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All the experts from all around the world think 20 is fine, and they all have backup information on the amount of radiation and its impact to the human body. Unfortunately, I think I will just leave this thread alone. Further debate will kill my brain cells, faster than crack or anything else...... |
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03-25-2011, 12:49 AM
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I'm going to join ranks with them. I don't feel it to be my imperative to educate one person with heretic-like discourse and the ears of a jet engine. Good luck to those with more patience, I can no longer get past the first phrase of a post that starts with " .. " and has a " .. " to delimiter sentences. |
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As far as i can understand, every efforts are being put in to attempt to contain the problem so that it may not deteriorate into a more serious problem (eg: meltdown). i am all this while thinking that the condition is still serious and volatile at least up to today. Care to share your source of info? |
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03-25-2011, 10:24 AM
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This one talks about the evacuation zone http://www.jiji.com/jc/c?g=pol_30&k=2011032500798 This one talks about the nuclear safety agency ordering tepco to step up on safety measure around the plant. I would assume that they won't be so specific to say just the plant if the situation is not under control. One thing to note though, it did mention that water in one of the reactors measured to have 10000 times higher radiation than normal, but thats localized the reactors and plant. If it does blow up, then yes, it will be bad. But there does not appear to be that concern at all: NHK WORLD English More from NHK. 6 prefecture detected radiation in plants, but the water is still safe for consumption: NHK WORLD English this one talks about the restoration effort: More engineers, workers dispatched to ailing Fukushima nuclear plant - The Mainichi Daily News This article has something interesing : Shigenobu Nagataki, professor emeritus at Nagasaki University, who specializes in radiation medicine, said, "Because there were no other health problems after the Chernobyl accident besides thyroid gland cancer among children, it is unlikely (that the situation in Fukushima) would lead immediately to health problems. In areas where high levels of contamination were detected, measures should be considered after holding sufficient discussions with residents based on the data that is available asahi.com Ok, so I cannot find anyone that explicitly say that "We are all fine", but I take it as an implied thing now that nobody is screaming "On my god, a meltdown, oh my god it will blow up" As i mention before, i do see why there is a fear, but the situation that people most fear about will only happen if there is a meltdown or if the plant blow up. In which case there does not appear to be any recent news suggesting something like that That said, the fear of radiation is still there, but is it necessary to evacuate the country, thats a different story. I don't want to repeat figures that other have posted, but current measurement suggest that a mass scale evacuation is not required as it post negligible health risk |
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03-25-2011, 10:46 AM
The more and more I read, I honestly think that a lot of this is down to cultural misinterpretation. (This is true of what Bluejeanslady is saying as well as various media sources.)
To put it simply, let us say that we have 4 cultures. I`ll call them A, B, C, and D. To the exact same event, they each respond a bit differently. A responds with response 1. B with 1b. C with 1c. D with 2. Someone in culture A is going to be most familiar with their own culture. They`ll probably know a lot about cultures B and C, and see them as the same or similar to their own culture. They may know a little about culture D, or think they do - especially if the culture *looks* somewhat similar to their own. But for some reason, culture D is responding in a way that is unexpected! As A, B, and C all respond with variations of response 1, to someone in culture A it is the natural and normal response. To someone in culture A, a response as different as 2 can only mean that the event triggering it must be different. Japan is culture D here. Because people in Japan are not displaying the "normal" response expected by A, it isn`t hard for people to imagine that there must be some difference in what they know of the event. As panic and fleeing is "normal", the people of Japan must not know enough to have this "natural" response. In reality, it`s just a different response - it doesn`t mean they don`t know what is happening. It`s all about applying your own values to someone else. |
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03-25-2011, 12:55 PM
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I left the quote in tact because it is exactly how many of us feel. Well said!  Only an open mind and open heart can be filled with life. ********************* Find your voice; silence will not protect you.
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