Abnormal thyroid growth diagnosed in 36% of Fukushima children

[Fledermaus]

Hmmmm....Not looking good.

One of the good things that the health officials are doing is keeping a check on the health of the 38,114 children from Fukushima Prefecture. In their recent scheduled checkup, around 13,460 children (35.3%) were found to have cysts or nodules of up to 5 mm (0.197 inches) on their thyroid glands. Although the growths are abnormal, the doctors insist that there is no link between the disaster at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant and the growths.

In any case most doctors are of the opinion that it is too early in the day to cite these abnormalities as the effects of radiation. Almost 0.5% or 118 children were reported to have nodules larger than 5.1 mm (0.2 inches), but these lumps or cysts are not cancerous. The cause for the lumps is not yet ascertained and since these tests are early tests, the effects of radiation exposure will be more evident after four or five years.

http://japandailypress.com/abnormal-thyroid-growth-diagnosed-in-36-of-fukushima-children-206994

[Lint Head]

1. A friend of mine spent some time helping people impacted by the tsunami

and said she saw a lot of women she helped with what they are calling "The Necklace".

She told me she noticed a common surgical scar around these women's necks and was told it was from having their thyroid glands removed. The people of Japan have really been through the wringer. She also said when you travel through the devastated areas that the
debris looked like mountains where huge bulldozers had piled it so high you had to look straight up to see it.

[nebenaube]

2. duh...

I'm having the family's tsh tested, my thyroid is already gone (Hasimoto's) but we live in SoCal now and I know the fallout is there.