51 Sailors from USS Ronald Reagan Suffering Thyroid Cancer, Leukemia, Brain Tumors After

[kristopher]

63. The story is accurate

The fact that it is a repost by a site some consider disreputable is dealt with in the thread by showing a number of other places it was posted as well as tracking it back to the original.

Haven't looked at the turner site myself because I trust the comments enough to not want to fund it, but, here are some alternative places to read about the story from bananas in the thread above:

Post 8 by bananas

Here's a different link

It's a podcast audio interview:
http://www.nuclearhotseat.com/nuclear-hotseat-129-us-sailors-vs-tepco-attorney-charles-bonner/

December 10, 2013

Nuclear Hotseat #129: US Sailors Vs. TEPCO Attorney Charles Bonner

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INTERVIEW: Attorney Charles Bonner, one of the team representing sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan in their lawsuit against TEPCO for the health damages they sustained from Fukushima radiation during Operation Tomadachi, the humanitarian aid mission to Japan immediately after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Post 9 by bananas

Partial transcript

http://enenews.com/another-20-navy-sailors-uss-ronald-reagan-crew-with-thyroid-cancer-leukemia-brain-tumors-bleeding-blindness-children-becoming-sick-after-responding-to-311-crisis-japan-govt-and-tepc

Another 20 Navy Sailors: USS Ronald Reagan crew with thyroid cancers, leukemia, brain tumors, bleeding, blindness after Fukushima disaster — Young kids developing problems — Gov’t and Tepco involved in major conspiracy (AUDIO)

Published: December 12th, 2013 at 1:02 am ET
By ENENews
137 comments

Nuclear Hotseat #129, Dec. 10, 2013:

At 27:00 in

Charles Bonner, attorney representing sailors from the USS Ronald Reagan: They’re not only going to the rescue by jumping into the water and rescuing people out of the water, but they were drinking desalinated sea water, bathing in it, until finally the captain of the USS Ronald Reagan alarmed people that they were encountering high levels of radiation. As a result of this exposure, the 51 sailors that we represent right now have come down with a host of medical problems, including cancers and leukemias, all kinds of gynecological problems (...) people who are going blind, pilots who had perfect eyesight but now have tumors on the brain. These service men and women are young people 21, 22, 23 years old and no one in their family had ever (inaudible) any of these kinds of illnesses before.

At 33:00

Bonner: These sailors had none of these kind of medical problems, now they have back pains, memory loss, severe anxiety. They have testicular cancer, they have thyroid cancers, they have leukemias, they have a host of problems, rectal and gynecological bleeding, a host of problems that they did not have before (...) And it’s only been 3 years since they went in. (...) The Japanese government is in a major conspiracy with Tepco to hide and conceal the true facts.

At 34:30 in

Bonner: We’ll be adding approximately 20 sailors, bringing the total number in the lawsuit to 70 to 75.

At 47:30 in

Bonner: 21 and 22 year-olds who are just beginning to start their lives, start their families, and many have little children and now they’re sick. They are going constantly to the doctors, their children are sick — we even have small children as some of our plaintiffs, because they too have developed problems.

Full interview available here

Post 11 by bananas

He described at the press conference retrieving the American flag that had flown atop the carrier to give to the people of Japan as a ceremonial gesture. The wind, he recalled, caused the flag to flap around his body as he brought it down by rope. Only later did he realize the flag and the rope were probably highly contaminated with radiation.

After folding the flag, he went out to eat with his buddy. The two joked about growing extra fingers and toes, Enis said. Talk of a radiation leak had begun spreading onboard, despite being downplayed by officials. On a whim, the friends decided to get checked for radiation. His friend tested clean, but the geiger went crazy on Enis' hands.

"Instantly, we went from smiling to just being nervous and scared," Enis recalled. "No one told me at the time what was going on."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/11/fukushima-navy-health-problems_n_2855529.html

Post 31 by bananas

31. Some older links, if you haven't seen them.

US sailors sue Japan's TEPCO for post-quake radiation exposure
Source: NBC News
Dec 28, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014349678

San Diego sailor angered over Japan radiation exposure
Source: KGTV
Dec 29, 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014350902

U.S. Navy Sailor: Our digital watches stopped working when offshore Fukushima after 3/11 - "We were
Mar 19, 2013
http://www.democraticunderground.com/101658495

Post 36 by bananas

36. Use the nuclear-news.net link

It links to the enenews article and to the nuclear hotseat podcast - they are all good sites which I recommend:
http://nuclear-news.net/2013/12/13/more-usa-sailors-afflicted-by-exposure-to-fukushima-radiation/

Post 61 by bananas

61. It's been picked up by Al Jazeera

http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/the-stream/the-stream-officialblog/2013/12/16/uss-reagan-sailorsreportcancersafterfukushimarescuemission.html