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米国トモダチ作戦の海兵隊兵士ら 東電や東芝、日立関連会社訴えた集団訴訟で勝訴
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2014年10月30日 09時07分32秒
一報が入りました。
現在取材中です。トモダチ作戦のあと、白血病となり失明した22歳の兵士の訴えも入っています。
オバマ大統領に対しては、兵士の救済につとめ、日本政府を通じて東電は責任回避をやめ、住民に正しい情報を提供するよう求めています。特に注目点は、具体的な病気の可能性がどのぐらい認められたか、ということです。
日本では甲状腺がんしか検査していませんが、原告は白血病、潰瘍、胆のう除去、脳腫瘍（がん）、精巣がん、機能障害を伴う血尿、甲状腺障害、胃の疾患などを挙げています。
PRESS RELEASE
U.S. SAILORS WIN KEY COURT DECISION TO GO FORWARD WITH
CLASS ACTION AGAINST JAPAN’S NUCLEAR POWER COMPANYU.S. Navy Sailors have won a crucial battle in the United States District Court in San Diego against Tokyo Electric Power Company, known as TEPCO. A Federal judge has ruled that the sailors’ class action law suit may go forward against TEPCO and additional Defendants General Electric, EBASCO, Toshiba and Hitachi, the builders of the Fukushima nuclear reactors. The 223 young sailors claim that TEPCO deliberately lied to the public and the U.S. Navy about the radiation levels at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Power Plant at the time the Japanese Government was asking for help for victims of the March 11, 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami. Up to 70,000 U.S. citizens were potentially affected by the radiation and will be able to join the class action suit.
The lawsuit is based on the sailors’ participation in Operation Tomodachi (meaning “Friends”), where they provided humanitarian relief after the March 11, 2011 devastation caused by the Earthquake and Tsunami. The lawsuit includes claims for illnesses such as Leukemia, ulcers, gall bladder removals, brain cancer, brain tumors, testicular cancer, dysfunctional uterine bleeding, thyroid illnesses, stomach ailments and a host of other complaints unusual in such young adults. The injured servicemen and women will require treatment for their deteriorating health, medical monitoring, payment of their medical bills, appropriate health monitoring for their children, and monitoring for possible radiation-induced genetic mutations.
One Sailor, age 22, has been diagnosed with Leukemia and is losing his eyesight. In his declaration to the court he states, “Upon my return from Operation Tomodachi, I began losing my eyesight. I lost all vision in my left eye and most vision in my right eye. I am unable to read street signs and am no longer able to drive. Prior to Operation Tomodachi, I had 20/20 eyesight, wore no glasses and had no corrective eye surgery. Additionally, I know of no family members who have had leukemia.” Paul Garner and Charles Bonner, attorneys for the sailors, say that additional plaintiffs are continuing to come forward with serious ailments from radiation.
The sailors would like the general public to contact their members of Congress, locally elected officials, and President Obama and implore them to tell the Government of Japan to (1) apply the principles of “Operation Tomodachi” to the Plaintiff-victims and help these U.S. Sailors; and (2) tell TEPCO to stop shirking responsibility for their publically acknowledged wrongdoings.
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