Citizens' radiation fears beyond crisis zone mount

[kristopher]

Citizens' radiation fears beyond crisis zone mount

By MIZUHO AOKI and TAKAHIRO FUKADA
Staff writers

Reiko Nakamura, a 37-year-old mother of three children, said she has been checking radiation levels outside her house in Meguro Ward, Tokyo, every day since she bought a dosimeter in May.

Based on her readings, she decides whether to open the windows or leave them shut tight.

Trying to protect her children from radioactive materials spewing from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Nakamura has been buying produce grown in west Japan since mid-March.

"I'm buying produce on the Internet. Also we've been drinking water delivered from Yakushima (in Kagoshima Prefecture)," said Nakamura, who was at a gathering organized by Setagaya Kodomo Mamoru Kai (The Group to Protect Children in Setagaya) in late June. Nearly 30 mothers discussed ways to prevent radiation exposure.

"I'm not bothered about us adults. But thinking of my children's future health...

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[Mnemosyne]

1. Beyond heart-breaking. n/t

[kristopher]

2. If this world is going to get straightened out, the mothers are going to make it happen. nt

[Mnemosyne]

3. Almost always... n/t