It only takes one view of the surface radiation maps measured around 160 miles West of Fukushima to see just how devastating this disaster will be.
I would trust no product being manufactured within 100 miles of Fukushima either. This includes machinery, electronics, clothing, foods, or vehicles.
“We will certainly not die from Fukushima, but the citizens in Japan will be ill from it.”
I don’t think any rational person is saying that there won’t be negative effects from the Fukushima disaster.
However it is not the end of the world, and it is not a reason to abandon nuclear power.
Radiation doesn’t scare me. I respect it but do not fear it. I think all of the “atomiphobes” (my word, free for all to use) are that way due to ignorance. They only know what they read in the papers or hear on the news. (IE: they know very little)
You can protect yourself from harmful amounts of radiation exposure in the vast majority of likely imaginable scenarios.
What scares me most is biological and chemical weapons, and I have had a fair bit of training on that subject as well.