Many studies of prenatally exposed survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have shown that exposure to ionizing radiation during gestation has harmful effects on the developing human brain. Data on the occurrence of severe mental retardation as well as variation in intelligence quotient (IQ) and school performance show significant effects on those survivors exposed 8-15 and 16-25 weeks after ovulation. Studies of seizures, especially those without a known precipitating cause, also exhibit a radiation effect in survivors exposed 8-15 weeks after ovulation. The biologic events that subtend these abnormalities are still unclear. However, magnetic resonance imaging of the brains of some mentally retarded survivors has revealed a large region of abnormally situated gray matter, suggesting an abnormality in neuronal migration. Radiation can induce small head size as well as mental retardation, and a review of the relationship between small head size and anthropometric measurements, such as height, weight, sitting height and chest circumference, shows that individuals with small head size have smaller anthropometric measurements than normocephalics. This suggests that radiation-related small head size is related to a generalized growth retardation. Finally, the issue of a threshold in the occurrence of one or more of these effects, both heuristically and from a regulatory perspective, remains uncertain. Simple inspection of the data often suggests that a threshold may exist, but little statistical support for this impression can be advanced, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl... this link is about how radiation effects the sperm and causes malformed brains in their children all the articles can be found in that link and heres a news report thesun.co.uk/archives/news/...
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So you were conceived after your father had been contaminated by radiation, resulting in your brain injury. What a shocking example of ignorance that bombing was ; exposing servicemen and civilians to such a toxic environment without any understanding of the radiation fall-out was tragic, on a monumental scale.
How is your care situation now Hawk, and how are you coping ; is the trust issue still bothering you ?
because of my fathers service and in the pass doctors and people said there was no link and i didnt have brain damage you could say i have trust issues
naval-history.net/xGM-Chron... heres the ship he served on wessex was with that ship in that youtube clip he served from late 1943 i believe all them places in that ships service record he went too -- able sea man arthur noel richards
You're very proud of him, and rightly so. He must have witnessed some extraordinary events and shocking sights. But despite all the evidence of contamination, governments don't like to talk about it.
I hope you're coping ok Hawk ; all best wishes to you, Cat x
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