Dr. Christopher Busby, BSc, PhD, C. Chem, MRSC, has been one of the most helpful and insightful sources for Japanese people left in radiation.

Dr. Busby obtained a BSc in Chemistry with First Class Honours from the University of London, and then did research for the Wellcome Foundation (applying spectroscopic and analytical methods to chemical pharmacology and molecular drug interactions). He became and elected member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He later gained a PhD in Chemical Physics at the University of Kent, researching Raman spectro-electrochemistry.

• Busby was a member of the British government sponsored Committee Examining Radiation Risks from Internal Emitters (CERRIE), which operated from 2001 to 2004.
• In 2001 he was appointed to the UK Ministry of Defence Oversight Committee on Depleted Uranium (DUOB).
• In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Liverpool, in the Department of Human Anatomy and Cell Biology.
• In 2004 he was named Leader of Science Policy for (EU) Policy Information Network for Child Health and Environment PINCHE based in Arnhem, The Netherlands.
• Busby was the scientific secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risks, an informal committee based in Brussels, which produced a report for CERRIE.

However, some Japanese people are becoming suspicious of him and “Christopher Busby Foundation for the Children of Fukushima” (CBFCF).

Some people even call him a fraud.

Is that true ?

I managed to have a chance to interview with Dr C.Busby and asked about the truth.

Me:

Here in Japan, we all need your help but are confused as well.

Some people say CBFCF and the tablets (source) are fraud business or something.

I think that’s just because the marketing caused a kind of misunderstanding in Japan or some people are trying to get rid of you.

筆者、多くの日本人がバズビー氏の助言を必要としていますが、少々混乱してもいます。
バズビー基金や、異常に高いサプリメントが詐欺商法じゃないかというんです。ぼく個人としては、これはマーケティングがまずかったのと、あなたの存在を煙たがってる人があなたを貶めようとしてるんじゃないかと思うんですが、どうお考えですか？

Dr C.Busby:

it is a nightmare.

The CBFCF is genuine enough but I have no control over what the web designers say and cant read Japanese. I have had various friends in Japan read the CBFCF sites and they say that they are OK but a bit commercial. But as soon as I got together with the guy who has the money to do this and make the supplements the CBFCF was attacked as a fraud and It was suggested I was a fraud and a snake oil salesman trying to get rich on the back of the children. etc. Interestingly, we were attacked by the harmonics life outfit that I went to help over the Koriyama lawsuit.

Meanwhile, they ( harmonics life) are collecting money for me to do measurements and I have done a lot of measurements for them. I dont know how much they collect but they sent me 2000 dollars to pay for the analyses (which are expensive, i have them done in a commercial lab here in the UK, and do some myself as well for a song). I have told both sides not to attack each other and that I dont sanction any attacks on anyone but they dont listen. Either it is the usual falling out of opposition parties chasing funding or it is something more sinister aimed to destroy my credibility. Personally I have had enough of all of them. Nothing is being done, no pills are being made, no measurements made and the situation deteriorates.

バズビー氏、悪夢だよ。バズビー基金は紛れもなく誠実だが、日本語のサイトで何が謳われているのか、俺には管理できないんだよ。そもそも日本語読めないんだよ。
日本のいろんな友人にサイトを見てもらったけど、”ダメじゃないけど若干金儲け臭がするね”という意見だった。でもスポンサーになってくれる人物と会って、サプリメントを作り始めるとすぐにデマだ、ガセだ、詐欺商法だ、という批判にさらされた。病気のこどもをだしにしてインチキ薬を売って一儲け狙ってるんじゃないかってね。
面白いのが、ハーモニクスライフの団体まで俺らを攻撃してくることだ。郡山での裁判にまで手伝いにいってやったんだぜ？（http://fukusima-sokai.blogspot.com/） その間彼らは寄付を募ってて、俺に放射能汚染測定を依頼してきた。やってやったよ、俺は。彼らがいくら受け取ったかは知らないけど、俺は2000ドルもらって分析をかけた。これがまた高いんだ。自分で二束三文でやった分もあるけど、それ以外はイギリス国内の商用施設で分析にかけた。
俺は両方に言ってやったんだ。くだらない罵り合いはやめろって。俺はそんな争いは認めん、と。でも全然人の言うこと聞かないんだよ。
大体こういうのは、同じようなことをやろうとして金儲け出来ずに不満をぶつけてくる連中か、あるいは俺の信用を台無しにしてやろうという悪意に満ちた動機が原因なんだ。
どっちにしろ、もうたくさんだ。結局のところまともな測定も出来てない、薬も作れない、何も出来てないのにこの有様だ。状況だけどんどん悪くなっていく。

Me:

Thank you very much for your explanation. I would like many people to know what is true.

I would be glad if you kindly allow me to post your comment on my blog.

筆者、ありがとうございます。この話をブログに載せて多くの人に知ってもらいたいんですが、構いませんか？

Dr C.Busby:

Yes, you may post my comment on your blog.

No doubt it will make matters worse, but it is the truth, many people would like to know, I expect.

バズビー氏、ああ、いいよ別に。火に油を注ぐだけだと思うけどね。でもこれが真実なんだ。みんな知りたがってると期待するよ。

Me:

I believe truth must be known by everyone whatever it may cause. And a casual question, we wonder why you don’t make videos with better production than a play ground or someone’s kitchen. ( better in the meaning of design. ) I think appearing in a lab or a studio might look way more authentic and prevent them from misunderstanding you.

筆者、僕はみんな真実を知るべきだと思いますけどね。たとえ結果がなんであれ。
ところでどうでもいい質問ですけど、どうしていつもブランコとか誰かんちの台所とか変な所でビデオをとるんですか？変、ていうのは、デザイン的な意味で。もっと研究所とかスタジオでとればもっとまともっぽく見えてこんな無用な誤解は招かなかったと思うんですけど、どうですか？

To be continued..