Study links Fukushima nuclear disaster to thyroid cancer in children

Researchers in Japan say that children living near the Fukushima nuclear plant have been diagnosed with thyroid cancer at a rate 20 to 50 times that of children in other places. Child cancer rate soars after Fukushima nuclear disaster ://t.co/ICyINhJuwD pic.twitter.com/maiQB4Ncoa -- TorontoStar (@TorontoStar) October 9, 2015 "This is more than expected and emerging faster than expected," lead author Toshihide Tsuda told The Associated Press. Since the nuclear meltdowns in 2011, most of the 370,0...