Title: In growing lawsuit, servicemembers fault TEPCO for radiation-related illnesses
Source: Stars and Stripes
Author: Matthew M. Burke
Date: July 15, 2013
[...] Shinzo Kimura, a professor at Dokkyo Medical University in Japan, had been collecting radiation contamination data and studying the radiation exposure risks from Chernobyl. He was the first scientist on the ground in Fukushima after the disaster, and he said he was compelled to take readings because he didn?t trust Japan?s government.
?My heart breaks greatly that those servicemembers, who worked for Japan during Operation Tomodachi, suffered radiation exposure,? he said. [...]
Kimura said the levels were so high around the plant that his dosimeter was unable to measure the radiation ? the level was off his device?s scale.
He said the winds were blowing out toward ships off the coast in the days after the disaster.
In addition to Kimura?s claims, a Japanese government study released in February found that more than 25 times as many people in the area have developed thyroid cancer compared with data from before the disaster. [...]
See also: More U.S. military reveal radiation-related illnesses after Fukushima: Arm shrunk to half its size -- Immune system attacking body -- Leukemia, testicular cancer, thyroid problems, rectal bleeding, brain tumor
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