Fukushima 10

Global Research Newsletter, May 06, 2015

Although we hardly hear about it nowadays, the Fukushima disaster is far from over and there is reason to believe it never will be. The head of the nuclear power station recently admitted that the technology needed to contain the radiation has yet to be invented "and it may not exist for hundreds of years ... if ever," ENENews reports. Fukushima is considered to be much worse than Chernobyl according to the journalEnvironmental Indicators: "[A]mong the 14 species occurring at both [Chernobyl and Fukushima the] slope of the relationship between abundance and radiation for the 14 common species was... much stronger at Fukushima." Since 2011, the report adds, "the effects of radiation on abundance became much more severe." The radiation death rate in Japan is also increasing with 1,232 nuclear-related deaths in 2014: "The two towns with the greatest number of deaths were both near the Fukushima plant: Namie, with 359 dead; and Tomioka, with 291 dead." Here is a selection of the latest articles on this widely unreported, yet dramatic issue.

Containing Fukushima Is "Beyond Current Technology". Worldwide Radiation is the Unspoken Consequence Washington's Blog Fukushima radiation just arrived on the West Coast of North America.

Fukushima Worse than Chernobyl: "Effects of Radiation Have Become Much More Severe" - "Enormous Decline" in Animal Species ENENews Despite the decline in background radiation in the area over these past four years, the deleterious effects of the accident on birds are actually increasing.

Fukushima Disaster Caused at Least 1,232 Fatalities in 2014 as Radiation Death Rate Accelerates David Gutierrez An estimated 6,000 children contracted thyroid cancer following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.

Judge Rules Against Japan Nuclear Restart, Cleanup of Melted Reactors Non-Existent Beyond Nuclear Prefecture court in Japan has ruled that the only real protection from a catastrophic nuclear accident is to keep the nation's atomic reactors shut down.

End Nuclear Power Now, Says World Uranium Symposium Paul Brown Uranium mining across the world should cease, nuclear power stations be closed and nuclear weapons be banned, according to a group of scientists, environmentalists and representatives of indigenous peoples.

Media Reports on Warm 'Blob' in Pacific Ocean Pretend It Can't Be Related to Fukushima David Gutierrez No studies seem to have been conducted regarding the question of whether Fukushima radiation could be warming the Pacific.

The Chernobyl Catastrophe 29 Years On: It's Not Over Yet! The Solution: Phase Nuclear Out Kendra Ulrich Twenty-nine years later, people continue to suffer from the effects of the accident, with well-founded scientific estimations in the range of many tens of thousands of cancers and deaths.

Fukushima's "Caldrons of Hell": More than 300 Tons of Highly Radioactive Water Generated Daily ENENews "When you have an emergency legally declared, regular laws are put on hold, people can be thrown away into areas where normally people should not be... I would evacuate all the children that are in the contaminated areas" - Hiroaki Koide, professor at Kyoto University