Japan plans to ban Fukushima beef - Democratic Underground

alp227

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Sun Jul-17-11 09:30 PM
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Japan plans to ban Fukushima beef

Source: BBC News

Japan's government is set to suspend all cattle shipments from Fukushima as concerns over radiation-tainted beef escalate.

Senior Vice Health Minister, Kohei Otsuka, said beef from surrounding areas may also be affected.

It comes after 136 cows were found to have consumed feed affected by radioactive cesium.

This is the latest health scare connected to the Fukushima Daiichi power plant damaged by the earthquake.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14181046

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Rageneau

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Sun Jul-17-11 10:35 PM
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1. So how long can you eat radioactive beef before it affects you?

Old poops like myself might eat some of that Fukishima beef if we could be sure that it would take ten or more years to start poisoning us.

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Downwinder

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Sun Jul-17-11 11:56 PM
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5. Some of the immune system effects can show up in a year or two,

mostly in younger individuals. I think it took about five years for the cancers to show up in St. George. That was from direct exposure.

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JohnyCanuck

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Sun Jul-17-11 10:47 PM
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2. Too bad they can't just ban Fukushima people quite as easily.

S.O.S. From Fukushima English/French translation (video)

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StarsInHerHair

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Sun Jul-17-11 10:58 PM
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3. & my recc went up to 0! wtf is wrong here?!

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sce56

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Sun Jul-17-11 11:32 PM
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4. The Nuke lovers have struck again! I hate the -Rec

Edited on Sun Jul-17-11 11:32 PM by sce56

I got it to +2

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StarsInHerHair

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Mon Jul-18-11 12:05 AM
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6. yeah

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bananas

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Mon Jul-18-11 11:50 AM
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8. Amazing, isn't it? Almost as if they're trying to hide the bad news.

Now why would they do that?

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Alamuti Lotus

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Mon Jul-18-11 12:52 AM
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7. oh, good...wait, what--"plans to"?! it's been months....

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