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In reply to the discussion: Post-Fukushima: Seven Billion Deaths Predicted [View all]FBaggins
(26,748 posts)88. Let's have a little more from the source you just claimed was authoritative...
... but which you will now ignore entirely.
How concerned should people in the US be about this radioactive contamination reaching their seas?
There will be by every prediction Fukushima caesium isotopes off the US coast. The models tell us that some time this winter well be seeing them arrive on the coast.
I was caught by surprise, in a way, when there was concern about the arrival of the radioactive plume as it moves across the Pacific. Largely, that is related to public misunderstanding of what levels are considered a concern, and what levels shouldnt be. I certainly dont believe the levels were going to see on the west coast of North America should be of health concern. The human-exposure issues are more for the workers and people moving back into their homes on land.
There will be by every prediction Fukushima caesium isotopes off the US coast. The models tell us that some time this winter well be seeing them arrive on the coast.
I was caught by surprise, in a way, when there was concern about the arrival of the radioactive plume as it moves across the Pacific. Largely, that is related to public misunderstanding of what levels are considered a concern, and what levels shouldnt be. I certainly dont believe the levels were going to see on the west coast of North America should be of health concern. The human-exposure issues are more for the workers and people moving back into their homes on land.
What were the results of the tests that have been done on fish, some of which wandered from one side of the ocean to the other?
The bluefin tuna off San Diego, California, carried Fukushima caesium. The estimate was that someone who eats five times the amount of fish that an average American does, and eat only contaminated tuna for a year, would end up with a dose that would cause an extra two cancers in ten million people. The risk was not zero, but it was very small. It was hundreds of times less than the risk from polonium-210, the natural isotope thats in seafood and that we dont think about1.
The bluefin tuna off San Diego, California, carried Fukushima caesium. The estimate was that someone who eats five times the amount of fish that an average American does, and eat only contaminated tuna for a year, would end up with a dose that would cause an extra two cancers in ten million people. The risk was not zero, but it was very small. It was hundreds of times less than the risk from polonium-210, the natural isotope thats in seafood and that we dont think about1.
And, of course, we can't forget about the poor starfish.
A lot of articles online have linked the Fukushima spills to events such as starfish die-offs near California. What is your response to them?
Theres been a lot of undue alarm. In some terms its like shouting fire in a crowded theatre. It should be stopped. Its not accurate. Radioactivity can cause harm and genetic damage, but not at the levels were expecting. A lot of those reports of effects on the US west coast were even before this radioactivity showed up. How does that work? It hasnt even shown up on our coast.
Theres been a lot of undue alarm. In some terms its like shouting fire in a crowded theatre. It should be stopped. Its not accurate. Radioactivity can cause harm and genetic damage, but not at the levels were expecting. A lot of those reports of effects on the US west coast were even before this radioactivity showed up. How does that work? It hasnt even shown up on our coast.
http://www.nature.com/news/cash-wanted-to-help-monitor-fukushima-ocean-radioactivity-1.14552
That explains the need for this thread better than anything. A leading expert on the subject says
[p style="font-size: 200%;"]"It should be stopped. Its not accurate"
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ha! i made a similar comment recently about the hyped dangers of halley's comet in 1910.
unblock
Oct 2014
#1
I don't understand why it's become a joke to worry about that nuclear disaster.
LawDeeDah
Oct 2014
#58
Let's compare the facts you claim and see who is really living off of "opinion"... shall we?
FBaggins
Oct 2014
#87
Let's have a little more from the source you just claimed was authoritative...
FBaggins
Oct 2014
#88
That's about as helpful as a "news report" saying there is absolutely nothing wrong at all. nt
Electric Monk
Oct 2014
#2
I'm guessing roughly 7 billion died in the century before Fukushima too.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2014
#3
yes, like much preaching, the puritans' sex-hatred was firmly rooted in hypocrisy.
unblock
Oct 2014
#21
"Getting life insurance is like betting on a sure thing..and hoping you lose." Dick Gregory
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2014
#8
Yeah, no kidding. And YOU will never be the beneficiary of it, either, if it's your policy.
calimary
Oct 2014
#43
Looks like it is you who is whining. I simply pointed out the obvious. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Oct 2014
#16
It's the same sort of bullying and pile-on, that nadine was subjected to and left because of.
MerryBlooms
Oct 2014
#81
I don't believe you. I think this post was made to mock DUers that don't agree with you
LawDeeDah
Oct 2014
#67
My fiance's daughter's cookies look like that, which is why I chose the image. I'm waiting on a
ChisolmTrailDem
Oct 2014
#45
I had to buy larger pants the other day. So, I'm good to go =) Nom, nom, nom! nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Oct 2014
#50
Unless they tame that aging gene...then who knows, it may be 250 years. nt
ChisolmTrailDem
Oct 2014
#40
How very clever. You aren't claiming that billions will die is a fact only
rhett o rick
Oct 2014
#61
Pancreatic, Thyroid and Prostate cancer are a bitch...so maybe not 7 bil...but if the one someone you love
Tikki
Oct 2014
#55
The mortality rate for all injuries, diseases, accidents, and crimes is 100%.
True Blue Door
Oct 2014
#79
Well, I just stumbled upon an Apocalyptic website to see all their predictions.
freshwest
Oct 2014
#84