TMI about Fukushima

[Sara S]

From a DU post: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10024172330

FUKUSHIMA

09:09 AM EST on December 13th, 2013
TV Correspondent in Japan: I’ve come across terrible information — Health situation appears to be “much more risky” than what we see on Japan TV — Doctors and officials hiding the truth (VIDEO)

12:03 PM EST on December 12th, 2013
Fukushima Evacuee: We’re human guinea-pigs in an experiment… we’ll never forgive gov’t or Tepco! — US Attorney: It’s up to the American people to make them pay; Japan is threatening to put people who speak out in concentration camps (AUDIO)

04:49 PM EST on December 11th, 2013
“In 2013, people really interested in radioactive fallout” — US gov’t studying public attention to Fukushima, tracks twitter searches — NRC FOIA: “Libyan war news should now downgrade Fukushima”

1:25 PM EST on December 10th, 2013
US Nuclear Officials: Fuel fragments were likely ejected from cladding at the 3 Fukushima reactors — Particles of fuel resemble highly radioactive ‘mystery black substance’ often seen in Japan since 3/11 (PHOTOS)

04:06 PM EST on December 9th, 2013
Nuclear Expert: Plutonium in water leaking into ocean is “the most dangerous thing” at Fukushima, it can be carried around world and end up on a beach or in fish — Researcher: Plutonium contamination “a serious threat to environment and human health” (AUDIO)

04:13 PM EST on December 8th, 2013
Record radiation level in underground water well near ocean at Fukushima — Tepco: “Rise in radiation readings is an obvious concern” — 1.4 billion Bq/m³ of strontium/beta emitters

07:01 PM EST on December 7th, 2013 | 220 comments
BBC: Work at Fukushima Unit 4 a “distraction”; The “real nightmare” is coming from 3 molten cores — NYTimes: Melted fuel is “all over the place… First goal is simply to stop uncontrolled releases of radioactive material” (AUDIO)

11:02 AM EST on December 7th, 2013 | 216 comments
TV: Highest ever radiation levels detected outside reactor buildings at Fukushima — People exposed to it would die in 20 minutes (VIDEO)


******************


US/CANADA

08:59 PM EST on December 12th, 2013
Marine Biologist: All the sea stars along west coast of North America could be wiped out — Some developing ‘bald spots’; “Others look completely healthy except for guts coming out” — ‘Speculation’ it could be related to Fukushima

02:28 PM EST on December 12th, 2013
Large die-off of Alaska seabirds from disease never found before in state history — Official: It’s super, super common… except it’s first time — Hundreds dead per km²; Continued to wash ashore — ‘Relatively’ natural; Witness: Head flopped backward, appeared to have seizure, then dropped dead (AUDIO)

09:26 AM EST on December 12th, 2013
CNN: The Pacific has seen its fair share of weird recently — Bay in California “now a massive soup bowl” — “Miles of anchovies, mountains deep” — It’s like none ever recorded… Old timers have never seen anything like this — “We may be experiencing ‘global weirding’” (VIDEO)

01:02 AM EST on December 12th, 2013
Another 20 Navy Sailors: USS Ronald Reagan crew with thyroid cancers, leukemia, brain tumors, bleeding, blindness after Fukushima disaster — Young kids developing problems — Gov’t and Tepco involved in major conspiracy (AUDIO)

06:44 PM EST on December 11th, 2013
Study: Dead sea creatures covered 98% of seafloor last year about 150 miles off California coast; Unprecedented, had been below 1% prior to event — ‘Major’ changes began in spring 2011

08:03 PM EST on December 10th, 2013
University researchers assess impact of Fukushima plume on U.S.; Some models show near straight line to West Coast — Experts: Radionuclides didn’t dilute offshore as officials had claimed, “cause for serious alarm” (VIDEOS)

03:08 AM EST on December 10th, 2013
Berkeley official requests Health Dept. inform public of elevated risks from Fukushima contamination; Council to vote on plan next week — Fairfax Official: “No one’s monitoring radiation levels on West Coast… Gov’t is not doing its job” (VIDEO)

[BobHeisler]

"All the news that's sh*t to print". This may be the worst environmental disaster in the history of the world, dwarfing the BP Gulf oil spill, the previous champion. I'm concerned about our food and water supplies, the entire environment around Japan's water, soil and air and believe, sadly, that Japan will soon experience an explosion in cancers and other diseases.

From a DU post: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10024172330

FUKUSHIMA

09:09 AM EST on December 13th, 2013
TV Correspondent in Japan: I’ve come across terrible information ...

[Sasha Monique]

Yes, Fukushima is everywhere now. The entire globe will experience an increase in cancers, especially since the US government is not testing our food and water and the Obama administration has increased the allowable levels of radiation in our food. Now they are higher than Japan's. I hope many, many people wake up to need for massive collective action to solve this crisis that continues daily with 300 or more tons of radioactive water flowing into our beautiful Pacific Ocean and 3 melted cores - unprecedented in human history. In absence of a government response, the local group Fukushima Response is organizing and has started doing citizen testing of food and water. Join us!

"All the news that's sh*t to print". This may be the worst environmental disaster in the history of the world, dwarfing the BP Gulf oil spill, the previous champion. I'm concerned about our food and water supplies, the entire environment around Japan's water, soil and air and believe, sadly, that Japan will soon experience an explosion in cancers and other diseases.