Thursday 6 June 2013

Dr. Alexey Yablokov speaks the truth about the danger of Ionizing radiation  アレクセイ・ヤブロコフ博士、放射能の危険について真実を語る



Dr. Alexey Yablokov is from the Russian Academy of Sciences. He and his team published Chernobyl Consequences of the Catastrophe for People and the Environment” New York Science of the Academy in 2010.
Recently a Japanese translation of this book was published. Dr. Alexey Yablokov had visited Japan in May and  giving several lectures in different cities.  I hope many people attended his lectures.

Dr. Alexey Yablokov [A Lesson from Chrnobyl]

アレクセイ・ヤブロコフ博士「チェルノブイリの教訓」


Qoute by Dr Yablokov from video
I studied the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster. After 25-26 years I now have a real data.  What this means, is that all people who live in the area up to 1 curie/Km2 (=37,000Bq/m2, more than 1mSv/y in terms of atmospheric dose) will have some negative health effects.
This health risk is greater for people who live in the area up to 5 curie/Km2 (=185,000Bq/m2). It is very important for us to think and discuss the problem of how we can minimize the consequences of the Fukushima disaster.”

(Editor’s note)
According to a contamination map published in September 2011 - the eastern half of Fukushima prefecture, South of Miyagi prefecture and some places in Kanto area, were over 1 curie/Km2.
Some places in Fukushima prefecture were over 5 curie/km2. I haven’t come across a recent official survey map of accumulated contamination. However, Mrs. Hisako Sakiyama, a member of Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation commission showed a new contamination map at New York Symposium in this March.
According to the map, Mrs. Hisako Sakiyama showed the residents of Tohoku, Kanto and Chubu regions (which are up to 250km radius of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant) have been exposed to ionizing radiation of more than 1mSv/y.
The total amount of population in these areas are about half of the whole population of Japan.  This is a very worrying situation, yet most people in Japan are not aware of the true extent of this alarming news.
(Abstract, typescript: a speech by Mr. Alexey Yablokov at Anti-Nuclear Power World Congress in Tokyo on 15-16th of December, 2012)
 Nuclear specialists put the blame on “radiation phobia”.. But this is not a real radiation illness.  If that’s so, why did we find the same disorders and mutations in frogs, swallows and field mice and pine trees?”
Mr. Alexey Yablokov also mentioned that he found that radiation causes, not only developing cancers, but also affects different parts of the body.
Radiation caused Disorders of blood and circulation system, endocrine system, immune system, respiratory system, reproductive system, skeletal system and central nervous system.
Even small doses of radiation will have an effect on those systems during several years of exposure. We have strong evidence from the Chernobyl disaster there is a change to the brain; it’s difficult to prove but radiation has damaged the brain.
Not only cataracts but also other problems in the eyes, digestive system disorders, and congenital malformation of babies.” 1000 cases of like these… 


“Another Chernobyl catastrophe concerns premature aging. Children became look like older people.  Also mutation is very important.  It may be a key to understand about the level of radiation in each person.  We can now count the level of mutation in the blood.

(Editor’s note) 
Mr. Alexey Yablokov commented that we could count the level of mutation in the blood.  This may be a real reason why the Japanese government stopped the gene blood test on young couples and their newborn babies from the Fukushima prefecture who had been exposed to radiation after the nuclear disaster.  Surely if they have gone ahead with it, the nuclear industries would have found its results inconvenient for further promotion of the nuclear business.
An Environment Ministry statement read, We will examine the problems with the proposed testing program and decide on our next course of action.I wonder what is meant by this;  I have heard that chromosomal testing using blood samples from children under 18 had started in Namie-machi on 29th of January, 2013.  Hirosaki University has been involved in this test.  The results will be ready around the end of July because its going to take at least 6 months for the results to be ready. 

Even before the test results, they have already said that this test would help Fukushima residents to feel more assured that they dont need to worry about the danger of being exposed to low dose ionizing radiation.  With all the manipulation they have done so far to downplay the effect of the Fukushima fallout, we need to keep asking for transparency from the authorities (Fukushima Radiation Health Risk Team and the Ministry of Environment).
(Reference) http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/news/Blogs/nuclear-reaction/fukushima-nuclear-crisis-update-for-march-12t/blog/44357/

*Genetic mutations from radiation exposure and up to100 times higher than anything we have encountered in the animal kingdom – Dr. Ferne, former WHO Consultant http://antinuclear.net/2012/08/02/scientists-report-on-radiations-genetic-damage-to-future-generations/

*Gov't calls off genomic testing for Fukushima Pref. residents http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20130312p2a00m0na010000c.html

* Scientists report on radiation's genetic damage to future generations http://antinuclear.net/2012/08/02/scientists-report-on-radiations-genetic-damage-to-future-generations/

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