2013年9月19日木曜日

Biological monitoring in Tokyo (September 19, 2013)

Biological monitoring at Tokyo Metropolitan Park

I visited Tokyo Metropolitan Park to see biological impacts of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant accident. Though I have visited various places in Japan to see the health consequence of the accident, I have never found any effect against creatures in Japan.

Our prime minister said that Tokyo is 250 kilometers away from Fukushima, and the kind of danger that you imagine does not exist in Tokyo. The government has announced that it takes responsibility in addressing water, food and air. A project has been launched and there are no concerns. Exactly Tokyo is a very safe city.

This summer we could see various insects at Tokyo Metropolitan Park. As Japanese boys like bug hunting, we often see them collecting various bugs at every park. Especially they want to hunt beetles or stag beetles. Generally speaking, bug's growth is so fast than human beings that they are more sensitive to radioactive materials of the environment than us.

So I visited a park to see effects of the accident against bugs which are grown up in Japan.
Fortunately, I could see them grown up safely and I couldn't find any impact of the accident. It seems that there is no problem for childbirth and child-rearing in Tokyo Japan.
Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on September 19, 2013.




今年も東京都内の公園でカブトムシやクワガタを観察している。ノコギリクワガタや小型のカブトムシもいた。東京には多様な昆虫が数多く生息している。




Beetle
I found it coming from the earth.
beetle
July 15, 2013
 
 male
Beetle
July 21, 2013

female
Beetle
July 15, 2013
 
 
Stag beetle
(Dorcus rectus)
Stag beetle
September 11, 2013
 
Stag beetle
(Prosopocoilus inclinatus)
Stag beetle
July 21, 2013
 
 
I could see small beetle this year too.
Beetle
July 21, 2013
I found this small beetle last year too.
Beetle
I think this beetle belongs to another species.
 
Beetle
This beetle is familiar to us.
 
Beetle
I compered the small beetle with large one.
They have no deformity. They may be different species.
 
Sometimes we can find small beetle in Japan.
I have heard about such small beetles even before nuclear power plant accident.
So I think this small beetle has no relation to the accident.


 
This cicada is casting off the shell.
I could not find any deformity and abnormality caused by the accident.
 
 
 
 
 2 and half years have passed since Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. I have visited various places of Japan to see the health consequence of the accident.
 
Fortunately I have never found any impacts by the accident among Japanese creatures. As far as I know, nobody has health problem which is caused by the accident in Japan.
 
 As Tokyo is very far away from Fukushima nuclear power plant, people in Tokyo have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People in Tokyo have already forgotten the accident, because it is very far away from the site and radioactive materials cannot reach there.
 
 We know there is no problem for child birth and child rearing in Tokyo. So people in Tokyo are living without any concern about the accident.
 
 I continue to visit various places in Japan to see the effects of the accident, because I can meet various creatures which are more sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health for our safety.
 
 
 
 
Public Health Network in Japan


 



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