The 2015 Fukushima Pinup Calendar - May
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AP: “This town is dead”… Locals feel Fukushima plant could explode any minute; Yearly ‘safe’ radiation levels exceeded “in a matter of a few hours” — TV: “Fukushima evacuees complain of health problems”; Nearly 70% of households affected
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Medical experts: Japan’s safety standards on radiation levels for children are “unconscionable”
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Kyodo: More than 25 Koriyama schools with high radiation areas — At least 19 nursery and elementary schools affected — 60km from Fukushima Daiichi
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‘Emergency decontamination’ needed in places used by Fukushima kids — Highly radioactive material accumulating — City Official: Many times higher than previous record for urban areas
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Watchdog: Inexplicable that EPA shut down Fukushima radiation monitoring after finding high levels of radiation in drinking water
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High radiation beyond evacuation zone — Kyoto nuclear professor surprised by extent of contamination and the vast area it covers
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Report: Obama administration urged Japan Prime Minister’s government “to take steps to prevent a further decline in Tepco stock”
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Nearly 3,000 evacuees rushed to hospital by ambulance — From shelters in Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi
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Rice planted 10 miles from Fukushima Daiichi — Residents can’t stay in town overnight — “Intended for sale”
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Report from Fukushima: ‘Total levels of radiation are not decreasing at all’ — Japan gov’t ‘does nothing’ — ‘Individuals are left to deal with the problem’Trillions of becquerels per day still being emitted from Fukushima Daiichi — Radioactive steam continues
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AP: Radiation levels outside Fukushima “exceeded the annual limit for nuclear workers” — Residents now demanding help
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Over one thousand nuclear workers have internal radiation of 10,000+ cpm after visiting FukushimaNearly 5,000 nuke plant workers suffering internal radiation exposure after ‘visiting’ Fukushima — Local gov’t to consider testing residents
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70,000 more “must evacuate around Fukushima” — Contamination up to several million Bq/m2UN committee chairman studying Fukushima radiation impact: “We wouldn’t expect to see health effects” in children, workers, or anyone else
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Time.com: Report about “Triple Meltdown” says it’s “not-great-but-not-apocalyptic news du jour”
Nakate: Big change in number of child deaths in Fukushima due to illnesses after July 2011 — Death from cardiovascular disease doubled — Cancer and leukemia also increased
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Mayor: “We are definitely suffering from radiation exposure in our bodies” and want health care — Just 2% of Fukushima residents have had radiation testing by gov’tAsahi: ‘Major problems’ with radiation testing for children
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NYTimes: Fukushima Daiichi pushed Japan to brink of evacuating metropolitan Tokyo’s 30 million residents and national collapse, says former Prime Minister
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Fukushima risks Chernobyl ‘Dead Zone’ — Over 5,000,000 becquerels per square meter of Cesium-137 outside 20 km zone
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UN: “Fukushima nuclear disaster poses no IMMEDIATE health risks” — Unknown if increase in thyroid cancer is due to radioactivity
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