Good news and bad news about Fukishima.........

[dixiegrrrrl]

First the bad news..

Report: Fukushima dust harms California babies

Radioactive dust from the Fukushima disaster has harmed the health of babies thousands of miles away in California.
The report raises question about safety in Japan itself.
Ecologist reported Tuesday that new studies show a “significant increase in hypothyroidism among babies in California, 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean.”
Scientists earlier said the low doses that reached California could do no harm.
Research on this problem is facilitated by a law that requires that all babies born in California be tested at birth for Thyroid Stimulating Hormone levels.
Previous studies have found unborn babies sensitive to internal fission products.

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/362456

Good news:

Certain mushrooms, cannabinoids, terpenes, hemp and hempseeds can be used to clean up and protect us from radioactive pollution from Japan's Fukushima power plant and other nuclear disasters.

http://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2013/10/16/Can-Hemp-Marijuana-and-Mushrooms-Fix-Fukushima-Part-1-What-Happened

[FBaggins]

1. The only bad news recorded here...

... is that there are too many suckers who will believe this.

Diagnosis of hypothyroidism has been on the rise for many years (i.e., long before Fukushima) and cannot be related to radiation exposure.

Here's an easy hint. When you see that "research" (sic) has the names Mangano, Sherman, and Busby on it... turn and run. It's the only way to protect your remaining braincells.

Previous studies have found unborn babies sensitive to internal fission products.

Of course they are. That's why it's a good thing that they're protected by their mother's body. Though they're no more sensitive to "fission" products than other radioactive elements releasing the same radiation... and not a single child in California would have internal exposure caused by Fukushima that's even a tiny fraction of a percent of the natural internal radiation in their blood.

Note - internal exposure of infants to fission product was many times larger during the cold war testing period.

[Berlum]

2. "...cannot be related to radiation exposure. Smirk." - The Artful Dodger (R)

[FBaggins]

3. Laugh all you want... it just makes you look silly.

There's no connection to draw between the two. As pointed out in the post... internal fission-product radiation exposure in infants was MUCH higher from atomic bomb testing. Where's the spike many MANY times this large in the same condition among infants at the time?

[SidDithers]

4. "Joe Mangano and Janette Sherman"...

I knew it would be these quacks, even before reading the article.

They're the worst of the worst when it comes to cherry picking, and outright misrepresenting data. If Mangano and Sherman say something, you can pretty much guarantee that the opposite is true.

Sid