Cancer risk 70% higher for females in Fukushima area, says WHO

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4. Let's take a look at the report.

In the two most affected locations of Fukushima prefecture, the preliminary estimated radiation effective doses for the first year ranged from 12 to 25 mSv. In the highest dose location, the estimated additional lifetime risks for the development of leukaemia, breast cancer, thyroid cancer and all solid cancers over baseline rates are likely to represent an upper bound of the risk as methodological options were consciously chosen to avoid underestimation of risks.

The baseline risk for thyroid cancer among female infants was .75%, it has increased to 1.25% for babies kept by their mothers in the two most contaminated areas of Fukushima prefecture for at least one year.

Outside of the geographical areas most affected by radiation, even in locations within Fukushima prefecture, the predicted risks remain low and no observable increases in cancer above natural variation in baseline rates are anticipated. Some health effects of radiation, termed deterministic effects, are known to occur only after certain radiation dose levels are exceeded. The radiation doses in Fukushima prefecture were well below such levels and therefore such effects are not expected to
occur in the general population.

Meanwhile, 30,000 Americans have died from cancer due to coal smoke, and more people have died falling off their roofs erecting solar panels than will ever die from radiation at Fukushima.

Proportion matters.