[bgill]

Eight sailors have filed a lawsuit against the Japanese power company, alleging that officials lied about the amount of leakage. It says the Navy used the company’s reports in its own calculations about the safety of U.S. sailors in the relief effort

What a sorry nation we've become that we're so lazy that we can't be bothered to flip the ON switch on our detection equipment. Or was this another stand down order.

[Texas Fossil]

Some how I doubt that is an accurate statement of the cause of the exposure. And it may be that the exposure was not as serious as implied.

Has been quite a while since the incident. It has been reported elsewhere in the news. Some of that reporting is less dramatic.

Now, if there is in fact a pattern of exposure related illnesses it should be admitted. If not, it should be exposed as overstatement.

My credibility sniffer is going off about the article after reading some other coverage of it.