So we
are so glad to hear the news about this new group. This is a very significant move from Japan towards achieving greater transparency about the dangers of internal exposure to
radiation and reeducating the public and nuclear power groups in Japan and around the world.
Historically,
many studies of the dangers of internal exposure to radiation have been
prohibited or concealed from the public by international nuclear power groups,
starting with US Army after the bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. One of the leading members of the new
Association is Dr. Hida, who is 94 years old and is from Hiroshima. He has seen over 6000 radiation victims
during the course of his career and explains the history in various Youtube
videos as follows:
"During the seven years for which Japan was
occupied by the American army after World War II, American military personnel
warned victims not to talk about their experiences to each other or write about
them so they could keep the effects of the bombs secret. Even doctors who had seen the victims were
not allowed to keep any records of them or publish any radiation studies, under
threat of severe punishment."
"The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC)
was set up by the Americans to investigate the effects of the bombs in order to
create even more effective bombs. They
checked victims’ radiation levels periodically, but never gave them any
treatment." This sounds similar to what’s happening to citizens in Fukushima right now. Dr.
Hida also mentioned: " the American army came to Hiroshima and Nagasaki to
measure radiation there after the passage of a typhoon and announced that all
the radiation had been washed away by the rain, so it was safe to live
there. At that time, no one knew about
the dangers of radiation, so they believed what they were told."
Dr.
Hida later found out that it was not safe, because he witnessed so many people
who had arrived in the city after the bombings dying with the same symptoms as
those who had been there during the bombings.
He estimates that one third of the victims of Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombs had been exposed to internal radiation. Meanwhile, the Japanese government is still using
this statement by the American military to make it difficult for Hiroshima/Nagasaki
victims to obtain compensation.
Also it’s sad to say that as a result of what happened in Hiroshima/Nagasaki, the issue of internal exposure to radiation has been ignored and the victims in Fukushima are now suffering the consequences .
Also it’s sad to say that as a result of what happened in Hiroshima/Nagasaki, the issue of internal exposure to radiation has been ignored and the victims in Fukushima are now suffering the consequences .
Dr.
Hida hopes, and believes it possible, that if all the doctors, scientists and
concerned citizens aware of the dangers of internal exposure to radiation get
together and work towards a shift in international public opinion, then others
who are now keeping quiet will join in this new awareness towards it.
Another
leading member of the Association, Prof. Yagazaki of Okinawa University,
criticized other associations such as Radiation Effects Research Foundation and National Institute of Radiological Sciences, saying that they had been set up to
further the aims of supporters of nuclear power and nuclear weapons, and had
not conducted any real science as they had ignored the issue of internal
radiation. He emphasized that the most
important purpose of the new Association is to safeguard people’s lives.
New
reports of the dangers of internal exposure to radiation to follow.
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