YIKES! Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Crisis

Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Crisis

Last updated on 12/11/13

This page is dedicated to the sharing of information concerning Fukushima, as well as the impact it's having on the environment, wildlife, the food supply, and ultimately, how it effects us. This is a very important topic. I'll update this page as new information is made available. Thank you.

Introduction

Environment

“The half-life of plutonium is 24,400 years, so it can cause medical diseases for at least the next 250,000 years, inducing cancers, congenital deformities and genetic diseases for virtually the rest of time. All plants and animals develop cancer and genetic abnormalities.”

 -Helen Caldicott, MD; The Medical Implications of Fukushima

While the disaster may be in Japan, this is a global crisis of epic proportion. Just because you don't live in Japan doesn't mean you're safe. The wind blew much of the fall-out west, reaching the west coast of the United States in less than half a week, and the east coast about a day after that. It only took a few hundred days for the odorless and invisible death plume to circle the entire globe. The jet-stream travels fast. The ocean currents also travel quickly.

Before we talk about the impact the disaster is having on wildlife, it's important to understand what bio-accumulation and bio-magnification are.

Herring:

Biologist: Pacific herring in Canada bleeding from eyeballs, faces, fins, tails — I've never seen fish looking this bad — All 100 examined were bloody — Officials informed of hemorrhaging soon after 3/11 — Gov’t ignoring problem

Salmon:

Unprecedented: Sockeye salmon at dire historic low on Canada’s Pacific coast — “We think something happened in the ocean” — “The elders have never seen anything like this at all” — Alaska and Russia also affected (MAP) 

Marine biologist in Canada: Salmon species needs to be tested for radiation — Gov’t doesn't want us to know 

Physician in Canada on Cancer Estimates: Epidemic of Fukushima radiation-related deaths from fish in Pacific may have started — “Vast implications for human health” — “I eat so much salmon… I’m vulnerable”

Tuna:

CNN: All 15 blue-fin tuna samples off California had Fukushima radiation… back in AUGUST 2011 — “This year’s fish are going to be really interesting” says Stanford scientist

TV: Blue-fin tuna picking up more and more cesium — Contamination “will go on for 300 to 600 years” (VIDEO)

Good bet ALL blue-fin tuna in Pacific are contaminated — Radiation levels thought to increase over time -Gundersen (VIDEO) 

Star-fish:

SF Chronicle: Fukushima radiation possible culprit in huge starfish die off from Mexico to Alaska — Potential catastrophe, it’s extremely virulent “going on up and down coast… It’s going to change what’s out there pretty fundamentally”

PHOTOS: Sea star began “ripping itself into pieces” — Like a horror movie — AP: Deaths from Alaska to S. California — Biologist: Related to an environmental change? “An early warning that we aren’t picking up on?” — Professor: “None of us had ever seen anything like this before”

It's worth noting here that star-fish eat sea-urchins, and sea-urchins eat sea-weed.

Sea-weed:

Up to 1 billion Bq/kg of iodine-131 was estimated in seaweed near Fukushima reactors -Study

Southern California had 2,500 Bq/kg of iodine-131 in seaweed — Over 500% higher than other tests in U.S., Canada

Gov’t: Radioactive iodine detected in 6 seaweed samples by South Korea — Concerns over Fukushima contamination after Tepco admits plant is leaking into ocean

Polar bears, seals, walrus:

Alaska: 28% of polar bears with skin lesions & hair loss, thyroids tested by gov’t… like symptoms in seals & walrus — Surprisingly high mortality of musk ox, weak immune system suspected — High rate of embryo deaths & bad eggs for geese

Reuters: Radiation tests underway on dead and diseased seals in Alaska — Suffering bleeding lesions, hair loss 

Sickened Alaska seals concentrated where Fukushima radioactive plume made landfall after 3/11 (MAPS)

Seals, walruses… now “unprecedented” number of sea turtle deaths in Vancouver Island says oceanographer (AUDIO)

Sea-turtles:

Fishermen report boats surrounded by hundreds of dead Eastern Pacific green sea turtles — Official says some found swimming in circles as if dazed or confused

Scientists ‘Alarmed’ and ‘Puzzled’: Hundreds of sea turtles washing up dead on Pacific coast — Dogs “stopped breathing and died almost instantly” when eating them — Researchers analyzing toxicity — Many with reproductive problems

U.S. scientists find Fukushima cesium in turtles, whales, fish

Sardines:

Massive fish kill outside Tokyo in Chiba — “The sight is somewhat apocalyptic” — “Almost looks like a carpet of sardines” (PHOTOS)

Sardine population plummets along U.S. West Coast — AP: Collapse of species feared — “Canadian Pacific fishermen catch no sardines in 2013″

‘Troubling Mystery’: Complete collapse of sardine population on West Coast of Canada around Vancouver — Official: It’s ‘unexpected’ — Expert: Humpback whales rarely seen, they’re telling us something changed… nobody knows what’s going on

Whales and sharks:

Sailor: After we left Japan, it felt as if the ocean itself was dead. Nothing alive for over 3000 miles. No longer saw turtles, dolphins, sharks, birds, saw one whale, it appeared helpless with big tumor on head.

CBS News: Hundreds of whales in bay on California coast; It’s never been like this, we just can’t even believe it — Experts: We just aren't sure what’s going on; “A once-in-a-lifetime chance… unheard of, it’s unbelievable, nobody’s seen this” (VIDEO)

Whale Expert near Vancouver: In 30 years I've never ever seen this kind of behavior, “They must sense this is a safe place to be” — Captain: I've never seen anything like it in 50 years on Pacific — “One even placed its head on the boat” (VIDEO)

‘Astonishing’: World’s rarest whale spotted near Canada’s Pacific coast — “First confirmed sighting in recent history” — Two seen in last few months after none in 60+ years — Some “migrate to the area around Japan” — “Nasty looking but healed wound” on upper jaw (PHOTOS)

CBC News: Something very odd is happening in Pacific; Sea creatures acting strangely, species turning up where rarely seen — Related to Fukushima crisis? — L.A. Lifeguard: Used to be 2 shark sightings a year, now it’s 2 a day (VIDEOS)

If it isn't obvious, these animals are trying to escape the radiation. Animals, unlike humans, are very aware when something is wrong.

Sea-lions:

CBS Los Angeles: “Dead sea lions everywhere” — Rescuer: I've never seen anything like this… we never would have imagined the numbers — Expert: No oceanographic explanation for what we’re seeing (VIDEO) 

TV: Historic number of sea lions washing up in S. California — Has reached “epidemic proportions” — Center declares state of emergency — Feds: “There’s something going on oceanographically” (VIDEO)

Squid:

“Weird things” happening on California coast: Previously unknown toxic algae blooms proliferating; Unprecedented mass of oxygen-poor water near shore — TV: Mystery strandings of large squid covered miles and experts baffled… “essentially killing themselves, it’s just really weird” (VIDEO)

Mystery: Dozen miles of dead squid wash ashore in California — Researchers have no idea why (PHOTO & VIDEO)

Argentum-110m detected in marine life: China researchers — All water samples contain strontium-90 (Strontium-90 found in squids; 2011)

Fukushima contamination carried to shores of U.S. — Radioactive tuna caught off San Diego coast — “We were frankly kind of startled” says scientist (See quote below)

“Blue-fin tuna absorbed radioactive cesium from swimming in contaminated waters and feeding on contaminated prey such as krill and squid, the scientists said.”

Birds:

Photos: ‘Lots of sea birds washing up dead’ in Alaska

Die-offs of mammals, birds, reptiles in Western U.S. — “So many diseases afflicting such a wide variety of animals” — Names out of sci-fi thriller: hemorrhagic disease, sylvatic plague — Studies now underway to find out why (VIDEO)

A “Most Unusual Event”: Birds returning from Fukushima-area with troubling symptoms — Appear to not have been able to find food in North Pacific — “I’ve never seen birds in that poor of a condition come back to New Zealand”

Oar-fish:

Gov’t scientists unsure why giant fish washing up dead on West Coast, “testing tissue for radiation” — “One dead oar-fish is odd, two is a pattern” — PBS: “After the Fukushima nuclear disaster, there were accounts of several washing ashore”

There are more I haven't included, and certainly more to come. These aren't out-liars either, these are epidemics. It seems every few weeks now there is a new epidemic involving marine life in the Pacific.

While not all of these have been tied to Fukushima, though many are, I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest that the truly astronomical amount of radiation being continuously poured into the ocean could possibly be related, especially considering how none of this happened before 3/11, and now, it's all happening at once. Nobody knows exactly how this effects the fragile marine eco-systems -- it's uncharted territory. Also, it's worth noting that radiation damages the immune system, which makes it harder to fight off infections and disease.

Radiation also causes birth defects. Here are some relevant examples, as well as articles about radiation-induced mutation in general. I have not included links that show birth defects in Chernobyl children, nor those caused by U.S. depleted uranium use in the Middle East, as they are quite graphic and disturbing. There are many resources available online if you are interested in researching that.

Japan TV broadcasts mutations in animals and plants after Fukushima — Scientist: “Very few insects, only 2 birds” (PHOTOS & VIDEO)

Japan Times column on nuclear mutations: Professor seeing ‘increase in negative effects’ from Fukushima since last year — Report of insect with leg growing from head (PHOTO) 

More images of deformed butterflies after Fukushima — Wings folded over, rumpled, much different sizes (PHOTOS) 

The Australian: The devastating physical & genetic effects of Japan’s nuclear disaster are revealed — All mutant butterflies were caught far outside Fukushima evacuation zone

Japan Biologist: Radioactive contamination from Fukushima disaster is most reasonable explanation for butterfly deaths and abnormalities — “I think maybe this is a very touchy issue, politically”

Japan Scientists: Truly unusual deformities in Fukushima — Forests may be evolving into different ecosystems — “There’s been a sudden, large change”

10 times more deformed worms in Fukushima town — Some have 2 abdomens, legs with necrosis, damaged feelers

Genetic mutations from radiation exposure are up to 100 times higher than anything we have encountered in the animal kingdom -Dr. Fernex, Former WHO Consultant

Study finds Fukushima worse than Chernobyl on bird population — “Dramatically” elevated DNA mutation rates and extinctions — Insect life significantly reduced — Shows immediate consequence of radiation

Scientists fear increased genetic defects in humans from Fukushima disaster after results of butterfly study

Japan Radiologist: Radiation can cause mutations like “fingers growing out of a shoulder”, other deformities in future humans (VIDEO)

“In summary, the radioactive contamination and fallout from nuclear power plant accidents will have medical ramifications that will never cease because the food will continue to concentrate the radioactive elements for hundreds to thousands of years inducing epidemics of cancer, leukemia, congenital abnormalities and genetic disease, because damaged genes will be passed over many generations.

Already we are seeing such pathology and abnormalities in birds and insects, and because they reproduce very fast it is possible to observe disease caused by radiation over many generations within a relatively short space of time.”

 -Helen Caldicott, MD; The Medical Implications of Fukushima

It hasn't even been 3 years since the disaster began, and it will continue for, as Caldicott says, virtually the end of time.

I think this would be a good time to talk about the food supply. 

Food Supply

Cesium-134 and 137 found in US food supply; Organic milk bought in San Francisco Bay Area

Top Hawaii health official calls out Forbes’ journalist for reporting Hilo milk exceeds EPA radiation level… then admits he is “technically correct”

Cesium and iodine both at least 600% above EPA’s maximum contaminant level in Hawaii milk

State of Arizona found I-131 in Phoenix milk at levels 500% higher than EPA’s top reading for anywhere in continental US

Local gov’t tests kids’ lunches: Tokyo nursery school serving milk with 18 Bq/kg of cesium — Over 160 times EPA limit — Milk industry protested testing

Other:

California prunes and almonds have detectable levels of cesium-134 — A fingerprint for radiation from Fukushima Daiichi

Strawberries, mushrooms with Cesium-137 found in Northern California; 5 of 6 items in food chain sampling test have radioactive particles

Fairewinds President: Organic farm in Portland stopped producing food after radiation tests — “Very frightening what happened on West Coast” (VIDEO)

Radiation fallout poses growing threat: 2,600+ cattle contaminated; More vegetables at unsafe levels — No centralized system, only voluntary tests 

Oregon Official: Reports coming in of seafood with radioactive contamination, “They’re kind of secretive, they don’t want to give up their sources” — Locals concerned about impact Fukushima disaster is having on area fish (VIDEO)

CBC Headline: Radiation from Fukushima arrives on Alaska coast — University scientists concerned — “Is the food supply safe?… I don’t think anyone can really answer that”

Rice grown nearby Fukushima plant cleared for sale — Farmer: “I would not dare eat it… We feel guilty about growing it and selling it” (VIDEO)

Kyodo: Baby food maker ignored info on cesium contamination for weeks — Initially concluded “further investigation was unnecessary”

Medical

If you're interested in researching the specific effects of each radionuclide on the human body, such as how strontium-90 causes bone cancer and iodine-131 cause thyroid cancer, then there are many other resources on the internet you can use. This chapter isn't going to focus on that, as the health effects are already well-known and documented.

Medical Journal Article: 14,000 U.S. deaths after Fukushima fallout — Streaming audio online at 4pm (14,000 deaths estimated as of December 2011)

Almost half of Japanese women tested show radioactive iodine-131 in breast milk — Highest contamination found 150 miles from Fukushima

Tokyo Newspaper: 6 in 10 Fukushima children tested have diabetes — Head of Tokyo-area Medical Clinic: We are expecting diabetes in children from Fukushima radiation (VIDEO)

Controversy after US gov’t estimate showed 40,000 micro-sievert thyroid dose for California infants from Fukushima — Data not released to public — “Very high doses to children”

Professor who met with Fukushima physicians: Thyroid diseases already apparent — Diseased newborns and Down’s syndrome still kept secret

More cancers in Fukushima children — Mother: We don’t know what’s actually going on, I can’t trust gov’t — TV: Private hospital finds cysts after ‘official’ tests were all clear (VIDEO)

“It’s Madness”: Doctors in Japan helping perpetuate Fukushima cover-up — Patients not being told their illnesses are from exposure to radioactive contamination — Scientific reports showing radiation health damage to humans are forbidden to be published (AUDIO)

Gundersen: Medical doctors ordered to not tell patients their problems are related to Fukushima radiation — Of course they’re going to say nobody died… the data records are distorted — People of Japan are essentially a scientific experiment, but nobody’s reporting results

Japan blog author claims medical workers said malformed babies are being declared as stillbirths or miscarriages — Not included in statistics (VIDEO)

Gundersen: Japan gov’t attempting to cover up health effects — A lot of deformities and cancers will be identified by citizens in next couple of years (AUDIO)

Gundersen: Deformities, stillbirths not being reported after Fukushima — Officials withholding truth about health effects — Gov’t suppressing studies on deformed animals (AUDIO)

Gundersen: Health effects from Fukushima are being hidden — Japan not publishing data on stillbirths, spontaneous abortions, cancers, and more since 3/11 — Indicates they’re afraid to release it (VIDEO)

Reporters in Japan write about rise in birth defects for 2011 — University won’t publish data on malformed babies after many years of doing so; Not releasing figures for Fukushima, other prefectures — Expert: This is ridiculous

Radiation Expert: “Alarming” number of children with cysts or lumps on thyroid after Fukushima — Access to Japan’s birth statistics requested, not granted

The focus here, as you can see, is on the cover-up, which brings us to the source of the cover-up...

Politics

Secrecy law approved in Japan — AP: Prison for ‘inappropriate reporting’ — Official: We’re on path to be fascist state — Fear Fukushima cover-ups to worsen

 Japan enacts state secrets law late Friday night amid revolt — “It criminalizes investigative journalism” — Terrorism defined as “imposing one’s opinions on others” 

Meanwhile, soil samples in Tokyo were found to be contaminated enough to be considered nuclear waste. This soil study was conducted over a year ago.

Gundersen: Tokyo soil so hot it should be sent to nuclear waste dump — Really severe releases hit city

Tokyo has not been evacuated. This is because the Japanese government apparently has no interest in the well-being of its people. This has been proven again and again, they've been caught in scandal after scandal concerning the nuclear disaster and the handling of it thereafter, as has TEPCO, the company originally operating the power plant.

Some of the many TEPCO scandals:

TEPCO subcontractor used lead to fake dosimeter readings at Fukushima plant

Tepco admits to reporting false radiation levels for nearly 2 years at Fukushima 

TV: Mentally disabled are working at Fukushima Daiichi, says journalist — Many men forced to go to plant — Homeless treated like ‘disposable people’

Gundersen: Concern an even larger calamity is coming at Fukushima — Guardian: Workers passing out within minutes of arriving at plant; Alcohol abuse a problem, men working with ‘the shakes’; Insiders say they’re suffering health problems

Some of the many Japanese government scandals:

Japan cracks down on leaks after scandal of Fukushima nuclear power plant

Scandal: Japan Forces Top Official To Retract Prime Minister’s Revelation Fukushima Permanently Uninhabitable

Official blasts Japan Gov’t over Fukushima: Such immoral people — Let radioactive substances flow out freely and said nothing while contaminating ocean — It’s just absurd — Now they’re trying to cover up the whole thing

As radiation levels rise, the Japanese government simply raises the "safety limits."

Before Fukushima: 100 Bq/kg of cesium is nuclear waste — After: 100 Bq/kg of cesium is safe to eat

The U.S. government is no better. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), with Obama's permission, quietly and dramatically raised the "safety limits" (PAGs) of nuclear radiation, including in the drinking water. There is no safe level of exposure to nuclear fall-out. According to their own numbers, where the "safety limits" are at now, will allow a cancer rate of 1 in 23. There is nothing safe about that.

Obama Approves Raising Permissible Levels of Nuclear Radiation in Drinking Water. Civilian Cancer Deaths Expected to Skyrocket

Obama has also publicly claimed that the radiation will be harmless, but is it?

West Coast officials, Obama: Don't worry about radiation risk in U.S.

How about you decide for yourself. Make your own decisions instead of letting some guy, who receives money from the nuclear industry, tell you what to think. Do some research. I know this information isn't exactly fun to read, but it is better to be informed and make informed decisions than it is to be unprepared.

Many people, when they finally realize what's happening, are going to be extremely resentful that they weren't told sooner, or really even at all. Well, we're trying. It's not easy when various governments, media outlets, and the nuclear industry are all colluding together in order to cover everything up, just like the Soviets did with Chernobyl. All these psychopaths care about is the economy and maintaining the status quo, regardless of how many millions of innocents die.

Liar, Liar: How NRC and other agencies present a united front of deception

Jiji: Cover-up of true radiation levels Fukushima residents were exposed to? WHO accused of underestimating disaster’s impact on human health

“Shameless”: New World Health Organization report shockingly downplays health risks after Fukushima — “WHO and other organisations must stop hiding the impact”

Reporter in Japan: I’m stunned by brazen cover-up and lies over effects of Fukushima radiation; An epic, unfolding tragedy — Physician: Response has been ‘unthinkable’ (VIDEO)

U.N. cover-up of Fukushima exposed on TV — Medical Doctor: There’s now many more cancer cases than we expected from Fukushima, UNSCEAR report has falsified estimations (VIDEO)

Professor: Fukushima disaster “beyond a cover-up” — Japan gov’t thinks they can get away with tricking masses about extent of problem — Officials and Tepco cannot be trusted, they are lying to the camera

NYT: Many experts now believe gov’t officials covered up true extent of public health risk from radiation — “Can no longer pull the wool over public’s eyes”

World Health Organization “beholden” to IAEA since 1959 — Can’t release a report without their agreement — “Like having Dracula guard the blood bank” (VIDEO)

This cover-up is the most heinous crime in the history of history. It makes the Nazis look like school-yard bullies.

This is more than a crime against humanity. It's a crime against every living being on this planet. This is random mass murder on such a scale, that nobody is safe, not even your great great great grand-children, if your lineage even makes it that far.

Can we really trust these corrupt institutions and corporations to be responsible with such dangerous technology? Again and again, it's been proven, no -- not at all. 

Take a look at what Hans Blix, former head of the IAEA, said.

Hans Blix, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, charged with the promotion of nuclear energy, stated after the Chernobyl meltdown became public that “the atomic industry can take catastrophes like Chernobyl every year”.

Really? A Chernobyl every year is acceptable?

Death toll estimate from Chernobyl now around 1.5 Million -Expert (VIDEO)

3 million children require treatment because of Chernobyl, many will die prematurely -U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan in 2000 

Apparently, mass murder is acceptable to these people.

Well, the only reason the U.S. developed nuclear technology in the first place was to mass murder as effectively as possible. Why do we need to do that again?

Activism

Nuclear technology is becoming less and less popular, and for good reason -- we simply don't need it. The U.S., for example, only gets 9% of its power using nuclear plants. Considering how dangerous they are, how inefficient they are, and how expensive they are, why use them at all?

We use them because the government wants to build bombs -- that's why -- it really is the only reason.

From what I've heard, the Japanese government wants to build nuclear bombs, too. There are rumors going around that the they were using the Fukushima plant to build them, using plutonium the U.S. illegally gave them. I can't say whether it's true or not, but I can say it makes a lot of sense. It would explain why Fukushima has such an excessive inventory, and also explains why both the Japanese and U.S. governments are going to such great lengths to cover-up this disaster. The Japanese people are extremely against nuclear weaponry. If you can't guess, it's because of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Also, if it was discovered that they were making bombs using U.S. plutonium, it would look very bad for the United States as well, especially considering how their justification for invading numerous Middle Eastern countries was to prevent them from having WMDs.

But anyway, something that you should definitely know, is that if an intense x-class solar flare takes down the electrical grid, as it did in the Carrington Event in 1859, every single nuclear plant on the planet will melt-down and, well, lets just say Mars would soon have a twin. It's inevitable that such a solar storm will happen eventually, but nobody can predict when.

Anytime somebody says we need nuclear technology, what they're really saying is that they're willing to sacrifice the future of the planet for the sake of momentary convenience. It doesn't get more selfish than that.

Either nuclear ends, or we do. It's really that simple. It's not an opinion, it's a fact.

Thanks for your time,
Brad Karr.