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[186] [187] Further, the radiation exposure resulting from the incident for most people living in Fukushima is so small compared to background radiation that it may be impossible to find statistically significant evidence of increases in cancer. [25] The highest detection of radiation outside of Fukushima peaked at 40 mSv.
The statement also called for "extending the current 20-km mandatory evacuation zone radically to avoid further exposure and discontinuing official declarations that there is no immediate harm to human health, charging they aren't properly transmitting to the public the dangers of possible long-term radiation harm".
The three technicians measured significantly higher levels of radiation than the measurement designated the maximum allowable dose (50 mSv) for Japanese nuclear workers. [20] Many employees of the company and local population suffered accidental radiation exposure exceeding safe levels.
Radiation exposure of those living in proximity to the accident site was estimated at 12–25 mSV in the year following the accident. [133]: 8 Residents of Fukushima City were estimated to have received 4 mSv in the same time period. [134] In comparison, the dosage of background radiation received over a lifetime is 170 mSv. [135]
The situation with the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant has frayed more than a few nerves around the world, especially after food, water and seawater in Japan were found to be contaminated with ...
The health risks in the WHO assessment attributable to the Fukushima radioactivity release were calculated by largely applying the conservative Linear no-threshold model of radiation exposure, a model that assumes even the smallest amount of radiation exposure will cause a negative health effect.
By Jen Alic of Oilprice.com Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) lied about the dangers of radiation exposure, according to eight U.S. sailors involved in disaster relief operations following the ...
Radiation poisoning, also called "radiation sickness" or a "creeping dose", is a form of damage to organ tissue due to excessive exposure to ionizing radiation. The term is generally used to refer to acute problems caused by a large dosage of radiation in a short period, though this also has occurred with long-term exposure to low-level radiation.