Search This Blog

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Navy Sailor after Fukushima: I’m in a wheelchair, now it’s spreading to my arms and hands

Navy Sailor after Fukushima: I’m in a wheelchair, now it’s spreading to my arms and hands
Posted: 22 Jan 2014 02:37 AM PST
More than 70 people--sailors, marines and their offspring have sued TEPCO, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, for not warning the US Navy that its ships were sailing into radioactive plumes when it responded to a call to help after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear reactor melt down. Host Steve Curwood talks with Navy Lt. Steve Simmons, who learned of the risk too late to avoid drinking contaminated water, and Simmons's lawyer, Paul Garner

No comments:

Post a Comment