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ashling

(25,771 posts) Thu Nov 16, 2017, 04:07 AM Nov 2017

A Radioactive Cloud Wafts Over Europe, With Russia as Chief Suspect

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/15/world/europe/radioactive-cloud-europe.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur

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A Radioactive Cloud Wafts Over Europe, With Russia as Chief Suspect (Original Post) ashling Nov 2017 OP

That's not good dembotoz Nov 2017 #1

Such low levels of radioactivity do not pose a health hazard... TomVilmer Nov 2017 #2

Russia NEVER informs its neighbors of nuclear accidents DFW Nov 2017 #3

republicans have some deranged Crony Comrades Achilleaze Nov 2017 #4

dembotoz

(16,805 posts)

1. That's not good

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Thu Nov 16, 2017, 04:37 AM

Nov 2017

Mostly a kick

TomVilmer

(1,832 posts)

2. Such low levels of radioactivity do not pose a health hazard...

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Thu Nov 16, 2017, 05:27 AM

Nov 2017

... but are an indication of a minor accident at a lab working with medical trace material. Still it is troubling, that the lab has not announced this problem.

DFW

(54,384 posts)

3. Russia NEVER informs its neighbors of nuclear accidents

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Thu Nov 16, 2017, 06:07 AM

Nov 2017

Even when Chernobyl blew, it took them days to inform the rest of Europe, long after Geiger counters here in Germany were spitting out hugely elevated radiation levels on the ground. We couldn't eat locally grown mushrooms for over a year after that.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)

4. republicans have some deranged Crony Comrades

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Thu Nov 16, 2017, 07:29 AM

Nov 2017

screwing up half of the planet, while the republicans, inc. crap all over the other half

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