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The formal announcement, expected from the government in coming days, would be the first official recognition that the March accident could force the long-term depopulation of communities near the plant, an eventuality that scientists and some officials have been warning about for months. Lawmakers said over the weekend — and major newspapers reported Monday — that Prime Minister Naoto Kan was planning to visit Fukushima Prefecture, where the plant is, as early as Saturday to break the news directly to residents. The affected communities are all within 12 miles of the plant, an area that was evacuated immediately after the accident.
Zone Near Fukushima Daiichi May Be Off Limits for Decades
Bisphenol-A now linked to male infertility
BPA has been the subject of intense research as it is a known endocrine disrupter which in large quantities interferes with the release of hormones. Earlier studies have linked it to low sex drive, impotence and DNA damage in sperm. Now a new five year study claims to have found a link between levels of BPA in the blood and male fertility. For their study of 514 workers in factories in China, researchers at Kaiser Permanente, a California-based research centre, found that men with higher urine BPA levels were two to four times more at risk of having poor semen quality, including low sperm concentration, low sperm vitality and mobility. What is more the amount of the BPA in the blood seemed to be inversely proportional to sperm quality. Even those with less than the national average BPA levels in America were effected, it was claimed.
Y ou wouldn’t think the cities had much in common. Iaşi, with a population of 320,000, lies in the Moldavian region of Romania. Mégrine is a town of 24,000 in northern Tunisia, on the Mediterranean Sea. Tartu, Estonia, with a population of 100,000, is the oldest city in the Baltic States; it is sometimes called “the Athens on the Emajõgi.” Shenyang, in northeastern China, is a major industrial center and transportation hub with a population of 7.2 million.
