Radiation

[JohnBraden]

Originally Posted by ngmunling

Of course like in recent China meat scandal. But wait, man-made nuclear contamination glows? Are you sure radiation can be seen in the dark by seeing it glows?

That was a joke....

[ngmunling]

Originally Posted by acjama

I did read the whole post with a thought, but I still wouldn't go that road. One might have "who cares, let's enjoy life!" attitude now, but in ten years one might have a family and kids. For most people, life still continues after several years. Hell, I've already had four of those "ten years later..." thingies. I have no interest in dying of cancer, and the risk of radiation related cancer kind of grows substantially when living near a nuclear accident site and having a government who has new clothes.
Sure, you can get hit by a truck next week. Especially true for people who continue to walk in the middle of the road despite seeing headlights.

Yes, that's what I am trying to say. We have no proof of other food & beverages are contaminated or not. Japan is so big, the government personnel checking the food are in a shortage of personel (which in turn cannot literally check every single food)

I am saying this because in fact the govt. agrees they are lacking of personel. Another point is radiation settles unevenly. Food grown in huge fields can be contamined in one corner and not the remaining area.

When random pick, you pick the non-contaminated and scanned with results of no contamination and you accept that the entire field is not contaminated which in fact, a corner of it is contamined and it goes to the market.

Of course no one wants to die painfully. I am not saying there are no possibilities that other factors can shorten a life. The radiation danger now is not natural background radiation but man-made radiation, onw that unlike the natural, can accumulate in your body. The more you eat contamined food unknowingly, the more Bq you have, the shorter the painful day arrives.

What I want to know is why confident that Western and Southern Japan does not have contamination? Why rice test is not tested in all prefectures? (unless rice are not grown in all prefectures, correct me on this)

Locally grown veges and fruits? Soil leaves contamination was found only after it was out on sale. Yes, people had return, yes govt. recall. How about those who do not even know or simply don't care?

[ngmunling]

I am sorry if I created any unnecessary emotions.

I am in total confuse and literally heart pain. I know there are people who are suffering worst than me. I want to study there and help out whatever academic knowledge I have in the future. I been to Japan so many times and now with all these uncertainties of radiation contamination in food (worse, teas and rice and seafood, the main ingredients in Japanese diet).

Making me unable to study and work there has somehow "killed" me because of TEPCO and all the ignorance of danger of aging nuclear plants. Nuclear should not even exist.

I can guarantee my health if I go there and yet I want to save them from man-made radiation. It is not a joke. It is man-made radiation. No amount is safe.

Sorry for any unnecessary emotions.
I really don't know what to do.

[JBaymore]

Originally Posted by ngmunling

......... and yet I want to save them from man-made radiation.

How about maybe instead of thinking that foreigners need to come in and "save" the Japanese becasue "we" know better, we let THEM decide the fate of their own culture and lives? If THEY distrust how the government has handled things, then THEY can do something about it. If THEY think that they want to try to live without nuclear energy, then THEY can shut all the plants down. If THEY want outsiders to come in and tell them how to do things, let THEM ask you for that.

best,

.............john

[siokan]

Originally Posted by ngmunling

What I want to know is why confident that Western and Southern Japan does not have contamination? Why rice test is not tested in all prefectures? (unless rice are not grown in all prefectures, correct me on this)

Data that scholar who dissented to nuclear power generation settled.
(The specialty is a scholar who is researching the proliferation of the volcanic ash)
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Europe of the radioactive substance scattered on land is more abundant.
When the resident from Chernobyl to the vicinity of Germany has been annihilated, I give it up.

Consequence of grand human experimentation by Chernobyl lol
"The metabolism is an athletic child" It gets a cancer of the thyroid gland in case of being in the heavily polluted area.

[GoNative]

Originally Posted by ngmunling

I am sorry if I created any unnecessary emotions.

I am in total confuse and literally heart pain. I know there are people who are suffering worst than me. I want to study there and help out whatever academic knowledge I have in the future. I been to Japan so many times and now with all these uncertainties of radiation contamination in food (worse, teas and rice and seafood, the main ingredients in Japanese diet).

Making me unable to study and work there has somehow "killed" me because of TEPCO and all the ignorance of danger of aging nuclear plants. Nuclear should not even exist.

I can guarantee my health if I go there and yet I want to save them from man-made radiation. It is not a joke. It is man-made radiation. No amount is safe.

Sorry for any unnecessary emotions.
I really don't know what to do.

Well I would suggest stop worrying so damned much. Truly the chances of you eating something that would have an adverse affect on your health because of radiation is really very, very slim. There are probably plenty of other things you do in your life everyday right now that have more chance of adversely affecting your health. Simple things like getting into a car and driving would have far more risk of injury and death than being exposed to harmful amounts of radiation. Are you terrified everytime you get into a car??

Get past the hype and look at the real risk. It's almost negligible. Personally I would have no problem moving back to Japan. I would have no issues with my daughter living there. Obviously I probably wouldn't move to Fukushima right at the moment but I don't think this is what you are planning either? If you were moving to say within around 100km of the reactors maybe I could understand your concerns but if you're looking to move to somewhere like Tokyo I just don't get it.

[acjama]

Originally Posted by ngmunling

Are you sure radiation can be seen in the dark by seeing it glows?

No, of course not. That's just the silliest hollywood joke about it and perpetuated by physicists to ridicule the whole notion.

There is, however, a bluish Cherenkov radiation that occurs when radiating particles move faster than the speed of light (in vacuum), which can only happen when the medium slows photons more than the particles, i.e. under water etc (where photons move at 75% of their top speed and therefore matter can be accelerated beyond local c). It has applications in nuclear industry, but of course there are strict preconditions for it to occur. Hence, just a joke.

[acjama]

Originally Posted by GoNative

Truly the chances of you eating something that would have an adverse affect on your health because of radiation is really very, very slim.

Actually, the chances of eating harmful amounts of contaminated food during the 30-40 years that this is going to continue, are quite substantial. There is absolutely nothing wrong about taking steps and learning the safest way through this, as there is nothing wrong with driving safely and looking both ways when crossing the road, if one is concerned about traffic accidents, etc.

[ngmunling]

Thank you very much everyone who has contributed into this topic. Please kindly add in more information for future readers who are concerned with this tread's topic.

Thanks.

[hitotsz]

the Korean BBQ incidents have me more worried than radiated food.

what is that?