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DCKit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-23-11 10:24 AM
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4. Everything concentrates up the food chain.
Edited on Wed Mar-23-11 10:27 AM by DCKit
Being on top is not always a good thing.

On edit: I heard some years ago that, if we were being honest, dead polar bears would be buried as toxic waste. Plankton and algae > fish > seals > polar bears.
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  -Extremely high radiation found in soil 40 km from Fukushima ReturnoftheDjedi  Mar-23-11 09:57 AM   #0 
  - Does cesium concentrate up the food chain?  phantom power   Mar-23-11 09:59 AM   #1 
  - Everything concentrates up the food chain.  DCKit   Mar-23-11 10:24 AM   #4 
     - Everything CAN'T concentrate up the food chain.  extropalopakettle   Apr-04-11 05:12 PM   #18 
  - Can someone please translate how becquerels translate into millisieverts?  leveymg   Mar-23-11 10:05 AM   #2 
     - There is no direct relationship.  Statistical   Mar-23-11 10:11 AM   #3 
     - would you eat food grown in soil reading 163,000 Bq of Cesium 137?  ReturnoftheDjedi   Mar-23-11 10:35 AM   #5 
        - No. n/t  Statistical   Mar-23-11 11:31 AM   #7 
           - Perhaps you could address the way ingesting particles affects those variables?  kristopher   Mar-23-11 12:22 PM   #11 
           - Here you go.  FBaggins   Mar-23-11 03:35 PM   #14 
              - Why don't you quantify that "much" for folks, given your habit of downplaying dangers...  kristopher   Mar-23-11 04:22 PM   #15 
                 - Depends on what you're comparing it to of course  FBaggins   Mar-23-11 05:13 PM   #16 
           - Thanks for that concise answer.  leveymg   Mar-23-11 02:55 PM   #13 
     - Answer seems to be quite complicated, but here are some linkis and info  DLnyc   Mar-23-11 11:00 AM   #6 
        - To further explain your calculation.  Statistical   Mar-23-11 11:37 AM   #8 
           - Aren't these elements also chemically toxic, at least in certain chemical forms?  phantom power   Mar-23-11 11:43 AM   #9 
           - Some definately are.  Statistical   Mar-23-11 11:45 AM   #10 
           - Yes, thank you. Such biological effects are clearly the important issue.  DLnyc   Mar-23-11 01:00 PM   #12 
           - Oops, Dupe, sorry  DLnyc   Mar-23-11 06:47 PM   #17 
 

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