Aha right now we have an expert on the MSNBC

[nadinbrzezinski]

saying the same thing I did about this concentrating... if we get ANOTHER plume... (We have still gotten more releases... ) here we go.

[dionysus]

1. buy stock in parmalat NOW!!1!!

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Please, if you can, flesh that a bit more for us non-tv people?

I just got back to the house, missed a lot.
What did you and the "expert" say about..concentrating?

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. that as plumes get over here, they carry things like Iodine

131.

And it will concentrate in the food supply especially milk.

Cows are really efficient at that.

I just got lambasted for that last week... as in seriously lambasted, for recommending that people get shelf stable milk NOW.

I was accused of fear mongering. Now a TV expert is saying the same with more plumes. (And if the iodine that has been detected in oh Sacramento was it, then they would be correct, but we still have a release.)

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. Was that the guy who was asked if he'd drink milk and said NO?

Was he talking about milk in Japan or here? I missed the entire question, but heard his reply...."no, I would NOT drink milk."

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. At that point he was talking of Fukushima milk

that is now officially hot.

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. Okay. Thanks. n/t

[Kali]

15. "a tee vee expert" ???

now there is some credibility! I wonder if he read it on the internets?


:rofl:

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Nuclear engineer

you keep laughing.

By the way... buy bye

[Kali]

17. most people who want to provide credible information tend to give names and titles

claiming somebody as a tee vee expert struck me as hilarious, considering the state of mainstream media and/or scientific education these days, but you go ahead and ignore me for laughing at "tee vee expert"

:wtf:

[Cetacea]

18. Right. The experts are only credible when they downplay

the potential threats...:eyes:

[Kali]

19. did I downplay potential threats? I don't recall talking about threats at all.

I merely laughed at the concept of unnamed tee vee experts.


reading comprehension in gd ==>> :eyes:

[Cetacea]

21. I didn't imply that you were an expert.

And it certainly wasn't meant as an insult towards you.

[godai]

4. Experts 8000 miles away from the problem have so many questionable guesstimates.

The direct information from Japan has been good recently. Still, a long way to go.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Yeah but we did get Iodine and Xenon in Sacramento

So at the amounts they got it, as a ONE TIME event... no problem. This is expected to go for months, and I hope they are wrong on that one and they control the leakage SOON... SOONER better, for all concerned, especially Honshu... in particular Fukushima.

[louis-t]

8. Sounds like a good excuse for the price of milk to go up.

:eyes:

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. No, not really

it is soft preparation for the possibility of them having to tell you we got *hot* milk.

I wish they could be more open and actually have a good discussion on that HERE in the states. Funny. Tijuana Radio had that very adult discussion yesterday. We should be able to handle it.

You have to recall that milk and dispose of it.

[jus_the_facts]

13. Suuure...just like they've banned Gulf seafood.... it won't hurt you ...much...

:sarcasm:

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. There isa reason why I got shelf stable milk

and tried to tell people about it last week, and got the abuse for it.

That is the cynic in me.

But that story... was exactly what I am talking about. More of those will start popping, like popcorn now.

[bluestate10]

24. You know.

I have the urge to eat gulf shrimp and wash it down with California milk. If I repeat that process three time per day for fifty years, maybe I would die from doing so. But those fearing gulf shrimp and milk likely would be long dead by the time I croak.

Oh, I forgot SARCASM, well not remotely close to exactly.

[louis-t]

22. And then the price goes up.

Just sayin'. Hi, Nadine. :hi:

[Obamanaut]

9. You're on teevee?

:sarcasm:

[Lucinda]

12. Yawp. And it will continue to blow across until they resolve it.

Some people seem to have overlooked the cumulative problem this presents.

[AsahinaKimi]

20. As someone who is

Japanese..I have a problem with milk. Lactose intolerant. I wonder how many people in Japan are also? I prefer to stay away from it, totally.

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Most of the adult population

Europeans are the ones with the most tolerance as adults and milk intolerance is there anyway.

[Call Me Wesley]

25. You don't even reply to AsahinaKimi's fact that

lactose intolerance is almost a given fact for Chinese or Japanese people (good to have in mind if you ever get an exchange student.) And Europeans aren't the ones with the most tolerance at all (Switzerland, the milk and cheese country, is high as 10% in intolerance, and I'm one of them) but it's there anyway, as you cryptically say so.

I think Japanese people really don't care much right now about contaminated milk. Water might be a different issue.

Okay, I know, off to the Ziggy Stardust list I go with sparkles all around.

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. I said most of teh adults in Japan are intolerant

it is higher than any European country.

For the record so is Latin America where it is lower than Asian countries, but higher than Europe

[Hannah Bell]

27. actual genetic inability to digest lactose is not universal in japanese or other asians, or even

"typical."

Lactase activity in gut (like all enzyme function) ramps up & down depending on exposure to the substances in question.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/w6x2627552582440/

japan has a dairy industry, concentrated in hokkaido. there is also dairying in fukushima & other parts of northern japan. japanese people drink milk & eat dairy products to varying degrees, partly dependent on age/region/local food culture as well as degree of intolerance.

http://www.thedairysite.com/articles/2552/japan-dairy-and-products-annual-report-2010

http://www.ers.usda.gov/AmberWaves/September06/Findings/Japan.htm