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**Aquarius**

tethys Wrote:

Children Having Heart Attacks 6 Months After March Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Began Chris Busby

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I'm wondering if low doses of radiation would also cause heart attacks in adults, especially those whose health has already been compromised by breathing and eating massive amounts of environmental toxins.

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**tethys** · (This post was last modified: 04-23-2012 09:36 PM by tethys.)

Aquarius Wrote:

tethys Wrote:
Children Having Heart Attacks 6 Months After March Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Began Chris Busby

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I'm wondering if low doses of radiation would also cause heart attacks in adults, especially those whose health has already been compromised by breathing and eating massive amounts of environmental toxins.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...202710.htm

Radiation can cause heart disease in people of all ages as explained in the link above.
The Imperial College London team, led by Dr. Mark Little, has explored a novel mechanism that suggests that radiation kills monocytes (a type of white blood cell) in the arterial wall, which would otherwise bind to monocyte chemo-attractant protein 1 (MCP-1). The resultant higher levels of MCP-1 cause inflammation which leads to cardiovascular disease.

Vitamin D has been shown to increase blood levels of an anti-inflammatory compound.
http://newhope360.com/vitamins/anti-infl...art-health

**Aquarius** · (This post was last modified: 04-23-2012 09:49 PM by Aquarius.)

tethys Wrote:

Aquarius Wrote:
tethys Wrote:
Children Having Heart Attacks 6 Months After March Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Began Chris Busby

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I'm wondering if low doses of radiation would also cause heart attacks in adults, especially those whose health has already been compromised by breathing and eating massive amounts of environmental toxins.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200...202710.htm

Radiation can cause heart disease in people of all ages as explained in the link above.

The Imperial College London team, led by Dr. Mark Little, has explored a novel mechanism that suggests that radiation kills monocytes (a type of white blood cell) in the arterial wall, which would otherwise bind to monocyte chemo-attractant protein 1 (MCP-1). The resultant higher levels of MCP-1 cause inflammation which leads to cardiovascular disease.

Vitamin D has been shown to increase blood levels of an anti-inflammatory compound.
http://newhope360.com/vitamins/anti-infl...art-health

Thanks for the info, tethys.
Living here in Oregon, I've wondered what to watch for/expect.

**tethys**

Aquarius Wrote:

Thanks for the info, tethys.
Living here in Oregon, I've wondered what to watch for/expect.

I suspect the recent incidents of heart attacks in young fit soccer players may be due to this as it is typically rainy in the soccer season in Europe, also the practice sessions take place in the rain.

Makes sense not to garden if it is rainy and if caught out in the rain to shower off when you get home.

Vitamin D is your friend.

**Aquarius**

tethys Wrote:

Aquarius Wrote:
Thanks for the info, tethys.
Living here in Oregon, I've wondered what to watch for/expect.

I suspect the recent incidents of heart attacks in young fit soccer players may be due to this as it is typically rainy in the soccer season in Europe, also the practice sessions take place in the rain.

Makes sense not to garden if it is rainy and if caught out in the rain to shower off when you get home.

Vitamin D is your friend.

A few months back, I was out in the rain a bit and had an unexplained nosebleed ... funny thing is, my outdoor cat had a similar nose bleed that same evening. (He has never had one before or since that I know of.) I even did a thread about it, and discovered others in this area had experienced the same thing in the same time frame.
Since then I have avoided the rain like the plague ... not that it's all that easy in the PacNW!
It was a strange nosebleed. Not the normal kind, but more like a pink seepage from my sinuses.

Yes ... I take 5,000 units of Vitamin D per day. I was taking about half that much, but upped it a few months back.

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**Nitwit**

Are We Dead Yet?

doomed

**Nitwit** · (This post was last modified: 04-23-2012 11:11 PM by Nitwit.)

Sorry, had to say it... was saying the same thing a year ago on this thread and here we are still saying the same things... Heartflowers

**mael**

Nitwit Wrote:

Sorry, had to say it... was saying the same thing a year ago on this thread and here we are still saying the same things...

Most kind of you.

Please come back at the same time next year and enlighten us with your observations.

**Sarah**

I haven't watched them all yet, but there are 4 videos posted here about Fukushima. I'm going to skip the one that shows the family driving off without the dog though.

http://enenews.com/closing-scene-family-...hima-video

**Aquarius**

Sarah Wrote:

I haven't watched them all yet, but there are 4 videos posted here about Fukushima. I'm going to skip the one that shows the family driving off without the dog though.

http://enenews.com/closing-scene-family-...hima-video

Thanks for the link, Sarah. I'll watch these tomorrow ... too late to get started on them tonight.

**mael**

Has our long-standing thread-leader melted-down?

**Aquarius**

mael Wrote:

Has our long-standing thread-leader melted-down?

It's been over 36 hours since he's posted. I hope he's okay!

REC! We miss your updates!

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Aquarius Wrote:

mael Wrote:
Has our long-standing thread-leader melted-down?

It's been over 36 hours since he's posted. I hope he's okay!

REC! We miss your updates!

To let this thread die

would be a great misdeed.

WE must keep it a live in REC's absence.

**•REC** · **•REC** 14877 User ID: 14877 04-25-2012 12:15 PM **Posts: 20,415**

Japanese nuclear plants sit atop ‘unstable region’: report

Two nuclear power plants in Japan are located right on top of a seismically unstable region, raising the possibility of an earthquake-induced disaster, according to a report on Wednesday.

Tomari plant in Hokkaido and Tsuruga plant in Fukui Prefecture sit on active faults, the Japanese media reported, citing a report by Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency.

The fault under the Tsuruga plant is believed to have moved some 4,500 years ago, according to Kyodo news agency. The underground layers in the region are fractured zones created by the movement of active faults, making the area susceptible to earthquakes in the future.

This means the Tsuruga plant may be forced to shut down soon because the Japanese government forbids nuclear reactors from being built on faults that have the potential to cause tremors.

Tsuruga plant’s operator Japan Atomic Power Company denied that the plant was a risk, stressing that the fault under the nuclear reactor has never caused quakes before.

However, the fact that it has no history of quakes does not guarantee safety, given that a massive aftershock that followed a devastating 9.0 temblor in Fukushima Prefecture last March occurred on a fault that was thought to be stable.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2012/...eport.html

**•REC** · **•REC** 14877 User ID: 14877 04-25-2012 12:20 PM **Posts: 20,415**

Part of Fukushima Will Still Be Above 20 Millisieverts/Year 20 Years from Now

Looking at the radiation map that the Ministry published on April 23, 2012, part of Namie-machi, Iitate-mura, Okuma-machi, and Futaba-machi will continue to be more than 20 millisieverts per year external radiation.

Also note that the air radiation levels in most of Date City and Fukushima City will still be more than 1 millisievert per year 20 years from now.

The METI simulation maps on air radiation levels in the areas in and around the evacuation zones in Fukushima, based on the aerial surveys done in November 2011:

Maps at link-
http://ex-skf.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/par...above.html