Fukushima nuke workers at risk of depression, overwork death

Fukushima nuke workers at risk of depression, overwork death

TOKYO, Japan - Takeshi Tanigawa of the Ehime University School of Medicine, engages in medical examination of workers undertaking stabilization efforts at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, at the Fukushima Daini plant, some 10 kilometers away from the troubled site, on April 17, 2011. Tanigawa warned the workers are at risk of depression or death from overwork as they undertake dangerous tasks. (PHOTO COURTESY OF TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER CO.) (Kyodo)

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