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Katashi_itto

(10,175 posts)
Tue Nov 5, 2013, 12:25 PM Nov 2013

STOP FUKUSHIMA RADIATION- UN ACTION NEEDED: PETITION

This is an urgent, escalating catastrophe that must be addressed ASAP. The costs of financing the containment/cleanup far exceed the capabilities of Japan; the world community has a collective responsibility to share the financial burden. We petition the UN to set up an international group, free from conflicts of interest, to manage the ongoing disaster. This group would: 1. prepare an innovative remediation plan 2. gather the appropriate and required resources for such remediation, drawing without limitation on funding from the entire world 3. streamline the operations at the site, working with Japan 4. provide regularly published progress reports including prevailing risks to the worldwide community.

Legal Basis: The UN has a fiduciary duty to act immediately and decisively when collective human rights, basic livelihood, environmental security, and right to know are being jeopardized. Fukushima poses a risk of “omnicide” on a scale beyond our historical experience.


https://secure.avaaz.org/en/petition/STOP_FUKUSHIMA_RADIATION_UN_ACTION_NEEDED/

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STOP FUKUSHIMA RADIATION- UN ACTION NEEDED: PETITION (Original Post) Katashi_itto Nov 2013 OP
Thank You agent46 Nov 2013 #1
Agree! They are in for an ugly wake up. Katashi_itto Nov 2013 #2

agent46

(1,262 posts)
1. Thank You
Tue Nov 5, 2013, 12:38 PM
Nov 2013

I posted this weeks ago and got crickets. A lot of people still think Fukushima is alarmist CT stuff. It isn't.

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