Fukushima Deaths Now Higher Than In Tsunami

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Source: Sky News

Health complications from Japan's 2011 tsunami have killed more people in one region than the disaster itself, according to authorities.

Data compiled by officials and police show that three years after the disaster, 1,656 people living in Fukushima prefecture have died from stress and other illnesses related to the tsunami.

That compares with the 1,607 people who were killed as the huge waves hit the coastline.

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The waves left more than 18,000 people dead across the country and destroyed entire communities.

The tsunami caused a nuclear disaster after cooling systems at the Daiichi plant were knocked out, sending reactors into meltdown and forcing the evacuation of thousands of people.

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Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/1214600/fukushima-deaths-now-higher-than-in-tsunami

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1. Bags of irradiated soil are dumped in a tennis court in Naraha

One of the photos with the article:

Bags of irradiated soil are dumped in a tennis court in Naraha

[heaven05]

2. no surprise, right?

and the numbers will grow. Worldwide.

[CountAllVotes]

3. K&R

& recommend.

[The Stranger]

4. There are more replies to a Muslim cleric issuing a fatwa about Mars . . .

. . . than our slowly dying from Fukushima.

I swear, you couldn't make this shit up.

[uppityperson]

5. "stress and other illnesses related to the tsunami" indicates not from radiation but from tsunami

aftermath. Not saying it is in any way ok, but just wanted to make sure of what they are reporting rather than jumping to conclusions.

[NickB79]

6. No jumping to conclusions? This is DU!

We're so good at it, we're entering a team of DU'ers into the Olympics for it!

[FBaggins]

7. "Not radiation" does not equal "from the tsunami"

except to the extent that all of this was from the earthquake/tsunami.

What this really tells us is that planners need to balance the costs and health impacts of a long-term evacuation with the costs and health impacts of alternative plans.