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Did there used to be a radium paint factory in Setagaya? WTH?

en.wikipedia.org painting their teeth...

If they had people working on plane dials as cottage industry during the war, or an actual factory for such in the area. If you look through all the old quack medicines etc. radium was widely used in Japan, US and EU for a time. Radium paint goes back to the 10th century in Japan.

@lillymunster pukefest

@lillymunster I sometimes wonder if we are civilised or whether we just convince ourselves we are

32 readings of 32 outside the zone ! radioactivity.mext.go.jp

start with
solutions.3m.com
and then to
solutions.3m.com

@lillymunster wait for it...

Grist -nuclear phase out right thing to do www.grist.org

@elainekirk WOW! was there a full street address in those results? I wonder if there is anywhere that has the setagaya hot spots on a map?

@lillymunster I dunno Lilly I have only just come up with it fter hours of trying to find possible sources because all over Japan people are testing why is setagaya coming up with such high readings over other places, then I took the 'radium paint ' out of the keywords and tried other ie strontium and came up with 3m

I tried the 3m street address and google maps doesn't like it. The company is listed as this: CUNO
Sumitomo 3M Limited

CUNO was US based and only later expanded. There was/is some manufacturing at the Japan plant but it does not detail if any research was done there. Nothing eludes that Japan had a unique product division or something that would require huge research labs. But if any testing had to go on your going to test with something that works (radium?) www.fundinguniverse.com

3M/CUNO aquapure brand filters are radium filters for drinking water. www.aquapurefilters.com

Not a smoking gun right off the bat but this is interesting.. I think it merits more poking around

Setagaya is only 22 sq miles

it is like finding a needle in a haystack but at least by gathering possible sources we can then eliminate

@elainekirk 40 I think was the guess on the paint bottles under the house?

@elainekirk Bwahahaha!

I think I need to go hide under the duvet I really need to do something about my google obsession dnb.alacrastore.com
3m Health Care Limited Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo Japan

@lillymunster maybe I need to hide under 2 duvets

This mentions old medical needles and materials. I did see a mention that radium was used to treat ear infections in kids up until 1970. mainichi.jp


Radioactive materials: floor, science preparation room, people from the earth below ... why?

31 minutes, November 03, 2011 at 10:00

　Movement spread to measure the radiation in the civil nuclear accident TEPCO Fukushima 1, a series of radium found in Setagaya, Tokyo 226. The uproar led to a series of different locations revealed the presence of chemicals had been forgotten. Originally, radioactive materials and coatings for medical purposes has been widely used since ancient times such as dating. After the war, and we have laws requiring permission to use the country, some aspects are not thorough enough, it may be found in the future as well. Takeshi Noda []

　After filing with the obligation is not thorough ◇
　3 days beginning last month. Was carrying a dosimeter from residents, Setagaya "there is a place of high dose," and there was a report. Examining the Ministry of Education, found dozens of glass jars containing radium 226 floor of the house. In middle school teacher from Tokyo, Shinjuku-ku, the original "radioactive material would remain in the school" has a touch with a small amount of uranyl sulfate is found in the science preparation room.

　Radium is a naturally-occurring, radioactive material it has been used most frequently in Japan. Before the war, and the glowing luminous paint watches and instruments were utilized as an effective needle into the body to treat cancer. But hazards become apparent, such as radiation damage prevention law enforcement in 1958, reported to the ministry or allow (depending on the state of matter) is mandatory. This time, however, is still in possession do not apply for a permit, and such owner subsequently died, one after another case that is left.

　Japan Radioisotope Association (Tokyo) NAKAMURA 吉秀 Business Division is "that was housed in was also important to say that down. The reality that the law did not penetrate," he said. According to Chief Nakamura, in 1960, in behalf of the former Science and Technology Agency, the Association has filed a campaign calling for use of radioactive material, radium is found in many. In the scrap processing plant in Kobe in 2000 still, and illegal dumping is found that radium needles, there are things you can not recover.

　In addition to radium, the country without permission, but some are used in research institutions and universities. In Tokushima in 2004, found that more than 1,000 waste including used tritium experiments in the past. Several similar cases after another year, the ministry twice and 09-10 years in 2005 to about 3,000 universities and medical institutions dealing with radioactive material was determined to check whether any of these substances . In the second study had 201 new reported from 60 facilities.

　T. Nakaya Regulation of radiation chamber chief ministry is "to buy foreign university teachers, when they go at retirement, such as it was not noticed, there are many old," he said. Currently, aimed to prevent a recurrence will be reported annually.

　Particularly susceptible to radium emits gamma rays, they may find it in the future citizens with a dosimeter. Division of Radioisotope Association Nakamura, for the current situation "better not overreact even been found. Could lead people to be hard to find Get Started," he said.

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