[ransomnote]

They tested the children in March. Wonder what their thyroid exposure readings are now?

At the link, the blogger includes the Japanese news article and his English translation below each paragraph. For some reason, the Japanese characters are not displaying correctly today but they have been alright in the past - don't know what the problem is.

[NonValueAdded]

Time to rethink the KI protocols. I wonder what was their plan and how closely it was followed.

[wardaddy]

Gonna need a lot of Levoxyl or Synthroid down the road

[ASOC]

Humm

What's the Japanese word for “Downwinder?”

Fully half of my wife's graduating class is dead - from various cancers. As a downwinder, this really strikes home.

And the FedGov said “not to worry”. Sound familiar?

[SuziQ]

Of course their thyroid glands would show some exposure; it’s one of the most easily affected organs of the body, because the radioactive iodine is taken up so quickly, even at very low levels.

[J Aguilar]

They tested the children in March. Wonder what their thyroid exposure readings are now?

Surely lower. Iodine disintegrates rapidly, so three months after the quake, it only can be found around the power plant. Four months after the quake, not even there, as you can see here.

In order to scare people, elements with a longer half-life are needed.