Parents in Japan and Taiwan do not want to take risks in terms of radiation emissions from the nuclear plant in Fukushima and take their children to clinics to be scanned.
Going over the limit allowed, radiation can cause thyroid cancer or leukemia. Children are more vulnerable to radiation because their tissues are developing more rapidly than those of adults
Three weeks after the earthquake and tsunami that threw Japan into an unprecedented crisis, the greatest worry to those who were not directly affected by the natural disasters remain radiation.
Thus, children and food are scanned to detect any radiation contamination.
Today, international media reported that one of the largest stem cell bank in Europe to offer store for Japan’s own adult stem cells. Therefore, the Japanese authorities want to harvest stem cells from the rescue workers, as recent scientific studies have shown that stem cells can repair damage caused by exposure to high radiation. Stem cells can remove the negative effects of radiation.