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Re[2]: Japanese nuclear 'slaves' at risk - BBC reply
So what is the source of BBC's information about the 700 people who
they claim may have died from radiation exposure in Japan
(paragraph one, first sentence)?
Again, the media can publish any ludicrous, outrageous statement
they want and are apparently not accountable for accuracy.
Vincent King
vincent.king@doegjpo.com
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> >Japanese nuclear 'slaves' at risk
> >Untrained workers are being exposed to high levels of radiation
> >By Juliet Hindell in Tokyo
> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_493000/493133.
> stm
> >
<snip>
> Friday, October 29, 1999 Published at 13:29 GMT 14:29 UK
> BBC World: Asia-Pacific
> Japanese nuclear 'slaves' at risk
> By Juliet Hindell in Tokyo
> At least 700 people working in the nuclear industy in Japan may have died
> from exposure to dangerous levels of radioactivity.
> The incident at the Tokaimura plant one month ago has revealed dangerous
> practices likened by some critics to "modern slavery" within the industry,
> putting the lives of untrained temporary workers at risk.
<snip>
> The internationally recognized safe level of radiation since 1990 has been
> 20 milli-sieverts per year, but Japan has never adopted this standard.
<snip>
> The Japan Atomic Power company however is adamant that safety standards
> are adequate. Hideaki Yamakawa, an executive at the company, says they
> follow government regulations and record the amount of radiation exposure
> of everyone who works at the plant.
<snip>
> Some seem to believe they are expendable and that no one will notice if a
> few of them never come back from work.
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