Fukushima: thousands have died, thousands more will die

The Ecologist
Aug 17, 2015, 8:59 am70 pts
New evidence from Fukushima shows that as many as 2,000 people have died from necessary evacuations, writes Ian Fairlie, while another 5,000 will die from cancer. Future assessments of fatalities from nuclear disasters must include deaths from displacement-induced ill-heath and suicide in addition to those from…

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