Fukushima children have thyroid check

Fukushima children have thyroid check

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Doctors board a bus at Fukushima Medical University in the city of Fukushima on Nov. 14, 2011, to head for a daycare center for preschool children in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, to check the thyroids of children in the area. The operation is part of a project to conduct health tests on all the approximately 360,000 children and youths aged 18 or younger in the prefecture to see if the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has affected the gland, which in growing children is particularly vulnerable to damage by radiation.

Local gov'ts give iodine tablets to residents

Local gov'ts give iodine tablets to residents

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Photo taken July 27, 2014, shows iodine tablets that the Kagoshima prefectural and Satsumasendai city governments started the same day handing out to residents living within 5 kilometers of an offline nuclear power plant that may restart in the fall. Iodine tablets can help protect thyroids from radiation. (Kyodo)

Local gov'ts give iodine tablets to residents

Local gov'ts give iodine tablets to residents

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Residents of Satsumasendai city, Kagoshima Prefecture, gather to receive iodine tablets from the city government on July 27, 2014. The Kagoshima prefectural and Satsumasendai city governments started handing out iodine tablets, which can help protect thyroids from radiation, to residents living within 5 kilometers of an offline nuclear power plant that may restart in the fall. (Kyodo)

Fukushima children have thyroid check

Fukushima children have thyroid check

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Doctors board a bus at Fukushima Medical University in the city of Fukushima on Nov. 14, 2011, to head for a daycare center for preschool children in the town of Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, to check the thyroids of children in the area. The operation is part of a project to conduct health tests on all the approximately 360,000 children and youths aged 18 or younger in the prefecture to see if the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has affected the gland, which in growing children is particularly vulnerable to damage by radiation. (Kyodo)

Fukushima children have thyroid check

Fukushima children have thyroid check

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Children and parents wait for their turn on Nov. 14, 2011, in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, where doctors checked the thyroids of children in the area. The operation is part of a project to conduct health tests on all the approximately 360,000 children and youths aged 18 or younger in the prefecture to see if the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant has affected the gland, which in growing children is particularly vulnerable to damage by radiation. (Kyodo)