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RobertEarl

(13,685 posts)
19. Thanks Art
Wed Feb 27, 2013, 02:59 AM
Feb 2013

I have paid attention as you know, to the situation, and I can't begin to understand just how messed up everything is/was. I do like hearing your reports. How is it going with the new PM, Abe? Heard that he was planning a massive spending program to boost the economy. There must be lots of construction work.

Expect cancer rates to soar in those areas in the coming years. Zoeisright Feb 2013 #1
Yep, cancer clusters I believe is the term davidpdx Feb 2013 #2
Why? Doesn't the amount make a difference? FBaggins Feb 2013 #4
What is the cancer rate? beardown Feb 2013 #6
Don't confuse dose rates and actual absorbed dosage FBaggins Feb 2013 #7
We are going to see a lot worse than just cancer out of this before its all said and done. Moostache Feb 2013 #3
yes, and there was a lot of rad drift right to the USA and we don't even have a gov agency to check. Sunlei Feb 2013 #9
Talk About Just Plain Dumb on the Part of Japanese Government dballance Feb 2013 #5
I think the Japanese government had a pretty good idea that there was a radiation problem Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #13
People also need to understand that there's more than one type of evacuation. FBaggins Feb 2013 #15
It was more like a combination of the two Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #16
Hey Art RobertEarl Feb 2013 #17
It was a horrible time Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #18
Thanks Art RobertEarl Feb 2013 #19
The first couple of weeks after the disaster were pretty surreal here Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #20
TPP? RobertEarl Feb 2013 #21
Good guess at the meaning of the TPP acronym Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #22
How far do you live from Fukushima? RobertEarl Feb 2013 #24
I'm approximately 100 miles south of Dai-ichi Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #25
It was 13+ times ambient? RobertEarl Mar 2013 #27
Yes, it was approximately 13+ times ambient in Toride Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #28
Japan has quite the monitoring program RobertEarl Mar 2013 #29
I can't be sure, but Art_from_Ark Mar 2013 #30
36 percent of Fukushima Prefecture children have abnormal growths on their thyroid. Sunlei Feb 2013 #8
Yikes! New report: "44.2 percent of 94,975 children sampled had thyroid ultrasound abnormalities" bananas Feb 2013 #11
that stuff is so dangerous and to think in the USA the drift here is ignored by the state/fed govs Sunlei Feb 2013 #12
Yikes? Someone has spent too much time listening to Caldicott and her ilk. FBaggins Feb 2013 #14
Thank gawd that here in the USA... bvar22 Feb 2013 #10
There is no 'safe' exposure to radiation RobertEarl Feb 2013 #23
That's a good article. nt bananas Feb 2013 #26
This NYT article on the WHO report, is telling RobertEarl Mar 2013 #31
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