Calculating
Global Health Impacts of the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
July 17,
2012
In the
first detailed analysis of the event's global health effects, researchers
estimate the number of deaths and cases of cancer worldwide resulting from the
release of radiation.
By Max
McClure
Radiation
from Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster may eventually cause
approximately 130 deaths and 180 cases of cancer, mostly in Japan, Stanford
researchers have calculated.
The estimates
have large uncertainty ranges, but contrast with previous claims that the
radioactive release would likely cause no severe health effects.
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