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Confrontation apparently over in TImes Sq as cops back down, open barricade. Let's hope true.

g;night all

g'morning

Readings at Monitoring Post out of 20 Km Zone of Fukushima Dai-ichi NPP (18:00 October 15, 2011)
Soma county Iitate village 【33】 Soma county Iitate village Nagadoro
（33kｍNorth/West） 2011/10/15 9:47 10.6 radioactivity.mext.go.jp
Futaba county Namie town Akougi Kunugidaira
（24kｍNorth/West） 2011/10/15 10:42 33
Futaba county Namie town Akougi Teshichiro
（31kｍNorth/West） 2011/10/15 9:58 15.3

Hospital raided over high doses of radioactive agent to children

KOFU, Japan, Oct. 16, Kyodo

Police raided a hospital Sunday in central Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture, as well as the home of one of its medical staff, in connection with the administration of higher-than-recommended doses of a radioactive substance to children undergoing examinations.

The police raided Kofu Municipal Hospital and the house of the male radiological technologist, who had administered the substance to the children, on suspicion of violation of the Medical Practitioners Law, to confiscate medical records and other documentation related to the incident, they said.

The hospital said last month a test agent containing radioactive technetium was intravenously injected into 145 children aged 15 or under since 1999 to examine the functioning of their internal organs and that 84 of them had received dosages in excess of the amount recommended by the Japanese Society of Nuclear Medicine. english.kyodonews.jp

@dean hi deany :)

@dean i hope it was an accident.

Kofu Municipal Hospital said the radiographer intravenously injected a test agent containing radioactive technetium-99m into the children, aged 15 years and younger, between May 1999 and April this year. The amounts exceeded the dose recommended for an adult by the Japan Society of Nuclear Medicine, according to the hospital.

According to hospital director Katsura Ozawa, technetium-99m is a metastable nuclear isomer of technetium-99. The agent tends to concentrate in the kidneys and when intravenously administered, allows clear images to be taken during x-rays. The test agent is designed to examine the functioning of recipients' internal organs.

No health problems from the children's radiation exposure have been reported.

Of the 84 children, 41 were given amounts over 10 times the society's recommended dosage for their age group, with one child's total internal exposure suspected to be 180 millisieverts, the hospital said.

The technologist said he knowingly injected higher doses of the test agent into children — who are more inclined to move around a lot during the hour-long examinations — so that clear images could be taken as quickly as possible.... WELL. we begin to see perhaps a reasoning.. the little children move around too much so overdose them to get a better immage...

search.japantimes.co.jp seen as threat to spent rods in No. 4 pool

@dean wow. intentionally. i hope he loses his admission.

@Liz,,, very touching youtube piece.

indeed @Edano and the charge doctors

@lilly...The agency said it will open a website to solicit applicants. They will be required to answer questions on postquake tourism in Japan and what their travel goals are in the country.

The successful applicants will receive return air tickets but will have to pay for their accommodations and other expenses, said Shuichi Kameyama, head of the agency's international tourism promotion division.

LOL @ LILLY.. that's what will top it off.. you have to submit the survey and blog comments on how nice it is.. "before" you go ..

@dean will go look.

good one to send to senators and representatives @ lilly

@dean exactly my thought. They are all getting a copy