36 Percent Of Fukushima Children Have Abnormal Thyroid Growths And Doctors Are In The Dark

36 percent of Fukushima children have abnormal thyroid growths likely from radiation exposure, based on the "Fukushima Prefecture Health Management Survey."
Australian pediatrician Dr. Helen Caldicott's comment on this news:
 

1. "It is extremely rare to find cysts and thyroid nodules in children."

2. "This is an extremely large number of abnormalities to find in children."

3. "You would not expect abnormalities to appear so early — within the first year or so — therefore one can assume that they must have received a high dose of [radiation]."

4. "It is impossible to know, from what [officials in Japan] are saying, what these lesions are."

Dr. Caldicott explained that the high rate of abnormal growths in Fukushima children is very unusual — it usually takes five to 7 years to see what the medical implications of radiation are — and insisted that the international medical community become involved. ……. Thyroid nodules are relatively common, they are not as common in children and some of them could become cancerous.

…….Dr. Calidcott noted that Japanese officials are not sharing ultrasound results with foremost experts of thyroid nodules in children and accused the media of "practicing psychic numbing," saying that she doesn't understand why media outlets are choosing to ignore the nuclear fallout. 

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