Wow! Ex-Texan was right. 750 RAD.
Posted on 12/28/2011 7:41:33 PM PST by Veto!
WASHINGTON, D.C. – December 19, 2011 -- An estimated 14,000 excess deaths in the United States are linked to the radioactive fallout from the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear reactors in Japan, according to a major new article in the December 2011 edition of the International Journal of Health Services. This is the first peer-reviewed study published in a medical journal documenting the health hazards of Fukushima........
Just six days after the disastrous meltdowns struck four reactors at Fukushima on March 11, scientists detected the plume of toxic fallout had arrived over American shores. Subsequent measurements by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found levels of radiation in air, water, and milk hundreds of times above normal across the U.S. The highest detected levels of Iodine-131 in precipitation in the U.S. were as follows (normal is about 2 picocuries I-131 per liter of water): Boise, ID (390); Kansas City (200); Salt Lake City (190); Jacksonville, FL (150); Olympia, WA (125); and Boston, MA (92).
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(Excerpt) Read more at radiation.org ...
Taos, Denver? Has Berkeley fallen into the Bay?
the report may be total BS but it’s plenty good enough for some ambulance chasers.
Hiroshima & Nagasaki are nuclear wastelands today right? Nobody in Japan would live there today would they?
http://www.funonthenet.in/articles/hiroshima-nagasaki-today.html
Re: peer review.
The International Journal of Health Services is NOT a medical journal. If you check out the publisher’s website, and the list of the articles in previous editions, you’ll see what I mean.
Frances Fox Piven is on their Editorial Board. She is one of the peers.
Would not mean anything. Many government employees have no problem lying if they think it is for the good of their employer. For example - A recent Alaskan official for the Public Health department claimed no radiation from Japan reached Alaska. That was a flat out false statement. Radiation was detected at Dutch Harbor, Juneau and Nome in March.
Hey, HiTech, the three-eyed weasels are on the menu in Tokyo. I don’t want to see them at McDonalds here.
Thx for good info on peer-reviewed.
Ah, I see.
Radiation travels from its source in every direction, which is essentially in a spherical shape. That means that while moving a linear distance from the source, the strength of the radiation decreases proportionately to the inverse of the distance squared. This is called the "inverse-square law."
Or, to put that more numerically: if at a distance, r, the strength of the radiation is s, then at a distance 3r, s is decreased by a factor of 1/π(3r)2. So, if s=81 at distance r=1, at distance r=3, s=81/π(32), or 9/π. This means that, at the distance from the US to Japan, if there were any radiation levels high enough to cause harm to US persons, the radiation levels in Japan would be high enough to render Japan completely lifeless.
Another consideration is that there is a lot of rock between the US and Japan. There isn't any radiation that can penetrate thousands of miles of rock. The most penetrating radiation, gamma radiation, can penetrate through a few feet of lead. So not even gamma has the energy to travel that far through rock.
One last consideration might be the fallout of radioactive particles thrown into the air. To an extent, the concentration of radioactive particles obeys the inverse-square law. The further from the source, the more dispersed the particles are. Also, the heavier particles fall closer to the source; the lighter ones tend to travel further. In any case, the chances of radioactive chunks of debris falling onto your house are similar to the chances of the proverbial porcines suddenly taking an interest in aviation. And if any small particles happen to make it to your house, chances are, they are so small that any radiation they might add to the background levels already present at your house are probably indetectable.
I know this is a bit dense and technical, but I hope it helps ease your fears.
Xlnt photos, thanks for link
Sorry, I live outside of Boise and the one report back then indicated a slightly higher radiation count...but measuring something like in the ten thousands of anything that would be harmful at the time.
Nothing measured even that much snce as far as I know.
And having lived here for 15 years, I must say that any report of bizarre weather patterns is absolutely unfounded. Outside of a dry start to this winter, there is nothing bizarre going opn in the least.
Those numbers are ludicrous.
I’d check with real physicists and engineers before believing anything from one of our medical pubs.
Thanks very much for taking this seriously.
I would think 14,000 deaths might even be high in Japan where people were actually exposed to radiation. However, this number is ludicrous in the US where radiation attributable to the Fukushima disaster was hardly measurable. If this low level of exposure to radiation can cause thousands of deaths, you would think that several western states would have experienced millions of deaths as a result of atmospheric A-bomb tests in the 1950s.
Oh, those are nice pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki!
However, putting a bull’s eye memorial at ground zero seems like it is in rather poor taste.
Come on...this simply does not pass the smell test. 14,000 deaths from radiation here in the US?
That could not be covered over. Too many relatives, Drs, nurses. Burial services, etc., etc.
This is simply Bravo Sierra and hogwash...sensationalizing and attention grabbing by absolutely meaningless and vague reports.
It would be HUGE news if even ONE American died as a direct result of radiation from Japan...but there has not been a single report of any any illness even...much less a death...or 14,000 of them!
Come on!
I posted too quickly. The claim has to do with I-131 at increased levels.
I would still say “What is the mechanism”? Paul Muller, who got the Nobel in chemistry in 1946 for creating DDT, is also responsible for the “linear hypothesis” (any increase at all in exposure to toxic substances will result in excess deaths). Serious toxicologists know the linear hypothesis is false. The body has the ability to withstand exposure to toxic substances up to various threshhold levels without suffering any harm.
Aircrews, for example, are subject to vastly higher levels of radiation than the rest of us, but if there is any adverse impact at all on their health, it certainly only occurs after many, many years.
What makes the paper’s conclusion look utterly bogus is the “keel over” claims. In other words, the paper’s assertions about causation cause an immediate red flag to go up.
Bear in mind that scares based on alleged “science” are relatively common. Alar was one, and the sugar industry’s campaign against saccharine was another. More recently, absurd claims about second hand smoke have been used to frighten the public. I wouldn’t be surprised if the article is driven by an anti-nuclear power agenda.
That is what first came to my mind when I saw the head line. That and I snorted Dr Pepper through my nose (ouch) because it was so unbelievable.
I knew before opening the story it was complete BS. I would have read about 10 times that dead or dying in Japan.
Wow! Ex-Texan was right. 750 RAD.
Good find. I hadn't thought of looking at the editorial board.
Better both Oakland and Berkeley ;-)
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