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61. Thyroid cancers up in Fukushima Province

Thu Nov 14, 2013, 05:27 PM

Nov 2013

Screening of Fukushima residents who were 18 or younger at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster had found 26 confirmed and 32 suspected cases of thyroid cancer as of Sept. 30, according to the Fukushima Prefectural Government.

Read more: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/11/13/national/thyroid-cancers-up-in-fukushima/#at_pco=tcb-1.0&at_tot=8&at_ab=-&at_pos=0

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I think it is odd that the japan times has completely changed, now with a paywall and even the formatting is now kind of wierd. So anyway< I am over my story limit and don't wanna pay for it, so that's why the stories are so short from that source....

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