Thyroid Cancer Rates Near Fukushima Skyrocket By 6,000%

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Thyroid Cancer Rates Near Fukushima Skyrocket By 6,000%

(Ethan A. Huff) An oversight committee looking at the health of folks living in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan near the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power facility has found that the thyroid cancer rate in young people has jumped by an astounding 6,000% throughout the region since the disaster first occurred back in 2011.

Reports indicate that, since January of this year, 16 new cases of thyroid cancer have emerged, bringing the total number of young people diagnosed with the disease to 103. Correspondingly, as many as 127 people have been diagnosed with or are suspected of having thyroid cancer, according to Japan’s Asahi Shimbun.

The Fukushima Voice reports that, as of March 31, all 16 identified cases have been confirmed as definitive papillary thyroid cancer, with an additional nine suspected cases. The figures represent reported cases from both the first round of initial screening, which included looking at 368,000 individuals 18 years and younger, as well as a second round.

“Full-Scale Screening (the second-round screening), to be conducted every 2 years until age 20 and every 5 years after age 20, additionally targets those who were born in the first year after the accident, aiming to examine approximately 385,000 individuals in a 2-year period,” explains the Fukushima Voice.

Committee head determines that patient profiles of Fukushima thyroid cancer have a “striking similarity” to Chernobyl

In its estimation of the findings of these two screenings, the Interim Summary of the Thyroid Examination Evaluation Subcommittee determined that the sum of the new cases represents an “excess incidence” of pediatric thyroid cancer. The cases also represent “an order of magnitude” increase, stated the committee, following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster….more here

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Thyroid Cancer Rates Near Fukushima Skyrocket By 6,000%