Jarold McWilliams <oldja...@hotmail.com> wrote: Greenpeace is not a credible source. >
That is true. Greenpeace gets most of the numbers in the report from official source in the Japanese government and TEPCO. These are not credible sources -- as you say -- but there are not many independent sources in Japan. Local governments are now conducting their own research, and measuring radioactivity themselves. They show much higher levels, or much broader areas than the Japanese government. So the problem is much worse than Greenpeace estimated. However, you have to start somewhere with a rough estimate. Most people in Japan do not believe the government, according to public opinion polls. You would have to be crazy to believe them, because they have been lying, stonewalling and distorting the facts from day one. After the reactors blew up, TEPCO spokesmen were actually on NHK denying that anything had happened. They said there were some "sonic effects" (loud noises) but it was unclear what, if anything they meant. To this day, they have never shown the video of the explosion on TV as far as I know. They even censored the Emperor when he spoke about it! A few weeks ago, the Japanese Parliament investigating committee finally tossed out their own government reports and began using copies of the U.S. NRL report instead because -- as one MP put it -- the Japanese reports are "a pack of lies." - Jed
