Health Fallout From Fukushima Mainly Mental, Studies Find

Source: Yahoo News - HealthThe most lasting health impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will likely be psychological not physical, according to a trio of studies published Friday in The Lancet. The meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in March 2011, provoked by a massive earthquake and tsunami, is one of only five nuclear power plant accidents to be rated five or higher since the advent of atomic energy. In contrast to the 1986 explosion in Chernobyl that...