HAS THE DIE BEEN CAST?
People need to be aware of what's happening with Fukushima Daiishi radiation disaster - that it is very likely worse than Chernobyl, and enough radiation may be entering the food chain at harmful levels in North America. This is according to certain sources, but are all the sources legitimate? It's tricky who and just what to believe.
Radioactive fallout from Fukushima was initially airborne as indicated by "low" levels of Iodine-131 present on the West Coast of North America, but the larger threat continues with the possible dumping of the radioactive fuel rod cooling pools into the Pacific Ocean.
A popular misconception is that irradiated water dilutes in the expanse of the Pacific Ocean, but radioactive isotopes DO NOT DILUTE in seawater, but instead are suspended in currents, then accumulate on coastlines, and remain in the soil for the duration of their half-lives, which range from a few days to near forever. Although Tellurium -132 has a briefest half-life, presence of it indicates core damage at the very least, and core meltdown at the very worst. Below are the isotopes of importance with effects and half-life information.
A popular misconception is that irradiated water dilutes in the expanse of the Pacific Ocean, but radioactive isotopes DO NOT DILUTE in seawater, but instead are suspended in currents, then accumulate on coastlines, and remain in the soil for the duration of their half-lives, which range from a few days to near forever. Although Tellurium -132 has a briefest half-life, presence of it indicates core damage at the very least, and core meltdown at the very worst. Below are the isotopes of importance with effects and half-life information.
- Cesium-137 accumulates in fatty tissues, liver, spleen and muscles. Half-life = 30.1 years.
- Iodine-131 accumulates in thyroid, breast and ovaries. Half-life = 8 days
- Strontium-90 concentrates in your bones and liver. Half-life = 29 years
- Barium-140 causes bone tumors up to 30 years later. Half-life = 12.3 days
- Tellurium-132 causes cell mutations, repeatedly via replication. Half-life = 3 days
- Plutonium-244 concentrates in your liver. Half-life = 80 million years
- Uranium-234 causes kidney damage, accumulates in your bones and liver. Half life = 246,000 years
Reports are possibly being censored by corporate media and the feds for economic reasons. Why create a panic if "some" radiation poisoning is inevitable and "relatively" harmless? There were rumors of the EPA raising "safe" radiation levels for water, food and soil in 2011, but I find nothing else about it since. Studies and reports are out there by alternative and international media - just keep googling.
Some links below:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/28/us-japan-nuclear-tuna-idUSBRE84R0MF20120528
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/03/california-slammed-with-fukushima-radiation/
http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2011/04/02/us-government-responds-to-fukushima-by-trying-to-raise-radiation-limits-epa-pulls-8-of-18-radiation-monitors-out-of-ca-or-and-wa/
http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2012/05/alert-barium-140-indications-of.html
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/03/california-slammed-with-fukushima-radiation/
http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2011/04/02/us-government-responds-to-fukushima-by-trying-to-raise-radiation-limits-epa-pulls-8-of-18-radiation-monitors-out-of-ca-or-and-wa/
http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2012/05/alert-barium-140-indications-of.html
Some "facts":
- High levels of Uranium-234 in [organic] milk in Hawaii in April 2011.
- Cesium-137/134 reported at "trace" levels end of May 2012 in San Diego Bay
- Cesium-137/134 detected in prunes and almonds in California in early July 2012
- Iodine-131 measurements range from from "high" to "trace" levels in Anaheim, CA from fallout.
- Indications of barium-140 could mean recriticality events at Fukushima as recent as late March or April.
This could be a nuclear disaster happening in a slower more insidious manner than the all out nuclear war people fear, but so far people just roll their eyes or get really upset when I post articles on Facebook. People just don't want to give up their sushi!
The die has been cast. Alea iacta est.
The EPA was planning to raise the "safe" levels of radiation astronomically, but they have not done so yet. There are some in the EPA fighting for the much higher levels. PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) probably stalled them with their FOIA requests and lawsuit. http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.php?row_id=1480
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