Should we be worried? (Re: Radiation fallout)

"millions"?

Wow, your willful ignorance is stunning.

 

^^^

 

Picture from Fukushima, showing LOTS of cool red trucks:

 

That's not the same thing Denny.


Fire doesn't help cure cancer

 

I think there is a pretty big difference between going into a dangerous situation thinking you'll probably make it out versus knowing that you are slowly poisoning yourself over days or weeks. While a lot of the first responders @ the WTC were risking their lives, I'd imagine many thought the WTC towers would stand and not crumble.

I'd imagine by now that the workers at the Fukushima plant have gleaned enough info to figure out if they're receiving a lethal dose of radiation. I don't think we know, what they know though. So it's hard to tell if they are knowingly sacrificing themselves at this point.

 

I think most of the stories I've heard about 9/11 first responders indicate they had a feeling they weren't coming out.

 

Can you post some sort of studies or info on how long term low-dose radiation, like the type being emitted by the Fukushima plant would produce healthful results? There are many different types of radiation...

Radiation used in medicine is highly targeted. It is used to kill tissue, cancerous tissue. It's not like it reinvigorates the body to fight off the cancer itself. The same goes for chemotherapy. You are trying to target the poisons at the tumor to kill the tumor, but usually this has harmful effects on the patient as well. You are making yourself sick, but hopefully the cancer sicker.

There is a difference between cosmic background radiation type, levels & intensity versus something that emits high level alpha, beta, gamma particles like the Fukushima plant.

If you do live in a town with a radon issue & you have high radon levels in your home, you are indeed at higher risk of lung cancer. Those places with radon emissions are more likely to have issues with radon build up in your home.

Again, different type, levels & intensity. Also planes are pretty well shielded and insulated to block out things that might interfere with the instruments/computers.

The radiation that is floating over here is very minor and I am not concerned about it. I am doubtful even if a major catastrophe happens with the Fukushima plant that it will have a major impact here, though I am monitoring it closely. Needless to say, I would not categorize us getting a light dusting of radiation from Fukushima as a "good thing" or healthy.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUpAOE3UBDo&feature=player_detailpage#t=102s

Many did make it out & many thought they were going to make it out. There was confusion & miscommunication throughout the whole ordeal. Many workers reported they were told to stay in the towers over the intercom system. So there were many people who thought they were going to stand.

 

[video=youtube;kesP0IZggww]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kesP0IZggww[/video]

...storm's a brewing!

 

When did typical cloud forming water vapor become deadly? The idea that the Fukushima radiation release is powering storm systems or that this storm system has harmful levels of radiation in it sounds a bit absurd.

I like how he says "it's got a very very tight eye", when it actually has an "eye" about the size of Texas. A hurricane has an eye about the size of a metropolitan city(e.g. Portland Metro, i.e 20 - 40 miles across).

Also that storm doesn't even "exist" anymore, it's broken apart into two pieces.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Litvinenko_poisoning

Alexander Litvinenko received direct internal poisoning and he suffered for 3 weeks before dying.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster#Health_of_plant_workers_and_local_people

Death by radiation sickness is usually a slow and painful process, MARIS61 has that part correct at least. I bet that the Fukushima workers are more aware of the dangers, but just because no one has died from radiation poisoning yet doesn't mean there won't be consequences to their health later.

 

It's called hormesis, you can look it up if you are interested. It is controversial when dealing with radiation, but not out in left field.

 

You don't need a Chernobyl to die. I used it mainly to illustrate that radiation rarely kills quickly. Some reports stated areas of Fukushima were radiating 400milliSV/hr which could be lethal after only a few hours exposure.



If reactors 1,2 & 3 meltdown along with 1,2,3 & 4's spent fuel rods becoming exposed and burning up, then we could very well see something worse than Chernobyl. Each day that passes where that doesn't happen makes it less likely.