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Android3.14

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17. Well, yes and no

Reply to NeoGreen (Reply #15)

Thu Dec 3, 2015, 01:46 PM

Dec 2015

The data tends to support your third point, but the first two don't really pan out. There are any number of sources keeping tabs on the fallout (ouch) from the disaster, from government to universities to well-intentioned bloggers and such. If a person wants to know about the impact of the meltdown, he or she can find relatively unbiased sources as well as people screaming in panicked ignorance.

As far as the magnitude of the problem, it seems to be pretty clear, with actual experts weighing in. The world will have to deal with the consequences for generations. The problem is there are numerous Chicken Littles running around convinced that Fukushima is going to sterilize the Pacific Ocean, cause mutations in California and precipitate the end of life on the planet.

The data simply does not support that level of response.

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Former Japan Official: “Unstoppable contamination of Pacific Ocean… is seriously menacing US West... [View all] NeoGreen Dec 2015 OP

kick, kick, kick..... daleanime Dec 2015 #1

So they are calling on us to step in again. We certainly are important when they need us but mostly yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #5

So you're saying this doesn't involve us? daleanime Dec 2015 #6

Did we cause it? No! yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #9

Are we being damaged by it? daleanime Dec 2015 #11

Well at first maybe yeoman6987 Dec 2015 #14

If you don't like the link I suggest google..... daleanime Dec 2015 #16

Actually, GE, an American company, designed the reactor. JDPriestly Dec 2015 #20

We might hang our heads in shame for selling them this Hiroshima in a box. But that isn't the jtuck004 Dec 2015 #19

Hey, we all live on Planet Earth RoccoR5955 Dec 2015 #23

K&R darkangel218 Dec 2015 #2

One of the vast number of human tragedies shadowed behind the mass of disinformation... AuntPatsy Dec 2015 #3

The silence is deafening bkkyosemite Dec 2015 #4

I find it extremely ironic that nuclear energy czars have done what Terrorists only dream of doing. 99th_Monkey Dec 2015 #7

Do you have the original article? Android3.14 Dec 2015 #8

Seems to come from a Japanese language blog... NeoGreen Dec 2015 #10

Treat it with a great deal of skepticism then Android3.14 Dec 2015 #12

Will do, but... NeoGreen Dec 2015 #15

Well, yes and no Android3.14 Dec 2015 #17

Maybe... NeoGreen Dec 2015 #18

The data simply does not support that level of response. Yet, when it does it will be too late, Vincardog Dec 2015 #22

That is a silly statement Android3.14 Dec 2015 #24

If you think it is ignorant to start reacting to nuclear pollution on a global scale I am ignorant Vincardog Dec 2015 #26

Now you are being obtuse Android3.14 Dec 2015 #27

there are no ignorant people overreacting here zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #30

I offer to you former US Ambassador to Switzerland, Pamela Willeford, Bush family friend and big Bluenorthwest Dec 2015 #25

Kick! haikugal Dec 2015 #13

That is a horrible site to cite. longship Dec 2015 #21

You have no science, never offered any RobertEarl Dec 2015 #28

I disagree zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #31

Fukushima isn't menacing the Pacific ocean. It's not even menacing Japan. phantom power Dec 2015 #29