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The flight from Fukushima - and the grim return
2016-03-11 09:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster began to unfold, the searing psychological effects are still being felt among the 160,000 refugees who fled the fallout, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. But now there's growing pressure to return to contaminated areas declared 'safe' in efforts to whitewash the disaster's impacts. Why the rush? To clear the way for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, complete with events in Fukushima City. Patriotic duty will be center stage in the lead-up to the 2020 Summer...
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