WHO: Contamination From Fukushima Worse Than Thought

tekisui

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Tue Mar-22-11 01:46 PM
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WHO: Contamination From Fukushima Worse Than Thought

Source: Spero News

The World Health Organization said today that radiation in Japanese food -- caused by leaks from the earthquake- and tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant -- is more serious than previously thought.

The warning comes amid signs of progress in efforts to avert a catastrophic meltdown in Fukushima's six nuclear reactors.

Engineers today managed to rig power cables to all six of Fukushima's reactors. They also started a water pump at one reactor to reverse overheating that has triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since the Chornobyl disaster in 1986.

But workers were later evacuated from the complex after gray smoke rose from a building housing one of the most damaged reactors.

more: http://www.speroforum.com/a/50605/WHO-Contamination-From-Fukushima-Worse-Than-Thought

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aquart

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Tue Mar-22-11 01:50 PM
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1. Worse than WHO thought?

I don't know anything about the subject and I knew it was going this way.

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DCKit

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Tue Mar-22-11 01:58 PM
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3. Thank Dog. Finally someone with an opinion who doesn't claim to be a Nnewcuelur expert.

My hat is off to you aquart.

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aquart

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Tue Mar-22-11 05:34 PM
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8. I'm likely extrapolating from the Gulf spill.

Because it all seemed so familiar.

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PearliePoo2

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Tue Mar-22-11 01:55 PM
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2. and the ocean too.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110323a2.html

Nearby seawater radioactive

According to a study conducted by Tokyo Electric Power Co. on seawater collected about 330 meters from the crippled plant's drainage pipes Monday, the level of iodine-131 was 126.7 times higher than the limit set by the government and cesium-134 was 24.8 times higher, while cesium-137 was 16.5 times higher.

:scared:

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in_cog_ni_to

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Tue Mar-22-11 01:59 PM
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4. Damn it!

:banghead: What's it going to take to stop this NIGHTMARE! How many natural resources and people have to be killed before people get the message?

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thereismore

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Tue Mar-22-11 02:36 PM
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6. Hopefully this will be a long drawdown of danger rather than a short uncontrolled burn

in the storage ponds.

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buddysmellgood

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Tue Mar-22-11 02:44 PM
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7. That damn bug made me touch my screen.

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damntexdem

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Tue Mar-22-11 02:26 PM
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5. Worse than previously thought? Or worse than previously admitted?

Want some Japanese veggies with your Chicken Kiev? ;-)

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