The government has appealed a court ruling awarding state health care benefits to people exposed to radioactive "black rain" that fell immediately after the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima outside of a currently designated zone, welfare minister Katsunobu Kato said Wednesday.The health, labor and welfare minister said the Hiroshima District Court ruling last month was "not based on sufficient scientific evidence," but added the government would consider expanding the area covered by its health care program.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters at his office that the government had decid…READ FULL ARTICLE