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51 Sailors from USS Ronald Reagan Suffering Thyroid Cancer, Leukemia, Brain Tumors After Participating in Fukushima Neuclear Rescue Efforts
By trkingmomoe on Sun, 12/29/2013 - 1:55am |This is flying under the MSM radar right now. My grand daughter passed this on to me. Her husband is in the Navy.
Crew members in their mid-20's from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan are coming down with all sorts of radiation-related illnesses after being deployed less than 3 years ago to assist with earthquake rescue operations off the coast of Japan in 2011. It looks as though the onboard desalinization systems that take salt out of seawater to make it drinkable, were taking-in radioactive water from the ocean for the crew to drink, cook with and bath-in, before anyone realized there was a massive radiation spill into the ocean.
The Japan's government knew the first melt down happened 5 hours after the earth quake on March 11, 2011, but everyone thought is was a day later. The Navy was not told of the first melt down.
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Here's some other recent reports I found; they suggest to me that this is not new unreported news, but rather related to them trying to get attention about having another try at at lawsuit after a judge dismissed the first try:
New York Post, Dec. 22:
http://nypost.com/2013/12/22/70-navy-sailors-left-sickened-by-radiation-...
Fox News San Diego, Dec. 19:
http://fox5sandiego.com/2013/12/19/us-sailors-claim-radiation-sickness-f...
Al Jazeera America, Dec. 16:
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/the-stream/the-stream-officialb...
International Business Times, Dec. 24:
http://www.ibtimes.com/uss-ronald-reagan-crew-members-sick-cancer-three-...
Navy Times, Dec. 28 (on the resubmission of their lawsuit against TEPCO which was dismissed Nov. 26):
http://www.navytimes.com/article/20131228/NEWS08/312280004/Reagan-sailor...
In a quick and not very extensive search of NYTimes, I found this report from the time that their exposure was recognized at the time:
But I did not search further, and I suspect one could find more at the NYT with more skillful use of keywords.
by artappraiser on Sun, 12/29/2013 - 2:57am
Actually the aircraft carrier was involved with tsunami rescue efforts (not 'neuclear') as the ship was diverted almost immediately after the earthquake/&wave hit the island, in order to pull people from the water and deliver supplies/aid. The ship sailed into a highly toxic cloud unawares until a Navy radiation officer tasked with taking readings, found they were off the charts.
The Japs apparently knew a reactor had blown almost immediately the first day, and a radioactive cloud was billowing off the site, but didn't tell the US Navy or anyone downwind. Give it another 5 years before the punditry/establishment media pick this up, they are too busy with the usual distractions and nonsense, like the War on Christmas.
by NCD on Sun, 12/29/2013 - 11:20am
It's been covered on TV news, you can find people have reposted the stories on YouTube.
Fox News recently, Shephard Smith with 6 1/2 minutes report on lawsuit and background:
Fox News, recently, discussion on lawsuit:
ABC News recently, Good Morning America report introduced by George Stephanopolous:
CBS News, uploaded by "Mox News" on March 10, 2013:
by artappraiser on Sun, 12/29/2013 - 2:08pm
Here is a press conference given by two of the sailors at NYU: (you can find tapes of other similar appearances by them on You Tube):
The very low number of views of all these videos suggests to me a situation where there is very little public interest despite them attempting to get interest via press conferences and TV network news media covering the story. Reporters do some stories, but when they result in little interest, they do not continue ragging on it.
And when you think on it a bit, there is this factor that might be influencing how much the public cares to see coverage of this: military are paid to go into life-threatening situations, where they might be exposed to harm. And so far, it does seem that the argument that their exposure was accidental and the risk was part of their assignment and not purposeful or negligent seems to be the one that is winning. Also, there were 5,000+ people on the ship and they are not all party to these complaints so far. There would certainly be more interest if they all were.
by artappraiser on Sun, 12/29/2013 - 3:04pm