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ABC TV “Foreign Correspondent” Mark Willacy on cancer cluster at Fukushima

The Next Wave Broadcast: 03/11/2013 Reporter: Mark Willacy http://www.abc.net.au/foreign/content/2013/s3881365.htm

“………..Tests commissioned by the local authorities have discerned an alarming spike in the incidence of thyroid cancer in Fukushima children and while specialists and experts are reluctant to draw a definitive link between the tumours and the nuclear radiation that erupted from the stricken power station, they’re nonetheless deeply concerned.

“The doctors in Fukushima say that it shouldn’t be coming out so soon, so it can’t be related to the nuclear accident. But that’s very unscientific, and it’s not a reason we can accept.” AKIRA SUGENOYA Former Thyroid Surgeon & Chernobyl Volunteer

From the day the waves came, to the now concluding days of his posting, North Asia Correspondent Mark Willacy has covered every corner of this epic, unfolding drama. Among his reporting some very powerful work for Foreign Correspondent including the award winning ‘The Boy On The Bike’ and ‘The Fukushima Syndrome’. 

Mark’s book ‘Fukushima’ is also a finalist in this year’s Walkley Awards.

Now he returns a final time to investigate worrying new claims a cancer cluster has developed around the radiation zone and the victims are children.

November 4, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Audiovisual