is there still radation affecting people in japan today?
2007-05-06 07:15:57 · 4 answers · asked by julia 1 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
yes
2007-05-06 08:01:12 · answer #1 · answered by Ivan S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, radiation no longer affects people directly. I have been to Hiroshima myself about 20 years ago and everyone was carrying about their business just like in any of the other cities I visited or lived in during my 6 years in Western Japan (the area near Hiroshima).
Elderly people who were around during or after the bombing are really the only ones dying from radiation-related illnesses and/or cancer.
There has been no measurable radiation (above background levels) in Hiroshima for a long time. However, up until about 30 years or so ago, women from Hiroshima had a harder time getting married since men "didn't want their children to be born with defects". This old way of thinking is pretty much non-existent now. (Thank goodness.)
2007-05-09 12:24:32 · answer #2 · answered by Jazz In 10-Forward 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. People are still dying from the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, both from exposure during the actual bombing and from entering the area later.
The Australian journalist, Wilfred Burchett, died about nine years ago and it was a combination of old age and minor cancer. He was exposed during a visit to Hiroshima on the day that the Japanese formally surrended to General MacArthur in Tokyo bay.
2007-05-06 21:46:31 · answer #3 · answered by Walter B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you bet ye.
2007-05-06 21:42:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋