Friday, March 21, 2014

US Sailors and Marines Allege Fukushima Radiation Sickness | Common Dreams

US Sailors and Marines Allege Fukushima Radiation Sickness | Common Dreams

"Three years have passed since the earthquake and tsunami that caused the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. The tsunami’s immediate death toll was more than 15,000, with close to 3,000 still missing. Casualties are still mounting, though, both in Japan and much farther away. The impact of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown on health and the environment is severe, compounded daily as radioactive pollution continues to pour from the site, owned by the Tokyo Electric Power Company, TEPCO."