by Adrian Lee, The Express, UK via Dianuke.org, 30 March 2013
Two years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster local children are showing signs of cancer, prompting cries of a cover-up.
In the shadow of the Fukushima nuclear power station life appears to have returned to normal. A farmer tends his cows and goes about his daily routine as dogs play round his feet. Signs of spring are everywhere and birds sing. But take a closer look and it’s all a sham. The rice fields are overgrown with weeds as tall as a man. The rest of this village, near the scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl, is deserted. Washing still hanging on lines hints at the panic which engulfed this region of Japan.
The farmer is among a handful of people who defied an order by the authorities to evacuate. Beef from this area was once prized for its taste and quality but his cows, which graze within sight of the chimneys of the plant, should have been slaughtered and are now worthless.
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