Healthcare

In the past nuclear incidents, stress and panic caused by this incident can be worse than direct threat from radiation.

Studies of previous nuclear accidents have found the psychological impact of anxiety about radiation, and the rush to try to get away from it, is very real, even if the actual health risks from radiation exposure are limited.

In case of Japan’s disaster, people now face highly concern about radiation levels and its impact, however, the real problem was dealing with the earthquake and the tsunami.

Although nuclear radiation levels and impacts is important and remain unclear of its invasion, moreover due in facing to the risk of cancer, including psychological impact, however, the government should given top priority on what the victim needs as impact of the earthquake and tsunami, such as water, foods, sanitary, and other emergency’s infrastructur.

While this action could reduce the negative psychological impact, the diseases risk (except caused from nuclear radiation exposure) could be eliminated.

However, this condition could be a dilemma, when the real exposure of nuclear has achieve ‘scary level’ as impact of nuclear exposure can be stay for long, both in current exposure people or to next generation as genetic impact factors.

As Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yukio Edano said that radiation levels near the stricken plant on the northeast coast reached as high as 400 millisieverts (mSv) an hour, which were considered be 20 times the annual exposure for some nuclear-industry employes and uranium miners (2-3 mSv a year).

While in medical practice, a typical exposure of chest X-ray was about 0.02 mSv and 0.01 mSv in dental one, including exposure from CT scan that about 15 mSv in adults and 30 mSv in newborn infant to their organ being studied.

As some evidence said that 90 mSv in radiation dose from 2 to 3 of CT scan increased the risk of cancer.

Also, when the radiation had large dose, it can destroy the central nervous system and the red and white blood cells, leaving the victim unable to fight off infections.

1,000 mSv or 1 Sv of radiation dose could leading to the nausea, vomiting, and hemorrhaging.
However, for 5 Sv, it could kill half of those exposed to it within a month.

According to the World Nuclear Association, based on Chernobyl accident, people should relocated when they has been exposure to 350 mSv.

Due to this, what current real levels of nuclear exposure in Japan?

Overall, whether handling the victim’s needs or nuclear exposure should be put on top priority remain debatable, it’s important to all authorities, sciences, and all parties in this world works and helps together, because there is so many involves from current disaster in Japan (earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear exposure). From environmental effects, human genetic, diseases evolution, chain of foods or food contaminations, and all substances in this world.