Thursday, February 12, 2015

When Does a Series of Coincidences Become a Pattern?


I currently know three people with cancer. Two of those cancers started as breast cancer within the last year, although one evolved into nonHodkins Lymphoma. My third friend with cancer also has nonHodgkins Lymphoma and is not doing well at all, although s/he is only in his twenties.

All three of these people had an unexpected toxic reaction to chemotherapy within the last 2 weeks. They are all located in Arizona and southern California.

NonHodgkin Lymphoma is a cancer linked to environmental causes, including Chernobyl, as illustrated in this New York Times piece about a likely Chernobyl-induced case: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/nyregion/settled-in-new-york-but-still-within-chernobyls-reach.html?_r=0

I cannot help but think about the coincidence in timing: all 3 of my friends with cancer had unexpected and severe (life-threatening) toxicity with their chemotherapy over the last two weeks.

On Feb 6 I noted at my blog that many of my students and I fell ill the morning of February 5 when it rained. Please see the details of that post here; http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/fukushima-update.html

At the time I was convinced that Feb 5 rain was toxic with the increased emissions from Fukushima and, perhaps even, the Ukraining nuclear plant.

Might that toxic rain have weakened my cancer-stricken friends? Might similar rains have contributed to, or even caused, their suddenly appearing and very fast growing tumors?

I can never prove that Fukushima fallout is contributing to my friends' illness and destroying their capacity to heal, but in my heart I believe this is true, just as I believe that Fukushima's four years of non-stop contamination of the ocean is killing life in the Pacific Ocean.

I am not confused or befuddled or any of the conditions that afflict those unwilling to see what hell we are creating on Planet Earth.


 



32 comments:

  1. We don't know for sure if radioactive toxins cause cancer of other diseases on an individual basis, in the scientific sense of knowing with 95% certainty. But we can apply the precautionary principle and use common sense. Here is an example: Epstein-Barr viruses are common viruses that everyone has been exposed to. They cause mononucleosis. They linger in the body all your life, whether you had mono or not. Radiation can activate these viruses by suppressing immunity. B-cell lymphoma is a known risk of EBV infections. This is a form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. So radiation might make you sick directly, or it might cause a cascade of other condition that make you sick. It is a disturbance of the ecological integrity of the body.

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  2. I am so sorry for your friends' suffering, Majia. I have friends who are suffering from the "cascade" of symptoms that develop as radiation activates viruses as you mention, Bobby1. It is all so unnecessary, yet the nuclear mafia works tirelessly to increase our suffering. NoNukes

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  3. Strange.

    I was in Phoenix on February 4-5 - flew back east that afternoon. On the flight I came down with what felt like a cough/cold coming on. I've been down sick this week for the first time in probably 3 years. 2 full days in bed, which almost never happens to me.

    Coincidence?

    James

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  4. I think its dangerous and downright irresponsible for a member of the arts and humanities academic community to act as an authority on science and technology. Hiding behind the veil of tenure is no reason to push ones disingenuous agenda.

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    1. Yes, of course because the science and technology community has been so forthright and open about what has happened at Fukushima that the arts and humanities community should take everything published at face value?

      Is that what you are trying to imply?

      Both you and I know that is complete and utter BS. Majia knows it too, and is obliterating you and yours at your silly game.

      I personally would take her as a science and technology expert above almost anyone I have seen report on this topic.

      And, BTW, hiding behind a propaganda paycheck is a pretty crappy reason to push a disingenuous agenda also...

      James


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    2. If Mauja were a scientific and technology expert she would be an engineering professor working the problem instead of speculating on its effects on society. I guess society needs people to criticize from the cheap seats and not get down in the trenches and work with technologists.

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    3. Alerting is one thing. Crying wolf, or fire in a crowded theater is another. The CDC is authoritative on cancer risks and radiation exposure the scale of Fukushima doesn't stack up. Antinikes are once again making stuff up because they do not understand low radiation dose effects. They use dogma rather than facts to advance their agenda.

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    4. So you are with the CDC? I gave no permission to be assualted with ionizing radiation, "low-dose" or not.

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    5. Replying to AnonymousFebruary 13, 2015 at 9:39 AM
      Your whole statement is without merit. Are you working for the nuclear industry?
      William

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    6. Dude, or Ms. That's a hell-uv-a statement to make and not related at all to majia's initial post about her friends suddenly getting cancer, You are not even coherent. Have you been around much radiation?
      William

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  6. I, on the other hand, think that anyone, regardless of their profession, who tries to understand and alert others to the long-term implications of this disaster is doing the human race a great service - the only 'agenda' I can detect in Majia's valuable blogs is a sincere & informed concern for all living things and future generations, whereas the ad hominem attack in Anonymous comment above reveals a far less edifying agenda...

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  7. One just needs to read Rational Wiki's entry on Enenews to understand those that patronize that antinuclear site are not playing with a full deck.

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  8. First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you and then you win.... A very famous quote from someone committed to non violent revolution.

    Thank you my friends who commented in my defense, our defense.

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    1. I don't doubt that similar or worse things were alleged of Sister Rosalie Bertell, PhD, and look at how she is remembered by Dr. Gordon Edwards of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility after a long life of faithful service to all human kind.

      Quote of Gordon Edwards, PhD: "I knew of Rosalie Bertell's work at the Roswell Park Memorial Institute where she first gained invaluable insights into the manner in which ionizing radiation degrades the health of all and impairs the intelligence of very young children.
      I was lucky enough to go with Rosalie on a trip to Korea to visit the communities where the CANDU nuclear reactors are located, seeing at first hand her compassionate heart and her scientific mind working in seamless harmony.
      To me, she is a trailblazer in the practice of Science and Mathematics in the Public Interest -- something the human community sorely needs if we are to sur
      vive our own technologies.
      It is pitiful to see scientists and engineers allowing themselves to be shackled in jobs where their conscience is anaesthetized, their voices are stilled, and their actions are severely limited because they have sold their services to a corporation, a government agency, or a military establishment"
      ... "Scientific thought devoid of compassion, concern and action -- for the good of humanity and all life on earth -- is not only sterile, but rapidly becomes enormously destructive."
      quoted from: http://www.ccnr.org/Rosalie_RIP.pdf

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    2. The CANDU reactors and Canadian nuclear technology has served man well.Half the worlds Mo99 came from the NRU reactor and helped save many lives and cure diseases through advanced diagnostic imaging. But you don't live in the modern era. The 60s are over pal.

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  9. Ignorance never wins. Those that do not know their own ignorance are trapped in cognitive dissonance. This is the lot of the antinuclear movement. Fractured, fragmented, without order or cohesion.

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    1. What an interesting comment to make because there exists no ignorance on this subject beyond what has been actively cultivated by the propagandists of the nuclear complex.

      Projects Gabriel and Sunshine were paid for by the AEC and they documented empirically how radionuclides dispersed by atmospheric testing circulate and concentrate in the biosphere. The nuclear complex authorities KNOW what radionuclides do but they are the ones who have promulgated ignorance and have condoned never-ending radiological contamination of planet Earth.

      Do not speak to me of ignorance for clearly you are either evil, or are severely deluded by the nuclear propaganda.

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    2. I am highly educated and trained in the radiation effects on the human body. You are a humanities professor, not a health physicist.

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    3. Maija you admitted you can't prove low low Fukushima radiation was the cause of specific diseases for specific people as this can not be corroborated by factual evidence. So my question is why jump to such a conclusion without a factual basis? Why make stuff up? We have a wide body of evidence regarding radiation levels and specific causal relationships. Antinukes are encumbered by their own myopia and their nonscientific dogma brought about by the Gofmans and Sternglasses of the world. Your side backed the wrong horses. They spread their pseudoscience for mass consumption for those that have an inherent dislike for centralized order and science and technology.

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    4. http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2004/oct/24/time-bombs-keep-going-off-for-cancer-plagued/
      (the AEC instructed their agents to lie to the people about radioactive fallout) "Last month, on the night of the Sept. 11 commemorations across the country, several hundred people met and wept in Emmett over the ongoing toll of death and disease. They decried the Cold War assault by their own government, which in a confidential 1951 Atomic Energy Commission memo described them as a rural, “low-use” segment of the population. The memo was written to justify continuing the test program although the commission knew the fallout was dangerous and some in Congress were pressing to move the tests offshore to the Pacific."

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    5. To AnonymousFebruary 14, 2015 at 7:04 AM
      You are the ignorant one. You don't know the true history of nuclear - lies by the government, lies by the industry, lies by the financial empire behind it all. No links, look it up.

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    6. Of course you are highly educated and trained... by liars and handlers in command. Getting paid to meet results predetermined is not science by any stretch of reality. Radiation from destroyed, man made, melted down reactors, world wide waste piles, and open pits is not science but more like the ignorance you speak of. Health Physicist is just another extension of the university funded corporate/governmental hide and down play scheme....the game goes on

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  10. Quote of [Deleted] @ 26 October 2012 03:55:19PM (on "the problem with RationalWiki): "What else remains? What other plausible function does it serve?

    Entertainment?

    And this is intentional. I even found this in their community standards section:

    http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/RationalWiki:Community_Standards Point of view

    RationalWiki does not use Wikipedia's well-known "Neutral Point of View". We have our own version: SPOV. SPOV means two things: Snarky point of view — This is the meaning most people refer to. It means that, to keep our articles from being dry and boring, we spice it up with humor, sarcasm, skepticism, satire, and wit.

    So they do announce they are trying to be funny.

    Its problem is that it is an ammunition depot to aid in winning debates.

    It feels more like combustibles for a fireworks display."

    quoted from: http://lesswrong.com/lw/f5b/the_problem_with_rational_wiki/


    Nice try, though am not a patron of enenews.
    Do note that being "antinuclear" is not defined as being anti-science.

    Quote: "Definition of ANTINUCLEAR
    1: opposing the use or production of nuclear power
    2: tending to react with cell nuclei or their components (as DNA) antinuclear antibodies> "
    http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antinuclear

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  11. The page nailed Enenews on the head. End of story.

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  12. Obviously you know nothing about environmental genomics.

    But here's the question: why this sudden interest in my blog posts? I don't get many comments from individuals, such as those posting on this particular post.

    So why does this post warrant so much attention?

    There must be a reason.


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    1. Are you kidding? You ran to Enenews and linked this blog reply as if to garner support from that ludicrous site and its antinuclear denizens. That shows me that you use your academic position to advance your agenda. It makes you no different than those you accuse of doing the same. Let's face it you do what you do not to advance understanding but your own ego. Your side will fail and nuclear science and technology has evolved to deflect your petty wants. Your audience is homogeneous. You can not step out of your comfort zone and engage those more skilled in the art and application without crying to your base. I think you are threatened by beliefs you do not understand. Admit you are no technical authority. When you engage real technologists with real education you fold like a house of cards.

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    2. Dont flatter yourself. Occasionally I read antinuclear rhetotoric to see how far humanity has deevolved. I actually wanted you to run to Enenews. You didn't disappoint. Predictable behaviour.The antinuclear movement is unorganized and fractured. Japans reactor restarts cements your movement's failure. And its legacy as against humanity is ironic. For a highly educated person you have a high degree of cognitive dissonance in nuclear matters. I understand the mindset. You are blinded by human arrogance and you overinflated self importance in nuclear matters. Which you really have no clue. Sad that people see you ad an academic when your work strengthens the coal and fossil lobby. Nice going.

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    3. Your hypothesis that Fukushima specifically has lead to direct ecological and genomic disaster had not been proven given the very minute quantity of radionuclide's detected by modern instruments those with my skill set designed. The irony is that without highly skilled nuclear types modern instrumentation post 911 would not be possible. You contend that "if its detected it must be dangerous" doesn't pass scientific muster. All you have is the "one drop rule" promulgated by fear and ignorance.

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  13. Majia - speaking of coincidences San Onofre NPP in So. California was reported to have leaked on Tuesday January 31 2015, the day before EnviroReporter posted the following:

    http://www.enviroreporter.com/2015/01/high-radiation-detected-in-l-a-rain/ "High radiation detected in L.A. rain" EnviroReporter detects hot rain in the western Los Angeles basin multiple times with the highest registering 3.3 times background levels.

    The leak wasn't reported on the news until February 13th http://www.scoop.it/t/fukushima-by-ton-kraanen

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    1. Correction and my apologies, this San Onofre leak announcement was an old video but dated 2015. Enviroreporter pointed it out for me. Sorry for the misinformation.

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  14. Majia, IMO, not a coincidence--I think you're on-target. Also, speaking of targets, I note that several of the posts (attacks) on this thread sound remarkably familiar. My guess is that the "health physics" SocRef aka MFX, aka FactChecker aka...troll that has repeatedly been banned from Enenews is paying his customary (dis)respects to you here as well. Best to ignore the troll, keep up your great work and stay well.
    All the best to your and yours.

    Sparky

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