Children's Bigger Damage　of Radiation "75 Years, Atomic Bomb"By Dr Soko Day 34/50

Nuclear Weapon Targets Children 

There is a research showing that abnormal white blood cell counts are more likely to occur in children than in adults, based on blood data from a family of 10 living in the Nishiyama area of Nagasaki.（参照：「長崎市における原子爆弾の人体被害の調査、九州帝国大学医学部放射線治療学教室　中島良貞教授、そのほか。原子爆弾災害調査報告集　第2分冊 P957　1953)　

At that time, an American research team pointed out that there was a strong radiation response in an area located 3 km east of the hypocenter of Nagasaki. At the time of exposure, westerly winds were blowing. The area was located in a hillside, and it was speculated that a large amount of dust mixed with radioactive material had fallen there.

A family of 10 people living here were grandparents, parents and six children. Of these, a father and 26-year-old eldest son were out of house to work during the day, so the effects of radiation were considered to be relatively low for the two.

According to the blood data on 1st October, the number of white blood cells is listed in order of age: 6200 (73 y.o), 6800 (65 y.o), 5200 (48 y.o), 11600 (41 y.o), 6500 (26 y.o), 17000 ( 18 y.o), 12600 (11 y.o), 13000 (8 y.o), 20600 (6 y.o), 15600 (2 y.o).

Children under the age of 18 have a white blood cell count of more than 10,000, which is higher than that of adults.

This data is not enough to evaluate, but as of 2020,

It is known that children are more sensitive to radiation than adults, so I showed this family's case as one data showing that.