The Young in Fukushima city

Fukushima city, November 2012 - Inside the appartment of Omura family, refugees from Odaka district, Minami-Soma city. Odaka was located inside the 20km evacuation zone until the order was lifted in April 2012. Former residents are allowed to go back but not to spend the night there. Mr Omura works at home in a small appartment, with his wife and 3 kids. The 3 year-old daughter had cesium in her urine after the accident. Nodules and cyst were detectedin the thyroid of the youngest son (9). They received the results saying only : "A2 - There are some small nodules and a cyst, but a follow-up examination is not necessary.? About half of the children tested in the prefecture have cyst or nodules. Most of them belong to A2 category (nodules smaller than 5mm and cyst smaller than 20mm)..The mother : "I believed these results, and thought everything was fine. But just yesterday, when I saw a friend and showed her this and said ?It says that he's okay, so it should be all right,? she answered ?No, it's not okay. There is something irregular, and that's not normal.? "

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Fukushima city, November 2012 - Inside the appartment of Omura family, refugees from Odaka district, Minami-Soma city. Odaka was located inside the 20km evacuation zone until the order was lifted in April 2012. Former residents are allowed to go back but not to spend the night there. Mr Omura works at home in a small appartment, with his wife and 3 kids. The 3 year-old daughter had cesium in her urine after the accident. Nodules and cyst were detectedin the thyroid of the youngest son (9). They received the results saying only : "A2 - There are some small nodules and a cyst, but a follow-up examination is not necessary.? About half of the children tested in the prefecture have cyst or nodules. Most of them belong to A2 category (nodules smaller than 5mm and cyst smaller than 20mm)..The mother : "I believed these results, and thought everything was fine. But just yesterday, when I saw a friend and showed her this and said ?It says that he's okay, so it should be all right,? she answered ?No, it's not okay. There is something irregular, and that's not normal.? "