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FBaggins Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-17-11 02:47 PM
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42. From the site in the OP
Edited on Tue May-17-11 02:47 PM by FBaggins
Q - What steps would you recommend members of the public take to avoid the radiation?

All we are showing is that we are observing extra radiation exposures to the public that are far, far smaller than the variations in background exposure that the public routinely accepts.

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Some have asked what the members of the team are doing in response to Fukushima. The answer is that none of us are changing our lifestyles in any way due to the fallout from Fukushima.

Q - Is there a health risk from low doses of radiation, such as the levels you are measuring?

The short answer: Scientifically speaking, the risk is not zero. However, radiation is not unique in the risk it poses. As discussed above, for other chemicals and radiation sources such as the Sun, any amount of exposure could potentially lead to health effects. However, even if one chooses the most conservative dose conversion, the risk from radiation at the levels we are measuring is still insignificant.


But... you know... what do these clowns know? They're just Cal Berkeley's nuclear engineering department.. They weren't pediatricians a few decades ago or bird biologists... THOSE are the REAL experts. :sarcasm:
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