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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:14 PM
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Is this true? ALL products, made in Japan will now be contaminated
with radiation?

A friend was just here and a guy she knows told her that if was in the market for ANY electronics, buy them NOW. The reason being: everything imported from Japan will now be contaminated. Tell me that's not true. Please. The guy listed TVs, cell phones, book readers, iPods...pretty much all the things many of us use everyday.
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jpak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:16 PM
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1. Priuses are pretty "hot" now that gas prices are nearing $4 a gallon
Edited on Thu Mar-24-11 03:16 PM by jpak
:D
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:18 PM
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5. ......... and the batteries never need charging
:hide:
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Edweird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:17 PM
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2. Whether it's true or not it could make a hell of a "Made In The USA" marketing campaign.
But, sadly, the reality will be more made in China.
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:18 PM
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4. Ha! I was considering making just about the exact same post, word for word.
Heh heh.

PB
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:25 PM
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9. Great minds?
and all that? ;):hi:

My husband wants to change his cell phone company being he doesn't get reception in his office with his current carrier (At&t) and I'm eligible for an upgrade. We're just waiting until his contract expires in June. Then we'll both change our phones then, but....if they're going to be contaminated, we might do it now. :scared:
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Poll_Blind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:41 PM
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13. Ha! I can ONLY HOPE!
About the phones, specifically, there's a high likelihood that the phones you will receive are already in US warehouses and have been produced at least some time before you receive them. I don't know how shipping and manufacturing works on items like that, especially now.

PB
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 04:47 PM
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21. Very few cell phones (etc.) are made in Japan.
Most are made somewhere in China (incl. Taiwan).

A few are made in Finland.

I'll bet that most of the electronics that we'd
consider "Japanese" is actually manufactured some-
where else nowadays.

Tesha
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 04:07 PM
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20. Japan has been outsourcing since the 1980s
No one goes to Japan for cheap labor.
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Electric Monk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:17 PM
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3. Everything already everywhere has trace amounts of radiation, so yes
everything from Japan will have some level of radiation.

The question is how much, and the answer is probably not much, unless it's from near Fukushima.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:25 PM
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8. That's what I'm thinking, the radiation being barely above normal
since a lot of the surface contamination with particulates will simply fall off during shipping, unpacking, handling, and selling.

I wouldn't be leery of durable goods made in Japan. I would be extremely leery of the foodstuffs that have already been banned since ingested radioactive material is much more harmful.

As long as you don't eat that DVDR or the packaging it arrived in, you should be safe.
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dbackjon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:21 PM
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6. Yes, it is true. Everything is radioactive
And most of that is made in China, anyways, where it is already contaminated with whatever crap they can get away with.
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david13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:24 PM
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7. No. Except some things will have bugs running around in/on them. dc
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:36 PM
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10. I'm more worried about radiation contamination in the Pacific fisheries
than any trace radiation on manufactured goods.

Anything that would be most contaminated would be in the immediate area, and most production there has been stopped by the earthquake and tsunami. Very little, if any, particulates will find their way into the country on hard goods. As for food, they will be destroying contaminated crops, and feeding their own with uncontaminated crops - we won't be importing much, if anything, in the way of food from Japan.
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godai Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:37 PM
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11. Relax...not true.
And most of the things you listed are not made in Japan. You know, at the present time, it's really not about us.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:44 PM
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14. I never said it was. n/t
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godai Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:58 PM
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17. You asked, I answered. n/t
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MineralMan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:41 PM
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12. No, that will not be true. It's typical of the hyperbolic crap
that's circulating around the Internet. Use your own common sense. If it's contaminated, it will not come here. Your friend's "guy she knows" is a moron.
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Tx4obama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:56 PM
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15. Japan to move part of hi-tech production to Mexico in wake of disaster

Japan to move part of hi-tech production to Mexico in wake of disaster
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=4776442&mesg_id=4776442
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cleanhippie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:57 PM
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16. Gives a new meaning to the term "Hot merchandise"....
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DavidDvorkin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 03:59 PM
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18. I know it's not true because
a friend of mine told me that a guy he knows told him so.
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notadmblnd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 04:05 PM
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19. cell phones give off radiation
its' non- ionizing radiation (which most think is harmless). However, there is controversy in regards to long term effects of using them- causing cancer.
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 04:52 PM
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22. no.....
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Shagbark Hickory Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 04:56 PM
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23. Luckily everything's made in China now, then.
What a load of shite.
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TNLib Donating Member (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-24-11 05:47 PM
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24. Most electronics are made in China
But I'm not going to buy any Pocky for awhile
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