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Dear all,

Thank you all for visiting, reading and sharing the news with me on the Fukushima Appeal Blog. I’ve kept it running since February 2012. Unfortunately, I will need some break now to attend to some of my health issues.

I would like to thank this blog and its supporters for giving me an opportunity to become a part of the slowly awakening global community during this very important time of global change. I had zero knowledge of nuclear before the Fukushima disaster, and was and still am a just normal citizen. It’s been hard to see Japan becoming a criminal, immoral and authoritarian country since the Fukushima Disaster. So it’s been a huge awakening and healing process to have a platform to speak out instead of feeling powerless, angry and sad about it. With the new secret law that is going to be introduced in Japan soon, Japanese people will need more help than at any other time in its history from foreign bloggers, doctors and scientists. Please remember Fukushima. I hope that the more difficulties we may encounter, the stronger and connected we will become to fight against injustice and be able to act from our heart space. (Mia)

日本の皆さん、がんばってください。 再稼動反対、子供を守れ! 1mSv/yの約束を守れ!

For more Fukushima update go to: www.nuclear-news.net, http://fukushima-diary.com/, https://www.facebook.com/fukushima311watchdog, http://enenews.com/, http://www.fukuleaks.org/web/, http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/ http://ex-skf.blogspot.co.uk/

Petition: Support Mari Takenouchi and Radiation Protection

日 本の皆様へ、個人的な感情面から、竹ノ内真理さんのことを批判したい方は、すでにそうしたのだから、これからは、その時間とエネルギーをエートス批判に向 けるべきではないでしょうか? そしてボランテイアで、海外に向けて、英語発信する真理さんは、海外の情報源にとって、貴重な存在だと思います。 (Mia)

(English) https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Office_of_the_Prosecutor_Iwaki_Branch_Fukushima_Japan_Support_Mari_Takenouchi_and_Radiation_Protection/?pv=4

(Japanese) https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/Fu_Dao_Xian_Jian_Cha_Ting_Dian_ziyanarisutonoZhu_Ye_Nei_Zhen_Li_Shi_Save_Kids_JapanwoQi_Su_sinaidekudasai/?pv=8

Urgent Petition: ttp://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/ask-japanese-government-promise-for-necessary-aid-for-children-who-are-still-exposed-radiation-more-than-1msv-year-3


National Parents Network to Protect Children from Radiation

I hope that every child in Japan is given comprehensive thyroid blood testing including at the minimum TSH, Free T4, Free T3 and thyroid antibodies. Their thyroid function should be regularly tested on an ongoing basis. “ By Dana Trentini http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/thyroid-testing-for-japanese-children.html

*latest Fukushima Thyroid examination results released on Nov 12. (Complete English translation) (Source) http://fukushimavoice-eng2.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/thirteenth-prefectural-oversight.html
National Parents Network to Protect Children from Radiation

*Fuel Removal From Fukushima's Reactor 4 Threatens 'Apocalyptic' Scenario In November, TEPCO set to begin to remove fuel rods whose radiation matches the fallout of 14,000 Hiroshima bombs

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/10/24-3

*Kashiwazaki Nuclear Plant: Fukushima Governor stands in the way to stop restarting! 柏崎原発:再稼動させないよう立ちはだかる新潟県知事泉田氏 http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/kashiwazaki-nuclear-plant-fukushima.html

*Statement: Japanese civil society requests that the reports of the United Nations Scientific Committee on Fukushima be revised 日本の64の市民団体が福島事故に関しての国連科学の報告内容を改訂するよう要請 www.http://hrn.or.jp/eng/a tivity/area/worldwide/japanese-civil-society-requests-that-the-reports-of-the-united-nations-scientific-committee-on-fukus/

Anand Grover, Esq., UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, criticizes UNSCEAR report on Fukushima -10/24/2013 (1 of 4)国連「健康に対する権利」の特別報告者のアナンド・グローバー氏: 国連科学の報告を批判 Video - http://vimeo.com/78483070 October 24, 2013 (NYC, NY)

*Medical experts criticize UNSCEAR report for playing down consequences of Fukushima nuclear accident ドイツの専門家が国連科学の報告書を、「福島事故の影響を過小評価している」と批判! http://www.save-children-from-radiation.org/2013/11/05/medical-experts-criticize-unscear-report-for-playing-down-consequences-of-fukushima-nuclear-accident/

*Frightening Report from the UNSCEAR (The United nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation UNSCEAR-国連科学委員会による、恐るべき報告http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/frightening-report-from-unsear-united.html

*Heavily Criticized Recent WHO Report on Health Risk Assessment from the Fukushima Disaster 厳しく批判された最近の福島事故による健康被害についてのWHO報告 http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/who-report-on-health-risk-assessment.html

*UN Report – Japanese Delegation to The UN Spreads Lies and Deception! 国連報告書2013年4月  国連への日本政府代表団のうそとごまかし! 抗議締め切り517日! http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/un-report-japanese-delegation-to-un.html

*まとめ:国連報告書2013年4月  国連への日本政府代表団のうそとごまかし! 抗議締め切り517http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/un-report-japanese-delegation-to-un.html

*A letter to all young athletes who dream of coming to Tokyo in 2020 東京オリンピックを目指している若い選手の方々へ Some Facts You Should Know About Fukushima 0.086Bq/kg was normal amount of ionizing radiation in fish before the Fukushima accident. Now it is 100Bq/kg 1160times more radioactive. http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/a-letter-to-all-young-athletes-who.html

Fukushima Petitions ☢ Please Sign and Share! Japan needs Worldwide Help NOW! Stop Fukushima Radiation – UN Action Needed

https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/STOP_FUKUSHIMA_RADIATION_UN_ACTION_NEEDED/

Mobilize the U.N. Security Council to declare Fukushima a global emergency;
http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/mobilize-the-un-security

*Tokyo radiation is worse than Gomel - Mika Noro’s speech on the impact of radiation in Japan http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/tokyo-radiation-is-worse-than-gomel.html

*Police arrest animal rescuers inside Fukushima evacuation zone — “They cannot be contacted and are being charged with crimes” http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/police-arrest-animal-rescuers-inside.html

Resistance posted by Ian Thomas Ash, a director of Fukushima Documantary Film "A2-B-C"

As one does not train with weight that is too light,….. And as I write this, I realize something for the first time: the more I embrace the resistance, the more I am becoming it. http://ianthomasash.blogspot.jp/2013/11/resistance.html

*福島原発で働く皆さんへ、世界からの暖かいメッセージ http://nuclear-news.net/2013/12/01/to-the-fukushima-workers-we-support-you-address-to-j-village-supplied/

(Japanese translation)http://goo.gl/re5822

*Fukushima Farmers negotiate with Japanese Government/Tepco 福島農家の若者、政府と東電に対して勇気ある発言 http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/fukushima-farmers-negotiate-with.html The current government limit is 100Bq/kg... 0.1Bq/kg for cesium in rice before the Fukushima disaster. … We feel guilty about growing it and selling it...

*Atomic bombs survivors received fair compensation, not so in Fukushima!

広島・長崎の被爆者援護法:追加1ミリ被曝で被曝者認定、福島事故被害者にも認定を、するべき

The Japanese Gov recognizes radiation related illnesses! http://fukushimaappeal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/atomic-bombs-survivors-received-fair.html


Thursday 31 January 2013

Former Mayor of a town that Hosted Fukushima Daiichi Asks the world for Hellp at UN




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqseXWOQLbE
Mr. Katsutaka Idogawa was a mayor of Futaba town that hosted crippled Fukushima nuclear plant at the time of the accident.  He was one of many who exposed to very high dose of ionizing radiation during his help of residents to evacuate when reactor 1 exploded on 12/3/13.  Since then he lost his hair and has been having nose bleeding, headaches, sore throat and suffering of fatigue for some time.  Also he developed a cyst in his throat as well.   (These are radiation related symptoms according to Hiroshima Doctor Hida who treated thousands of Hiroshima bomb victims.)
Japanese government hasn’t taken any responsibility to protect Fukushima children, but also hasn’t done anything to help adults who were exposed to very high dose of ionizing radiation and left them to look after by themselves. 
He was pro nuclear and a supporter to welcome reactor 5 & 6 for the town’s economic growth.  Now he changed his view completely on nuclear power and realized what’s the most important thing in our life; it’s not an economic growth, it’s a protection of human life that need to come first.  The rest of Fukushima governors didn’t agree with his view and asked him to resign.  He made a decision to resign on Jan. 23 this year.  However he commented in the other video that he would like to keep working on asking for responsibilities to Tepco and the government on behalf of the rest of Fukushima citizens.  I was impressed with his speech and action.  We all make mistakes in our life but once we learn it we can live differently whatever our physical condition would be.  There are so much sufferings and confusions in Fukushima.  There is no best way for everybody after nuclear disaster.  I hope his good spirit will encourage the others to act from their heart.

Tuesday 29 January 2013

*New atomic-bomb survivor study



http://www.rrjournal.org/doi/pdf/10.1667/RR2629.1
The Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), and its predecessor the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC), has conducted a mortality study since 1950 …….
The most important finding regarding the late effects of A-bomb radiation exposure on mortality is an increased risk of cancer mortality throughout life ….

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*Low-Dose Radiation ☢ NEW A-Bomb Study



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VAncqK6bl0  
New Goddard’s Journal: Landmark study presents “strongest evidence to date that cancer risk not only exists at low doses of radiation, but may be even greater per unit of dose than at higher doses”.  The study also demonstrates that ionized radiation is associated with non cancer diseases involving circulatory and digestive systems……..

Deadly Ethos in Belarus Came to Fukushima!



Deadly Ethos in Belarus Came to Fukushima!
Fukushima Ethos (http://ethos-fukushima.blogspot.jp/) , in which residents are encouraged to live resourcefully in contaminated areas, is a dangerous program.  This program seems to be solely taking an advantage of Fukushima residents who do not want to be relocated and at the same time, sacrificing health of the residents, especially children.  In ETHOS Belarus, experts advised people to voluntarily measure radiation to reduce radiation levels, and they saw some success.  Also doctors cooperated measuring residents internal exposure using whole body counters (WBC) and recorded some decrease in their bodies.
However, while these figures were measured and recorded for studies of this program, the number of children with ill-health increased dramatically, sometimes more than 10 times, after years19 in Belarus.  As for this issue, former WHO advisor Michel Fernex explained in the following video, which I would recommend strongly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_oKtjnh52c&feature=yout...
This Belarus ETHOS project has been conducted by the director of CEPN, Mr. Jacque Lochardhttp://www.oecd-nea.org/press/press-kits/lochard.pdf, the director of a NGO called CEPN.  Amazingly, the members of CEPN are from four nuclear stakeholders- EDF, IRSN, CEA, AREVA (http://www.cepn.asso.fr/spip.php?lang=en.).   Mr. Lochard was invited to give a presentation on risk of low level radiation, along with his colleague, Terry Schnider from CEPN and IRPA, at the Japanese Cabinet Office in November 2011. http://www.cas.go/jp/jp/genpatsujiko/info/twg/dai5/siryou2.pdf.  (The Cabinet Office presentation was deleted now.)
However, it is interesting to mention that during the three years a profound change with regard to radiological protection took place and several interesting lessons can be drawn.  By reading this, we can see that ETHOS project does not concentrate on human health, which is supposed to be the top priority more than anything else.
As a matter of fact, Mr. Lochard was involved in the IAEA Chernobyl Project in 1990-1991, which concluded that there was no direct health damages observed caused by radiation.    http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/Pub894_web.pdf

Mr. Jacque Lochard is an economist.  He conducted cost benefit analysis on the evaluation for relocation in this IAEA Chernobyl Project.  While the former Soviet Union scholars demanded the residents relocation above 1mSv/year, and experts from ICRP and WHO for above 5mSv/yr, Mr. Lochard insisted that it could be up to 100mSv considering the cost.  Since Mr. Lochard suggested such an unbelievable figure, scientists made the compromise to 5mSv.  In his report, there was no mentioning about children and pregnant women.

Mr. Lochard has been visiting Fukushima for promoting ETHOS Fukushima along with the Japanese counterpart, Ms. Ryoko Ando, the director of ETHOS Fukushima, another NGO.  In November 2011, before the startup of Fukushima ETHOS, Japanese government held a meeting at the Cabinet Office inviting Mr. Lochard. 
Mr. Lochard sent a letter to Ms. Ryoko Ando, the director of Fukushima ETHOS and he said, The decision about the 20 mSv is a good news. This will allow many people to return to their home soon. http://ethos-fukushima.blogspot.jp/2012_01_01_archive.html
However, when the Japanese government came up with 20mSv relocation standard, countless number of Japanese mothers opposed to it and gathered around the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.  However, the Japanese government totally ignored these voices.
In this way, the same people from ETHOS project have been working both in Chernobyl and in Fukushima.  While they try to appear to be helping those who cannot relocate by themselves under NGO organization CEPN (the members are French EDF, IRSN, CEA, AREVA ), in reality, this program has been backed up by international nuclear lobby such as IAEA, ICRP, UNSCEAR , IRPA and nuclear power states including Japan!
In Chernobyl already, millions of residents and children have been suffering.  And now in Japan, health damages have been observed including the increase of death rate.  This is the world scandal of the centuries and I would like to let the citizens of the world to be aware of this horrendous facts.