CNN: Radiation is safe!

[PCIntern]

Wow...we get some everyday! So don't worry about a thing, folks. this is all subjective stuff. No sweat...I shouldn't even leave the room when I take an x-ray...all's well.

They're preparing us for the big dose...which we also don't have to worry about.

[mstinamotorcity]

1. And so is

Capitalism. Look where that got us.

[HereSince1628]

2. So is gasoline

if you don't throw it on yourself and light a match.

[GodlessBiker]

6. And scorpions, too. Just don't get stung by one.

[HereSince1628]

9. It's the LITTLE ones that are really BAD.

[Autumn]

3. I'm going to start bottling it and selling it..

Cause I'm sure it's going to end up being good for you, so I will be rich!!!

[liberal N proud]

4. All is well

Remain calm


:sarcasm:

[lapfog_1]

11. or...

[liberal N proud]

14. That is a favorite movie

But I think I knew all those guys

[buddysmellgood]

5. Can we at least agree that it is something to avoid?

[SidDithers]

7. How much radiation is in series of dental x-rays?...nt

Sid

[RebelOne]

18. With all the dental X-rays I have had

I would be dead by now. I have had tooth problems all my life. Had fillings, teeth pulled, root canals, bridges, etc. You name it I've been through it. So, with every procedure I have had X-rays. So I guess they are not all that dangerous, as I am 72 years old with no major health prpblems.

[SidDithers]

22. As is so often the case, it's the dose that makes the poison...nt

Sid

[snappyturtle]

8. I never hear CNN talk about the accumulative effect of radiation.

I'd like to hear more about that.

[Baclava]

10. Lord Radon knows

[Octafish]

12. The sun's a nuclear reactor.

And it's been in the sky for thousands of years without hurting anybunny.

[jpak]

13. Whew! I feel so much better now!!111

:D

[meow mix]

15. yeah.... the sun often damages my soft internal tissues

drives me nuts!!!

[Kennah]

16. It's true. A couple billion humans are no threat to radiation.

[Cleita]

17. Yes, I have even heard the "we get some everyday!"

argument here at DU over the years.

[Rex]

19. Well did you expect them to tell the truth? This is CNN/Corporate New Network.

All their hair could fall out on live TVEE and still they would say it was from a virus being spread around the studio. No need for worry...or wigs. Just go back to watching E! and forget about Benji glowing...he probably drank some more of the kids redbull again.

[DJ13]

20. K&R

[LanternWaste]

21. I worked in an outpatient cancer center for app. five years...

I worked in an outpatient cancer center for app. five years which treated patients with radiation doses. We wore dosage badges which were checked weekly. I've received far more radiation than my fair share, yet I never did wind up glowi9ng in the dark (sometimes to my regret).

I think until we have a better approximation on dosage levels, we may want to (on an individual level of course) refrain from sowing the seeds of even more confusion... there's more than enough of that to go around currently.

[SidDithers]

23. +1...nt

Sid

[earthside]

24. That's nothing!!!

Last night during a commercial break, I switched to FoxPAC-TV just to see what they were talking about.

I actually heard this on the Hannity show:

HANNITY: But the fear is to release a radiation, is it not?

Jay Lehr, The Heartland Institute: It is but we have a containment structure that is not likely to release the radiation. And if it did release the radiation, most of the radioactive particles have a very short half life. Chernobyl was a number seven as you said. It had no containment building. It totally exploded. There was a cloud of radiation that they said was going to kill tens of thousands of people and deform children.

Ten years after the accident, the U.N. produced a 1,200-page report pointing out that there was no long-term impact on health from anybody away from the plant due to the radiation cloud. There were 1,000 cases of leukemia in the village right surrounding Chernobyl, and 998 of them were cured.

So, this idea of this radioactive cloud like a nuclear bomb is totally false. And puts stress on a population --both our country and their country -- that is totally unwarned.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/hannity/transcript/are-fears-catastrophic-nuclear-meltdown-japan-warranted#ixzz1Ggj4f1Hq

Astonishing, uh?

I guess that according to Jay Lehr of the Heartland Institute we ought to be hoping for an nuclear catastrophe!

A prime example of right-wing reactionary extremism.

[calimary]

29. Aha! Nothing about the dead zone in the Ukraine to this very day, I see.

Probably because the dead zone really ISN'T there anyway. It's actually located between this guy's two ears.

[louis-t]

25. It's good for you...mmmmmm

[LiberalEsto]

26. It's yummy with high-fructose corn syrup

Keeps your tummy nice and warm.

[old mark]

27. K&R_ Fox is probably saying it's good for you...nt

[ReggieVeggie]

28. Sunlight is radiation

[RegieRocker]

31. and it can burn your arse!

[ReggieVeggie]

35. don't I know it

went to the beach one day and fell asleep for nearly 2 hours...YEESH was I toasted

[Critters2]

33. And too much of it causes cancer. nt

[RegieRocker]

30. As safe as listening to the media and believing in what they

have to say.

[Jacobin]

32. Prediction

Anderson Cooper and Dr. Gupta will be on a plane to another country in the next 48 hours......Not sure i would bet a lot on that prediction, but maybe a case of beer.

[CrawlingChaos]

34. This interview with Dr. Helen Caldicott scared the crap out of me

Helen expresses anger and frustration over the industry shills being offered up as "experts" by the networks and discusses the medical consequences of exposure:

http://blogs.abc.net.au/nsw/2011/03/dr-helen-caldicott-on-the-medical-ramifications-of-radiation-exposure.html?site=newcastle&program=newcastle_afternoons

I recommend having liquor on hand when listening.

[lunatica]

36. Reminds me of the movie The Hills Have Eyes

Creeeeepyyyy!