Young evacuees' thyroids irregular {japan}

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http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20111004x2.html

Nagano — Hormonal and other irregularities were detected in the thyroid glands of 10 out of 130 children evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture, a Nagano Prefecture-based charity dedicated to aid for the victims of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident said Tuesday.

The Japan Chernobyl Foundation and Shinshu University Hospital did blood and urine tests on youngsters aged up to 16, including babies under age 1, for about a month through the end of August in Chino, Nagano, when the children stayed there temporarily after evacuating from Fukushima.

No clear link has been established between the children's condition and the radiation from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, according to the nonprofit organization.

"At present, we cannot say the children are ill, but they require long-term observation," said Minoru Kamata, chief of the foundation.

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6. I wonder what they would find if our children were scrutinized as thoroughly as these

Japanese kids are? Where is the comparison for 'normal'?

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