Medical journal article: 14,000 U.S. deaths tied to Fukushima reactor disaster fallout

December 22, 2011

An estimated 14,000 excess deaths in the United States are linked to the radioactive fallout from the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactors in Japan, according to a major new article in the December 2011 edition of the International Journal of Health Services by Joseph Mangano and Dr. Janette Sherman.