Dear friends, contacts and colleagues, present and past, The tragedy of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear emergency in northern Japan has had a particular impact on my family: Akiko, my wife, comes from Fukushima, and her family, friends and relatives are all directly affected. I have never reached out to you all in this fashion, but this seems an especially worthy cause.
The authorities in Japan apparently need persuading into doing the right thing: the "safe radiation limit" for everybody in Japan is being raised to 20 times its former value, and many argue that this is putting the population of Fukushima in unacceptable danger. This new limit allows officials to avoid doing what could be done to remove some of the contamination, and is considered unsafe since the radiation affects a very large, open area, including all local food production sources. Please take a few minutes to read the below, and to imagine what such an emergency would mean for you if it happened a few kilometres from home. Thank you Yan and Akiko Fitterer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Petition regarding the Second Nuclear Emergency in Japan http://fukushima.greenaction-japan.com/ Please sign this new EMERGENCY petition to roll back reckless radiation limits and protect hundreds of thousands of Japanese children from a lifetime of cancer fear. Japan's people desperately need help for common sense to prevail so their children are safe from radiation exposure. Thank you for taking the time to show your support. After you sign the petition, you will receive a confirmation email. To complete your action, click the link in the email to confirm your signature. We the undersigned ask you to join us in signing our petition, which will be presented to the Japanese Government Read and Sign the petition: http://fukushima.greenaction-japan.com/ This petition is being organized by: Green Action, Greenpeace Japan, Citizens' Nuclear Information Center, Citizens Against Fukushima Ageing Nuclear Power Plants (Fukuro-no-Kai), Osaka Citizens Against the Mihama, Oi, and Takahama Nuclear Power Plants (Mihama-no-Kai), Friends of the Earth Japan _______________________________________________ Linux-HA mailing list Linux-HA@lists.linux-ha.org http://lists.linux-ha.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-ha See also: http://linux-ha.org/ReportingProblems
