How to Hide Data on Nuclear Bomb Effects

Kurashi News from Japan

How
to hide data about the effects of atomic bombs

NHK is showing a
very interesting documentary tonight about the early studies done on the
victims of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The first research was done during the US
occupation, when there was no press freedom in Japan. Virtually no news about
radioactivity and its damage were to be released to the public until after the
occupation ended in 1952.

The early data from the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) said there was
no evidence of any damage to humans from radioactivity. ABCC is now called The Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF). The 1947
ABCC Report is available here (pdf) but it appears to be heavily edited
later. How easy it is to hide the truth about the terrible - no, worse: inhuman
- effects that atomic bombs have on all living things.

Radiation Health Effects

What NHK is pointing out is that people who entered Hiroshima
or Nagasaki
after the bombings were also exposed to high doses of radioactivity. This was
not accepted by the early legal frameworks for the hibakusha (victims of atomic
bombings). Recently, finally, through prolonged efforts in Japanese courts,
these victims are also able to get compensation for their suffering.

Written by
Martin J Frid at Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Labels: Peace

2 comments:

Pandabonium said...

In the US, one radio talk show host made a
point to remember the atomic bombings. Mike Malloy read a moving editorial
written by Reggie at tvnewslies.org about his impressions as a kid of 10 years
at the time of the bombings: The
Bombs of August : In Remembrance of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There were also
phone calls. One man lost an aunt to thyroid cancer a few years ago as a result
of the Hirohsima bomb. He told of the things his aunt had seen on that day.
Another was a man who was in the US Navy during the Korean war and saw Nagasaki in 1951 - it had
not yet been rebuilt. He was so shocked by the experience that it has haunted
him the rest of his life. He is now 75 years old and can scarcely find the
words to describe the devastation he saw, and was also angry at the horror of
the Korean conflict.

The deniers will point to Japanese atrocities as some kind of justification.
Those too should be viewed under the cold light of reason, but not as a kind of
tit-for-tat excuse. All empires go to war and are guilty of crimes against
humanity. We must objectively reject it all. It is all evil. The unnecessary
atomic bombing of two civilian cities for the purpose of weapons
experimentation and political one-upsmanship (which is what these events were)
must rank among the most heinous crimes in history.

Thanks to decades of denial, America
still has the "nuclear option" on the table. Worse, it is no longer
reserved for countries who have actually attacked it, but may be used against
any nation that its "decider" thinks may potentially be a threat.

Americans are still largely ignorant of their own victimization through nuclear
test fallout and radiation and fluoride leaks from Manhattan project facilities.

This is a topic that we must never let up on until the truth is broadly
understood.

9:16 PM, August 06, 2008

Martin J Frid said...

Thanks for the comment. Mike Malloy's radio program
seems high quality. Wish we could hear that show over here as well!

tvnewslies.org is worth a visit for its exposure of how TV lies to ordinary
people.