Madness continuous to hit new record highs.
Flashback:
– Radioactive ‘Ekiden’ Marathon Race In Fukushima City In 1 Microsievert/Hr Radiation For Teenage Female Runners
AGAIN, Fukushima city should have been evacuated a looooong time ago.
– #Radioactive Ekiden Road Race: Girls Are Running in Radiation Often Higher Than That in Front of J-Village (EX-SKF, Nov. 12, 2011):
J-Village is located just inside the 20 kilometer radius from Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, and is the staging area for the plant work. Ordinary citizens cannot even enter (it is a “no entry” zone).
But the female athletes as young as 13 are running in the Ekiden Road Race in Fukushima City in the radiation often much higher than at J-Village. And the nation is supposed to cheer for the wonderful recovery of Fukushima Prefecture by watching these girls run.
The following are the actual air radiation measurements on the Ekiden course from the blog posts (here and here) of a TV writer who calls himself “Chidai”, on November 12. He measured the air radiation levels at 1 meter off the ground on the Ekiden course.
First, he shows the radiation at J-Village, as comparison:
0.91 microsievert/hour, in front of J-Village, right before the roadblock:
Now the Ekiden course in Fukushima City.
1.23 microsievert/hour, in front of the athletic stadium where the event starts:
0.91 microsievert/hour, first left-turn in the 1st segment, 400 meters from the stadium gate:
1.41 microsievert/hour, in front of Fukushima Horse Race Track:
There are many more locations that registered even higher radiation. He also says that when he measured at 5 centimeters off the ground, the radiation levels jumped everywhere.
One irony about the 1.41 microsievert/hour in front of the race track: he wryly and angrily notes that the race track is closed for this year, having canceled all races out of concern for the thoroughbred horses that are worth tens of millions of yen. The race track is doing the decontamination, replacing the turf for the horses. Yet, it is perfectly OK for all concerned to have underage girls run in the radiation.
The writer is sorry that he couldn’t have the event canceled. He is asking “What are we doing? Is this the “recovery” we want for Fukushima? Are we human, to allow this to happen? ”
Shame on the city. Shame on the athletic association and the corporate sponsors. And shame on the parents of these girls for being so willing to risk their daughters’ health for… For what?
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