Japan raises permissible radiation levels for children

PETER CAVE: Outraged Japanese parents have held a rowdy demonstration outside the Education Ministry in Tokyo, to protest against the government's decision to weaken nuclear safety standards in schools.

Under the new guidelines, Japanese children can now be exposed to 20 times more radiation than was previously permissible.

The government argues the new rules are essential to keeping schools in the Fukushima region from being forced to close.

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my God,
doesn't this make the 2nd time this
has been changed ???

where is the stopping point ??
when everyone is a walking zombie ???

from your linked article:

Meaning if they didn't increase the maximum allowable dose of radiation, the vast majority of schools would have to close, putting the education of hundreds of thousands of children on hold.

LOL who cares about the kids? We have to keep the schools running!!

Whatever. When are people going to get their priorities straight???

The way this is put makes it sound like it is not a big deal.
Hey Japanese citizens radiation is the new normal keep working send your children to school.
Nothing to see here

Someone might want to tell Japan that, changing the "Legal" toxic limit, doesn't actually change the amount of damage done to the human body.

Originally posted by boondock-saint
my God,
doesn't this make the 2nd time this
has been changed ???

where is the stopping point ??
when everyone is a walking zombie ???

from your linked article:

Meaning if they didn't increase the maximum allowable dose of radiation, the vast majority of schools would have to close, putting the education of hundreds of thousands of children on hold.

edit on 5/24/2011 by boondock-saint because: (no reason given)

its the second time its been changed? so how much was it changed the first time? and when? so how much has it changed total since the start?

source?