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   Two years later, the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan may be   
   affecting the health of young children in San Diego.   
      
   "We should take this very seriously," said Joseph Mangano, the   
   executive director of the New York-based Radiation and Public Health   
   Project, which researches the impact of nuclear power.   
      
   The group obtained results of eight air samples conducted by the EPA   
   in San Diego in the month and a half after the nuclear disaster began.   
      
   It found that beta radiation levels in San Diego were more than six   
   times the normal amount. While those are still low levels, the group   
   says its numbers show the radiation may have harmed children.   
      
   The research group looked at those most vulnerable – infants – along   
   with a gland susceptible to radiation, the thyroid.   
      
   In a study of states in the West Coast and in the Pacific, infants   
   born soon after the nuclear disaster were 28 percent more likely to   
   develop congenital hypothyroidism, which can lead to stunted growth.   
      
   In California, that number jumped to 39 percent.   
      
   Critics say there is still no direct evidence those radiation levels   
   can harm humans.   
      
   "It's not like every newborn developed a terrible disease," said   
   Mangano. "The effects are more subtle than that."   
      
   But Mangano says there should be concern because if the radiation is   
   impacting the young, the true impact may not be known for years, even   
   decades.   
      
   Mangano said he plans more studies in the next year looking at the   
   fallout and any links to infants' deaths and birth defects.   
      
   SOURCE: http://www.10news.com/news/study-says-fallout-from-nucle   
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