現在、９７４７人中、 ４１１１人 が、( ４０ ％ )
Currently,
4111 out of 9747 people are (40%)
外部被曝 ・ 内部被曝 併せて、「 １ ミリシーベルト 」 を 超えました。
exposed to more than "1 mili sieverts"
このうち、７１人は、「 １０ ミリシーベルト 」 を 超えています。
among these people,
71 people are exposed internally and externally more than "10 mili sieverts"
いままでで、最も高かった 数値としては、２３．０ ミリシーベルト ( 女性 ) でした。
The highest reading was
23.0 mili sieverts.
この 検査結果が、本当に 信頼できるものなのか ・・・
Can we really trust these results?
わたくしたちは、考えています。
We are really thinking about this.
福島県立医大 副学長 の、「 山下 教授 」 は、「 発癌する リスクは、ほとんどない 」 と、コメントしていました。
"Professor Yamashita" assistant university president of Fukushima prefectural medical school commented "the risk of cancer is very little or nothing."
What do you think about this? Even THEIR results say 40% of people have been exposed to more than 1 milli-sievert? It is amazing that professor Yamashita is still saying "the risk of cancer is little or nothing." I wonder what is actually going on behind the curtain, but it is fair to say he has little credibility left in Japan (especially after saying "Only those who do not smile will be impacted by radiation"). We need to document this and make sure he is personally held responsible for his irresponsible actions.
The sad truth is that much of the health impact assessments by the Japanese government are based on outdated models that minimize the perceived risk. They will average out the radiation over a volume of tissue. A good analogy of this that I heard is it is like someone going into a stadium full of 50,000 people and shooting 7 bullets into the crowd. Their models would average the energy out so that it would be like a pat on the back for each individual. However, you and I know that it is like 7 people would die or be seriously hurt. In fact, though, it just takes one cell exposed to radiation to mutate to a cancer cell and eventually cause the death of that person. Radioactive particles absorbed into the tissues of these people will increase their health risks for their entire lifetime. Different radioactive isotopes have different possibilities of doing this. Yet, it is extremely expensive to actually figure out the specific isotopes that have contaminated a given area (it would cost more than our house was worth BEFORE the accident to test). It is impossible to figure out what isotopes these people have actually been exposed to, and the "internal" exposure they are testing is limited to gamma radiation, the least dangerous form of radiation to be exposed to internally.
The sad truth is that much of the health impact assessments by the Japanese government are based on outdated models that minimize the perceived risk. They will average out the radiation over a volume of tissue. A good analogy of this that I heard is it is like someone going into a stadium full of 50,000 people and shooting 7 bullets into the crowd. Their models would average the energy out so that it would be like a pat on the back for each individual. However, you and I know that it is like 7 people would die or be seriously hurt. In fact, though, it just takes one cell exposed to radiation to mutate to a cancer cell and eventually cause the death of that person. Radioactive particles absorbed into the tissues of these people will increase their health risks for their entire lifetime. Different radioactive isotopes have different possibilities of doing this. Yet, it is extremely expensive to actually figure out the specific isotopes that have contaminated a given area (it would cost more than our house was worth BEFORE the accident to test). It is impossible to figure out what isotopes these people have actually been exposed to, and the "internal" exposure they are testing is limited to gamma radiation, the least dangerous form of radiation to be exposed to internally.
If you would like to read the original Japanese blog, here is the URL:
As we approach the anniversary of 3/11, I will try to post more. Also, I am starting to receiving support back home in Japan from those who feel they cannot speak up, so I will double my efforts. These are good people who I care dearly for. They deserve to live healthy, normal lives like everyone else.
