Yes Kino, the petition is perfectly right,

I have signed it and my son and myself have written the following message:

"Our children's health should not lie in the hands of faceless so  
called experts who consider themselves responsible (also for the fate  
of others), but are nothing less than irresponsible."

Besides, I can assure you that we certainly all feel with the Japanese  
people who have to go through such hardship.

Farid.



Zitat von Kino <[log in to unmask]>:

> If you find the petition below to be right, please sign it and  
> forward it to your friends.
>
> Thousand thanks in advance,
>
> Kino
>
>
> Related speech by Ira Helfand (from 00:27:00) at Physicians for  
> Social Responsibility Press Conference 4/26/11:
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkYCWTpUuLU>
>
> Extract of the speech in a Japanese TV news:
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leYEUiT-rDo>
>
> Related article by a scientist (in Japanese):
> <http://nojirimiho.exblog.jp/13409919>
>
> Radiation Levels at 1600 schools in Fukushima, April 5th-7th:
> <http://www.nnistar.com/gmap/fukushima_result_1m.html> (google maps)
>
> Other maps:
> <https://files.me.com/yoshi1977/p1g7c7> (pdf)
> <http://ow.ly/i/aN0j/original>
>
> --
>
> Urgent Petition Against 20 millisieverts per year (mSv/y) Radiation  
> Exposure onto Children in Fukushima
> <http://blog.canpan.info/foejapan/daily/201104/24>
> (<http://blog.canpan.info/foejapan/daily/201104/23> the original in Japanese)
>
>> Sign the petition
>
> 	Preliminary deadline:
> 	Tue. April 26, 2011 at 23:00 in Japanese time (UTC/GMT +9 hours)
> 	Final deadline:
> 	Sat. April 30, 2011 at 23:00 in Japanese time (UTC/GMT +9 hours)
>
>
> We urgently demand the withdrawal of the Japanese Government's  
> inhumane decision to force 20 millisieverts per year (mSv/y)  
> radiation exposure onto children
>
> On April 19th, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science  
> and Technology (MEXT) notified the Board of Education and related  
> institutions in Fukushima Prefecture the level of 20 millisieverts  
> per year (mSv/y) as a Radiation Safety Standard for schools in  
> Fukushima Prefecture. This is the standard to be used for school  
> grounds and buildings. The Government has indicated that 20mSv/y is  
> equivalent to 3.8microSv per hour measured outdoors.
>
> 3.8 micro Sv/h is roughly 6 times [the 0.6microSv/h] of "Radiation  
> Controlled Areas" (0.6 microSv/h or more). The Labour Standards Act  
> prohibits those under the age of 18 from working under these  
> conditions. Forcing children to be exposed to such radiation doses  
> is an exceedingly inhumane decision. Therefore, we condemn this in  
> the strongest terms.
>
> 20 mSv/y is comparable to the [legally] recognized dose for inducing  
> leukemia in nuclear power plant workers. It is also comparable to  
> the maximum dose allowed for nuclear power plant workers in Germany.
>
> In addition, this 20mSv standard [for Japanese children] does not  
> take into account the fact children have higher sensitivity to  
> radiation than adults, nor does it take into account any internal  
> radiation exposure.
>
> Currently, according to the radiation monitoring conducted at  
> elementary and middle schools within Fukushima Prefecture, more than  
> 75% of these schools have contamination levels comparable to  
> "Radiation Controlled Areas" (0.6 micro Sv/h or more). Further,  
> roughly 20% of the schools fall within "Individual Exposure  
> Controlled Areas" (2.3 microSv/h or more) and are in an extremely  
> dangerous situation.
>
> The level set by the Japanese Government at this time amounts to  
> coercion of this dangerous situation upon children, and, can  
> interfere with voluntary measures by schools to minimize exposure.
>
> MEXT states that 20mSv/y is based on the recommendation Pub.109 by  
> the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) as  
> well as on the reference levels in the band of 1 to 20 mSv/y as  
> "Post Emergency Situation" Standards from the ICRP statement  
> released on March 21st. The latter means MEXT has adopted the  
> maximum level.
>
> As of March 21st, there has been no substantive information  
> disclosure by the Japanese Government on the decision-making process  
> for establishing these standards. Moreover, no explanation has been  
> given concerning why the Government has neither taken the  
> sensitivity of children into consideration nor internal radiation  
> exposure into account. The contents of the consultation held between  
> MEXT and the Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) are not disclosed, and  
> the situation remains extremely opaque.
>
>
> We demand the Japanese government of the following:
>
> - Retraction of the "20mSv/y" standard for children.
>
> - Disclosure of the names of experts, who deemed "20mSv/y" for  
> children to be safe.
>
>
> Note:
> At the governmental negotiation held on April 21st, it became  
> evident that the Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) concluded the  
> 20mSv/y standard for children as "Permissible" without undertaking  
> any formal consultation. Moreover, on April 22nd, the Commission  
> reported to the office of Mizuho FUKUSHIMA, member of the Japanese  
> Diet, House of Councillors that no minutes (records) exist of the 5  
> Nuclear Safety Commission members' deliberation leading to the  
> 20mSv/year standard.
>
> References:
> Expert comments cited from the articles on the establishment of the  
> 20mSv/y standard ("Fukushima -Katastrophe - Japan legt hohe  
> Strahlengrenzwerte fur Kinder fest" or "Japan's MEXT sets High  
> Exposure Limits for Children"), Der Spiegel, April 21st, 2011. (See  
> comparison to German workers.)
> http://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/0,1518,758410,00.html
>
> Edmund Lengfelder (Otto Hug Radiation Institute), "The cancer risk  
> will visibly rise in the future. By setting these standards, the  
> government will steer clear of any liability legally, however not  
> morally."
>
> -------
>
> This petition is being organized by:
> Green Action, Greenpeace Japan, Citizens' Nuclear Information  
> Center, Citizens Against Fukushima Aging Nuclear Power Plants  
> (Fukuro-no-Kai), Osaka Citizens Against the Mihama, Oi, and Takahama  
> Nuclear Power Plants (Mihama-no-Kai), Friends of the Earth Japan
>
> For further inquiries, please contact:
>
> Green Action
> Suite 103, 22-75 Tanaka Sekiden-cho
> Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8203 Japan
> Tel: +81-75-701-7223
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>
> Friends of the Earth Japan
> 3-30-8-1F Ikebukuro Toshima-ku Tokyo 171-0014, Japan
> TEL: +81-3-6907-7217
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>
> [English translation of Japanese original: FoE Japan / Green Action]
>