EcoWatch: The impact of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdown on the region`s young people is starting to add up.
104 of the area`s 300,000 young people who were under 18 at the time of the disaster have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, Japanese newspaper The Asahi Shinbun reported yesterday. This form of cancer has been linked to radiation exposure.
But, government officials in Fukushima say they do not believe the cases of thyroid gland cancer diagnosed or suspected in the 104 young people...