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PDJane

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10. Actually, depending on where and how the exposure occurred, the cancers can appear within months,
Wed Aug 21, 2013, 01:48 PM
Aug 2013

if not weeks. Dr. Doug Rokke noted these effects in his time in Iraq; he was tasked with cleaning up after the American military. His bio is here: http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/04/17/02335.html.

Interview here: http://www.yesmagazine.org/issues/our-planet-our-selves/594

Speech: http://grassrootspeace.org/DuRokkeGreece.pdf

More staff exposed: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-12/fukushima-workers-exposed-to-radiation-from-spray.html.

Director of Fukushima dead: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/masao-yoshida-dead_n_3565387.html Yes, they said it wasn't related to his exposure. No, that's not credible.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57573501/navy-vets-say-fukushima-meltdown-made-them-sick/



Staff at the plant have either died or are suffering from cancers. I would point out that denying it happens until there is a peer-reviewed paper on the subject will wait until someone has the gumption to go against the nuclear industry and the governments who want to hide what radiation does.

Am I afraid? No. But I am well aware of the number of people who will suffer because of this.

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