Breaking news from Tokyo, Japan confirms that levels of "cancer-causing cesium-134" are showing up in groundwater samples at rates 90- 110 times higher than all previous readings at the Fukushima disaster zone. The announcements are coming from the Tokyo Electric Power company (TEPCO) who has been monitoring the battered Fukushima nuclear power plant. Scientists believe it could take up to forty years to clean up the nuclear waste. The new high level readings of cesium-134 may mean that the destruction has just begun and that the Pacific ocean is set to become "the ultimate sponge" for this nuclear disaster.

Tokyo Power Plant downplaying the new high levels of nuclear radioactive waste

Even though the high cesium readings are coming from groundwater nearby the battered Fukushima plant, the Tokyo Electric Power company is refusing to comment on the origins of the high cesium-134 levels and this has many up in arms, criticizing TEPCO.

A Japan nuclear watchdog, the Nuclear Regulation Authority, has condemned the Tokyo Electric Power company for not coming out and warning the public of the origins of the high cesium levels.

The Nuclear Regulation Authority said in its review, "It is strongly suspected that highly concentrated contaminated waste water has leaked to the ground and has spread to the sea."

TEPCO is underplaying the new findings, as they fail to identify the origins and destination of the toxic groundwater. The Nuclear Authority believes the toxic groundwater is directly flowing into the Pacific Ocean and are calling for further investigation. Urging for a detailed explanation from TEPCO, they are tired of the disaster being downplayed. Regardless, TEPCO says the contaminated groundwater is likely to be contained in its current location by concrete foundations and steel sheets. This idea seems strange, due to groundwater's pervasive downstream flowing ability, directly into the Pacific Ocean. As the emergency of the situation continues to be disregarded, many are wondering what's going on behind closed doors as the ordeal becomes hush-hush."

Recent groundwater tests show other high levels of toxic waste overflow

It's even more interesting to note that the TEPCO Company has admitted in the past month that recent soil samples at the Fukushima plant are showing up with other high level readings of cesium-137, tritium, and strontium-90. Substances like these were released and are increasing in incidence due to the Fukushima nuclear reactor meltdowns that followed the March 2011 tsunami which swamped the plant and shut down the cooling systems. Now the cesium levels are at their all-time highest since the March 2011 breakdown.

At the time of the meltdown, tens of thousands of people were forced from their homes to avoid the toxic radiation onslaught from the planet's worst nuclear accident in the last generation. The meltdown furthered the tragedy of the earthquake and tsunami that claimed over 18,000 lives in Japan.

In preparation for future meltdowns, thousands of tons of water are being stored on site, in order to cool reactors in an emergency storage tank leak and power outage situation, but is it too little, too late?

Further investigation is needed as the Pacific Ocean becomes a giant sponge for toxic waste

A TEPCO official told the Japanese media. "It is unclear whether the radioactive water is leaking into the sea. After gathering needed data, we will conduct analyses."

"I see (TEPCO) has not been able to find the cause of these spikes in readings," Nuclear Regulation Authority Chairman Shunichi Tanaka said at a meeting among commissioners.

"TEPCO says there has not been meaningful impact on the environment. But we must see for sure what are the possibilities of this leading to oceanic contamination," Commissioner Toyoshi Fuketa, said.

There is certainly a mass call for further investigation into the causes and the consequences. There is growing concern for the consequences sure to come as toxic waste overflows into the Pacific Ocean. Will the devastation of cancer-causing waste linger on into forever as the ocean mops up the mess and spreads the disaster to all life?
Republished from NaturalNews
Written by Lance Devon

New MRI research reveals cancer cells thrive on processed sugar

Posted by The Watcher on July 17, 2013 in categories Health, Research

Do you have a sweet tooth? If so, your dietary habits could be significantly adding to your risk of developing cancer. New research published in the journal Nature Medicine has confirmed that processed sugar is one of the primary driving forces behind the growth and spread of cancer tumors, so much so that the future of cancer screening could rely on scanning the body for sugar accumulation.

Scientists from University College London (UCL) in the U.K. made this discovery after experimenting with a new cancer detection method that involves utilizing a unique form of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). After sensitizing an MRI scanner to look specifically for glucose in the body, it was revealed that cancer tumors, which feed off sugar, light up brightly as they contain high amounts of sugar.

"The new technique, called 'glucose chemical exchange saturation transfer' (glucoCEST), is based on the fact that tumors consume much more glucose (a type of sugar) than normal, healthy tissues in order to sustain their growth," explains a recent UCL announcement, noting that tumors appear as "bright images" on MRI scans of mice.

Traditionally, cancer screenings have involved the use of low-dose radiation injections to identify the presence of tumors, which makes sense as radiation is another known cause of cancer. The things that trigger and promote cancer development and spread, in other words, can also be used by doctors to detect it inside the body. And now sugar can officially be added to this list.

"The method uses an injection of normal sugar and could offer a cheap, safe alternative to existing methods for detecting tumors, which require the injection of radioactive material," says Dr. Simon Walker-Samuel, lead researcher of the study from the UCL Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI).

Interestingly, it was also noted by the study's senior author that the amount of sugar in "half a standard sized chocolate bar" is all it takes to effectively identify the presence of tumors using the glucoCEST method. This is astounding, as it suggests that even relatively low amounts of sugar have the potential to promote cancer proliferation.

Many cancer tumors respond directly to insulin produced by sugar consumption

The UCL study is hardly the only one to have identified a connection between processed sugar consumption and diseases like cancer. Other research, including that being currently being conducted by Dr. Robert H. Lustig, M.D., a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), confirms that the bulk of chronic illnesses prevalent today are caused by sugar consumption.

You can watch a presentation from Dr. Lustig entitled Sugar: The Bitter Truth here: http://youtube.com

As far as cancer is concerned, hormones produced by the body in response to sugar consumption also feed cancer cells. This means that every time you down a soda or eat a piece of cake, your body produces certain chemicals that tell cancer cells to not only start taking up sugar, but also to grow in size and spread.

"What we're beginning to learn is that insulin can cause adverse effects in various tissues, and a particular concern is cancer," says Dr. Lewis Cantley, head of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) at Harvard University, as quoted during an interview with CBS' 60 Minutes.

"If you happen to have a tumor that has insulin receptors on it, then it will get stimulated to take up the glucose that's in the bloodstream," he adds. "So rather than going to the fat or to the muscle, the glucose now goes into the tumor, and the tumor uses it to grow."

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