And yes, I have taken iodine, but then you can't control the next door neighbor from spraying round up!!! LOL,
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, m2smart4u2000 <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Offering a few other opinions. I don't see how the radiation levels are being > reviewed when there are only a few spots around doing the monitoring. You can > tell that most of the West coast doesn't believe that the radiation is > insignificant. I don't think we've had it around long enough to really know, > kind of like vacinations. Who really knows the long term affects? > > > Here's one little part of the following article: > > FIRST WARNING SYSTEM: The first warning systems along North America's West > Coast are not properly equipped. They currently have no 'noble gas > monitoring' capability and have too little coverage. Washington State, for > example, has only 4 EPA stations. > > It is crucial to understanding this because official statements from experts > about your exposures in the following days and weeks will sound reassuring > and convincing but these statements are as weak as the deficiencies in > radiation warning systems. > > > http://www.idealist.ws/index.php#i131 > > If that doesn't scare you the following will. It's about the testing of back > up systems for nuclear disasters: > > http://www.truth-out.org/tokyo-electric-build-us-nuclear-plants-the-no-bs-info-japans-disastrous-nuclear-operators68457 > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > Excellent resource for information about the > > Japan nuclear crisis at the Web site All Things > > Nuclear, the blog of the Global Security Program > > at the Union of Concerned Scientists (see more > > about UCS at the end of this post): > > > > http://allthingsnuclear.org/ > > > > Among other things, it has posted this statement > > by the Union of Concerned Scientists about > > potassium iodide pills: > > > > ----- > > The people of Japan should be given priority > > access to potassium iodide (KI) pills used to > > protect against thyroid cancer following > > inhalation of radioactive iodine. > > > > Given the fact that Japan is thousands of miles > > from the United States, it is highly unlikely > > that Americans would be exposed to radioactive > > iodine from direct inhalation of a plume from > > the Fukushima nuclear complex. Direct inhalation > > is the kind of exposure that potassium iodide > > pills would be most effective against. > > > > Regardless, there are reports that global > > supplies of potassium iodide pills are being > > depleted because Americans are buying them, > > prompting fears that there will not be adequate > > supplies in Japan in the event of a larger > > radiological release. > > > > Besides inhalation, another way Americans could > > be exposed to radioactive iodine is if > > agricultural products were contaminated. > > Radioactive iodine could be ingested by dairy > > cows, for example, and then would be > > concentrated in milk. Potassium iodide, however, > > would not be an effective countermeasure in that > > situation. Moreover, federal and state health > > authorities would test for such contamination > > and could take products off the market if > > necessary. > > ----- > > > > http://allthingsnuclear.org/tagged/Japan_nuclear > > > > If you're inclined to pooh-pooh the Union of > > Concerned Scientists as just another > > Establishment group, you might find what various > > critics have said about it of interest: > > > > "The most vocal critics of the Union of > > Concerned Scientists assert that the > > organization harbors a liberal 'pro-regulation, > > anti-business' agenda. In 2004, the conservative > > media watchdog Media Research Center called the > > UCS an 'unlabeled left-wing activist group'; in > > 2007, the watchdog's founder L. Brent Bozell > > reiterated this assertion. In 2009, the > > conservative website NewsMax described the UCS > > as a 'left-wing' organization that 'receives > > substantial donations from liberal-leaning > > foundations.' Libertarian author and television > > personality John Stossel has also accused the > > organization of having a 'left-wing' agenda. > > > > "In 2006, two physicists associated with the > > American Physical Society criticized the UCS for > > not supporting a government-run nuclear waste > > reprocessing program. The UCS has also been > > criticized by skeptics of global warming. In > > 2007, the conservative think tank Capital > > Research Center accused the UCS of waging a > > 'jihad against climate skeptics', and > > televangelist Jerry Falwell even cautioned > > Evangelical Christians against 'falling > > for...global warming hocus-pocus' propagated in > > the mass media, with the UCS 'leading the > > charge'." > > > > Dunno about anybody else, but any organization > > criticized by NewsMax as having a "liberal 'pro- > > regulation, anti-business' agenda" is OK with me. > > > > Another source I don't suspect of siding with > > the Establishment is Boing Boing, which has this > > thoroughly researched post on radiation levels > > in the U.S.: > > > > http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/17/four-questions-about.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29 > > > > http://tinyurl.com/4bv8w7f > > >
