RSN: William Boardman | Fukushima's Three Nuclear Meltdowns Are "Under Control" - That's a Lie

21 June 19

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22 June 19 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News NEGLECTING THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF RSN - I love this project. I love the community that we serve. Many of us have been together for over a decade. When I say that we are not getting a "reasonable" degree of support and that the organization is suffering because of it, take that seriously. The solution is simple, don't wait so darned long before jumping in when we say we are moving too slowly. We need 390 donations @ $30. Please stop what you are doing and help end this fundraising drive TODAY! Our sincere thanks to you. / Marc Ash, Founder Reader Supported News Sure, I'll make a donation! RSN: William Boardman | Fukushima's Three Nuclear Meltdowns Are "Under Control" - That's a Lie  William Boardman, Reader Supported News Boardman writes: "The bland language of the official IAEA report is itself a form of lying, offering the false appearance of reassurance that a catastrophic event will be safely managed 'for several decades.'" THIS IS WHY YOU NEED TO SUPPORT RSN: EXCERPT:  Official government statistics show pediatric cancers almost doubling since the Fukushima meltdowns of 2011. Thyroid cancers are reaching epidemic levels. The Japanese government refuses to track leukemia and other cancers. The official Fukushima death toll is more than 18,000, including 2,546 who have never been recovered. Most of Fukushima prefecture remains uninhabitable due to high radiation levels. On March 21, 2019, Dr. Helen Caldicot offered an assessment much closer to the likely truth: They will never, and I quote never, decommission those reactors. They will never be able to stop the water coming down from the mountains. And so, the truth be known, it’s an ongoing global radiological catastrophe which no one really is addressing in full. The Japanese government doesn’t want to address Fukushima in full because it wants to re-start all its other nuclear power plants. TEPCO doesn’t want to address Fukushima in full because it wants to stay in business as long as the Japanese government is willing to make the company profitable with billions of dollars in bailouts. The IAEA and the rest of the nuclear industry don’t want to address Fukushima in full because they don’t want to see the over-priced, over-subsidized, and ultimately dangerous nuclear industry die from its own shortcomings. With billions of dollars at stake, who needs the truth? READ MORE The former White House communications director Hope Hicks. 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(photo: Orlando Sierra/Getty) Honduran President Cracks Down on Protests, Deploys Military teleSUR Excerpt: "President Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH) announced orders to the Honduran military Thursday to deploy to all parts of the country to stamp down the ever-widening protests against the neoliberal policies of his administration." READ MORE Research has shown health risks in products ranging from nail polish to plastic food packaging. (photo: DutchScenery/Getty Images/iStockphoto) Trump's EPA Is 'Dangerously Off the Rails' on Toxic Chemical Regulation, Say Senators Emily Holden, Guardian UK Holden writes: "Senate Democrats are charging that the Trump administration has gone 'dangerously off the rails,' in failing to implement landmark legislation meant to protect people from toxic chemicals." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Update My Monthly Donation