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The Thought Show: Thyroid cancer in Japan; Migrant worker rights; Belief in the supernatural

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Woman looking at her mobile phone in Kampala, Uganda

24/03/2016 GMT

Thyroid cancer in Japan; Migrant worker rights; Belief in the supernatural

BBC World Service - The Thought Show, Thyroid cancer in Japan; Migrant worker rights; Belief in the supernatural

In More Or Less has thyroid cancer gone up in Japan after the Fukushima accident?

In More Or Less has thyroid cancer gone up after the Fukushima accident, in BBC Trending a row over migrant worker rights, and in the Why Factor, belief in the supernatural.

More or Less checks out the claim that there are more mobile ‘phones than lightbulbs in Uganda.  And is it true that there are 30 times more cases than expected of thyroid cancer among the under-19s following the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. 

In BBC Trending, the migrant worker who sent a video about his working conditions as a driver in Saudi Arabia to an activist in India who posted it online where it was seen by millions. His employers denied his allegations and took legal action under a Saudi social media law.
And how a photo taken during the anti-government protests in Brazil began an online debate on the country’s racial and economic divide.

And in the Why Factor, Juju, Evu, Witchcraft, the evil eye, Voodoo, black magic. There are many names for beliefs that supernatural forces can be harnessed by people who are out to cause harm.  Mike Williams asks why these beliefs still appear to have such a strong hold across different societies, crossing boundaries of wealth and education.

(Image: Woman looking at her mobile phone in Kampala, Uganda. Credit: AFP / Getty Images)

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