Fukushima - exaggerated or a real threat

http://jeromiewilliams.com/2013/04/...rom-japan-is-already-killing-north-americans/


There is so much misinformation on the net, I just don't know what to think. What do my fellow political forumites think? Is it as horrible as this article articulates or is it exaggerated like everything else in our world today?

 

most of those sources are suspect

 

That article sounds rather alarmist, but this article is probably more balenced:

http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/31/experts-foresee-no-detectable-health-impact-from-fukushima-radiation/

If you looked you might find one in the middle somewhere.

Keep calm...carry on

 

I certainly realize that.... do we really think that the major networks would hardball the situation if it was this bad? I just don't know...

 

NOAA is suspect now?

 

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...shima-reactor-disaster-fallout-135859288.html

I want the truth i am not looking for "balance"

 

That would be nice, we'll have to wait for the BBC or NPR to produce a reliable report for us to know.

 

Since they don't give any actual numbers, it's impossible to say. But the fact that they don't give any actual numbers, just a lot of hyperventilating claims, is itself indicative. In general, anything that cites RT as a source can be dismissed as bull(*)(*)(*)(*).

 

I'm so worn down by the incessant bombardment of exaggerate bs disguised as "news" that I probably wouldn't believe it even if it were so.

 

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...shima-reactor-disaster-fallout-135859288.html

Isnt RT.

 

no, i didn't say noaa was suspect

 

So,I guess it's safe to say that we just don't know. That's pretty scary in itself...

 

Well they are one of the sources for the article. What sources do you take issue with?

 

do you know what 'most' means?

 

I asked you a question. Either answer it or dont reply. What sources in the article do you take issue with.

 

From the article, I would question why the author picked an image without and scale beside it. We dont know what those colors mean in terms of elevated radiation levels. The Japanese government has introduced restrictions on the areas fishing can be conducted. Japan has a higher dependence on fish products than the US, so they have a vested interest in not killing their own population. I do know there is constant testing of commercial fishing catches to try and keep a handle on potential issues.

Researches also have a solid data base of information from the Chernobyl disaster and gained (sadly) valuable information about how exactly radiation will move through the food chain. With Chernobyl we were surprised how little radiation did affect the food chain, so lets hope the Japanese disaster follows the same pattern

 

so you don't know what 'most' means?

 

I am quite familiar with the word thank you for yet again dodging a direct question and an easy one at that. It just shows how desperate you are to avoid anything even resembling a honest debate. Your one liners are boring and old back on ignore you go. No idea why i gave you another chance.

 

why do you keep dodging what i said?

"most of those sources are suspect"

notice how i didn't mention the noaa

 

Radiation exposure following the reactor meltdowns did not cause any immediate health effects on the Japanese population but local people in the worst-affected area may have a slightly higher risk of developing certain cancers. The Japanese government banned commercial fishing in the affected area just north of Tokyo and high levels of radioactive cesium concentration can be detected at different locations in the Pacific. Food safety is still a real concern because radioactive elements released in the sea around Fukushima accumulate at each step of various food chains.

 

these: jeromiewilliams.com, rt, infowars, thelibertybeacon.com, beforeitsnews.com and etc

 

I've been following the Fuku issue closely since day one and can say with a good degree of accuracy that it has not been exaggerated, in fact, the almost total media blackout and control by TEPCO and their 20% shareholder, the Japanese government, has made any attempt to get to the facts very difficult.

Every day for over 2 years Fukushima has been radiating Japan's air, water, land and oceans. It may take 50-100 years to completely clean it up, and that may be optimistic. Since day one TEPCO has been in charge with the gubmint it's stepstool and they have been misdirecting, obfuscating and lying to the Japanese people and the world.

 

what do you think they should tell the japanese people and the world?

[video=youtube;jCoeTktXS8Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCoeTktXS8Y[/video]

 

That they've been slow killing their own people via radiation, they've been dumping/seeping millions of gallons of highly radiated water into the oceans, that they don't know how to fix it and if they do it might take a hundred years.

 

and what do you think that would result in?