Do you remember that last spring the Japanese
government announced that they were going to allow children to live within the
20mSv/y zone? Mr. Kosako who is well
respected professor and was the advisor to the former Prime Minister, resigned
in protest at the government’s decision, saying that it went completely against
his ethics as a scientist and a grandparent.
Although the government quickly retracted its statement after intense
criticism from its own citizens and people around the world, and said that they
would aim at 1mSv/y, they have still done nothing to help the children. Soon after the explosion, citizens living
within a 20 –km radius of the plant were evacuated, and those living 20-30km
from it were forced to live with their doors and windows shut. Even Fukushima city, which is about 50km from
the plant, is no longer safe for children.
The Watari area is particularly dangerous, since it has many
hotspots.
Avvaz.Org has been collection signatures to petition
the Japanese Prime Minister to evacuate citizens from the Watari area. If the government decides to evacuate them,
it would benefit many other citizens in other areas with similarly high
radiation levels. In Chernobyl, nobody
has to live in areas where the radiation level is more than 5mSv/y unless they
want to. In Japan, the government
applies the ICRP model for emergency situations as a normal one, and treats
20mSv/y areas as safe places to live so they do not have to evacuate people
from such areas. We shouldn’t allow this
false sense of security to remain unchallenged, otherwise it could be foisted on
the rest of the world as well.
To sign
the petition, please go to this link:
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_fukushima_children_1/
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