, 2014 at 5:04am
Starting in 1964, I worked for 2-1/2 years as a nuclear reactor operator and got an overall dose exceeding 1500 millirem (mostly Gamma). I was one of about 50 other reactor operators. Now, I'm 72. Effects - nothing. Zero. Others? Nothing. Zero. The comments of your readers are uniformly confused.
Ted Dannemiller
Apr 1, 2014 at 5:07am
We are constantly subjected to low-level radiation in our food (potassium), in our going about (natural background is about 680 mrem per year). The amount of radiation that will finally affect the world are minute and nearly immeasurable compared to the dose you will get today doing 'normal' things.
Quit fear-mongering.
Martin Dunphy
Apr 1, 2014 at 11:10am
Ted:
Thank you for your comment. Perhaps in future you could identify yourself as a "team leader" at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations in Dallas, Georgia.
Quit shilling.
Martin Dunphy
Apr 1, 2014 at 11:43am
Sandy:
Congratulations on your long life. I must comment, however, that your survival after your stated total exposure while working in a nuclear reactor (which, barring Fukushima-style mishaps, are more than adequately shielded for penetrating ionizing radiation like gamma rays) is nothing out of the ordinary.
A much higher lifetime dose would only raise your risk of most cancers by two percent.
But no one wants to be one of those two percent, do they?
Small-time lottery winners who crow about their windfalls are, as you said, uniformly confused.
All experts agree that there is no safe dose of radiation.