Fukushima Pediatrician Warns: “Clear sign something abnormal is occurring” in young children

Published: September 12th, 2012 at 1:16 am ET
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Title: Disaster-area kids under hard stress
Source: Jiji
Date: Sep. 12, 2012

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In Koriyama, Fukushima, the weight of about 30 4-year-olds was recorded until they turned 5. It was found that their weight increased at an average annual rate of 2.4 kg before the disaster struck, but the annual rise shrank to 1.5 kg afterward.

Pediatrician Shintaro Kikuchi, 42, of Koriyama, who conducted the study, warned this is a clear sign something abnormal is occurring.

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See also: Jiji: Many children appear "prone to sickness and weak" after 3/11 -- Reuters: Many children with "immune system problems and listlessness" after Chernobyl

Published: September 12th, 2012 at 1:16 am ET
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