Wont see this on Faux

[Douger]

Medical Journal Article: 14,000 U.S. Deaths Tied to Fukushima Reactor Disaster Fallout - PR Newswire - sacbee.com

 

[blastoff]

So that means it will be seen on MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc.?

 

[Katzndogz]

Bush did it.

 

[PredFan]

What is Faux?

 

[Valerie]

Wow.

An estimated 14,000 excess deaths in the United States are linked to the radioactive fallout from the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactors in Japan, according to a major new article in the December 2011 edition of the International Journal of Health Services. This is the first peer-reviewed study published in a medical journal documenting the health hazards of Fukushima.Authors Joseph Mangano and Janette Sherman note that their estimate of 14,000 excess U.S. deaths in the 14 weeks after the Fukushima meltdowns is comparable to the 16,500 excess deaths in the 17 weeks after the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986.

The rise in reported deaths after Fukushima was largest among U.S. infants under age one. The 2010-2011 increase for infant deaths in the spring was 1.8 percent, compared to a decrease of 8.37 percent in the preceding 14 weeks.

The IJHS article will be published Tuesday and will be available online as of 11 a.m. EST at Radiation and Public Health Project . Just six days after the disastrous meltdowns struck four reactors at Fukushima on March 11, scientists detected the plume of toxic fallout had arrived over American shores. Subsequent measurements by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found levels of radiation in air, water, and milk hundreds of times above normal across the U.S. The highest detected levels of Iodine-131 in precipitation in the U.S. were as follows (normal is about 2 picocuries I-131 per liter of water): Boise, ID (390); Kansas City (200); Salt Lake City (190); Jacksonville, FL (150); Olympia, WA (125); and Boston, MA (92). Epidemiologist Joseph Mangano, MPH MBA, said: "This study of Fukushima health hazards is the first to be published in a scientific journal. It raises concerns, and strongly suggests that health studies continue, to understand the true impact of Fukushima in Japan and around the world.

Medical Journal Article: 14,000 U.S. Deaths Tied to Fukushima Reactor Disaster Fallout - MarketWatch

 

[PredFan]

I had to reasearch this "journal" because even though I'm a healthcare professional, I've never heard of it. Here's a little gem from the publishers about this:

"The Journal contains articles on health and social policy, political economy and sociology, history and philosophy, ethics and law in the areas of health and health care. The Journal provides analysis of developments in the health and social sectors of every area of the world, including relevant scholarly articles, position papers, and stimulating debates about the most controversial issues of the day. It is of interest to health professionals and social scientists interested in the many different facets of health, disease, and health care."

Sounds like a "journal" with an agenda.

It was praised highly by the WHO which we know has an agenda. I smell a rat here.

 

[daveman]

Medical Journal Article: 14,000 U.S. Deaths Tied to Fukushima Reactor Disaster Fallout - PR Newswire - sacbee.com

Medical News: Study Aims to Link Japanese Reactor Leaks Deaths in U.S. - in Public Health & Policy, Environmental Health from MedPage Today

In a telephone press conference, Mangano said the finding is a "clarion call for more extensive research."

But he told MedPage Today that the researchers can't rule out factors other than the Fukushima radiation that might have accounted for the excess.

"There are probably a variety of factors that could be linked to this excess of 14,000 deaths," he said. "But it does raise a red flag."

On the contrary, any link between the deaths and the radiation released by the reactors is "very, very unlikely" simply because the levels are low, according to Richard Morin, PhD, of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla.

Morin told MedPage Today that such an acute effect would be unlikely, unless radiation levels were four or five orders of magnitude higher than those reported by Mangano and Sherman, and the whole body of the victim was exposed.

Typically, he said, the effect of low-level ionizing radiation doesn't appear until years after the exposure.

Morin, who is chair of the American College of Radiology's safety committee, said an earlier public report by the authors on the same issue -- preceding the journal article -- "has not been taken seriously by the scientific community."

He added it's important to remember that "association doesn't imply causation."​

The study is crap and was conducted by people who want to shut down all nuclear power plants.

Dismissed.

 

[Valerie]

I had to reasearch this "journal" because even though I'm a healthcare professional, I've never heard of it. Here's a little gem from the publishers about this:

"The Journal contains articles on health and social policy, political economy and sociology, history and philosophy, ethics and law in the areas of health and health care. The Journal provides analysis of developments in the health and social sectors of every area of the world, including relevant scholarly articles, position papers, and stimulating debates about the most controversial issues of the day. It is of interest to health professionals and social scientists interested in the many different facets of health, disease, and health care."

Sounds like a "journal" with an agenda.

It was praised highly by the WHO which we know has an agenda. I smell a rat here.

Yeah, I wonder how they made that determination that the infant deaths were caused by radiation exposure...Just by virtue of the timing or what???

This is the first peer-reviewed study published in a medical journal documenting the health hazards of Fukushima. Authors Joseph Mangano and Janette Sherman note that their estimate of 14,000 excess U.S. deaths in the 14 weeks after the Fukushima meltdowns is comparable to the 16,500 excess deaths in the 17 weeks after the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986.

The rise in reported deaths after Fukushima was largest among U.S. infants under age one. The 2010-2011 increase for infant deaths in the spring was 1.8 percent, compared to a decrease of 8.37 percent in the preceding 14 weeks.

The IJHS article will be published Tuesday and will be available online as of 11 a.m. EST at Radiation and Public Health Project.


Radiation and Public Health Project

 

[daveman]

I had to reasearch this "journal" because even though I'm a healthcare professional, I've never heard of it. Here's a little gem from the publishers about this:

"The Journal contains articles on health and social policy, political economy and sociology, history and philosophy, ethics and law in the areas of health and health care. The Journal provides analysis of developments in the health and social sectors of every area of the world, including relevant scholarly articles, position papers, and stimulating debates about the most controversial issues of the day. It is of interest to health professionals and social scientists interested in the many different facets of health, disease, and health care."

Sounds like a "journal" with an agenda.

It was praised highly by the WHO which we know has an agenda. I smell a rat here.

Yeah, I wonder how they made that determination that the infant deaths were caused by radiation exposure...Just by virtue of the timing or what???

This is the first peer-reviewed study published in a medical journal documenting the health hazards of Fukushima. Authors Joseph Mangano and Janette Sherman note that their estimate of 14,000 excess U.S. deaths in the 14 weeks after the Fukushima meltdowns is comparable to the 16,500 excess deaths in the 17 weeks after the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986.

The rise in reported deaths after Fukushima was largest among U.S. infants under age one. The 2010-2011 increase for infant deaths in the spring was 1.8 percent, compared to a decrease of 8.37 percent in the preceding 14 weeks.

The IJHS article will be published Tuesday and will be available online as of 11 a.m. EST at Radiation and Public Health Project.


Radiation and Public Health Project

Pretty much. But then, leftist "scientists" believe that correlation implies causation. Look at AGW.

 

[Valerie]

I had to reasearch this "journal" because even though I'm a healthcare professional, I've never heard of it. Here's a little gem from the publishers about this:

"The Journal contains articles on health and social policy, political economy and sociology, history and philosophy, ethics and law in the areas of health and health care. The Journal provides analysis of developments in the health and social sectors of every area of the world, including relevant scholarly articles, position papers, and stimulating debates about the most controversial issues of the day. It is of interest to health professionals and social scientists interested in the many different facets of health, disease, and health care."

Sounds like a "journal" with an agenda.

It was praised highly by the WHO which we know has an agenda. I smell a rat here.

Yeah, I wonder how they made that determination that the infant deaths were caused by radiation exposure...Just by virtue of the timing or what???

This is the first peer-reviewed study published in a medical journal documenting the health hazards of Fukushima. Authors Joseph Mangano and Janette Sherman note that their estimate of 14,000 excess U.S. deaths in the 14 weeks after the Fukushima meltdowns is comparable to the 16,500 excess deaths in the 17 weeks after the Chernobyl meltdown in 1986.

The rise in reported deaths after Fukushima was largest among U.S. infants under age one. The 2010-2011 increase for infant deaths in the spring was 1.8 percent, compared to a decrease of 8.37 percent in the preceding 14 weeks.

The IJHS article will be published Tuesday and will be available online as of 11 a.m. EST at Radiation and Public Health Project.


Radiation and Public Health Project

Pretty much. But then, leftist "scientists" believe that correlation implies causation. Look at AGW.

Yeah it looks to me like any anti-nuke organization could just pluck a statistic out of thin air and claim that the correlation equals causation...Which of course it does not.

Photo of Christie and Joseph Mangano, at 2008 RPHP luncheon

Christie Brinkley discusses RPHP in the cover story of the June 2010 Ladies Home Journal
As an activist concerned about the dangers of nuclear power plants, she can knowledgeably cite facts and figures about the issue.

 

[daveman]

Yeah, I wonder how they made that determination that the infant deaths were caused by radiation exposure...Just by virtue of the timing or what???

Pretty much. But then, leftist "scientists" believe that correlation implies causation. Look at AGW.

Yeah it looks to me like any anti-nuke organization could just pluck a statistic out of thin air and claim that the correlation equals causation...Which of course it does not.

Photo of Christie and Joseph Mangano, at 2008 RPHP luncheon

Christie Brinkley discusses RPHP in the cover story of the June 2010 Ladies Home Journal
As an activist concerned about the dangers of nuclear power plants, she can knowledgeably cite facts and figures about the issue.

It sucked in the idiot OP, though.

 

[westwall]

Buried within the "study" was this little missive...

"Based on our continuing research, the actual death count here may be as high as 18,000, with influenza and pneumonia, which were up five-fold in the period in question as a cause of death."

So they are claiming that deaths due to influenza and pulmonary causes during the weeks after the disaster were somehow related the radiation. A more ludicrous claim would be hard to find.