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8. Maybe it was omitted because only 4 paragraphs are allowed to be excerpted.

Mon Apr 9, 2012, 11:16 PM

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Fukushima radiation found in California kelp [View all] marmar Apr 2012 OP

Seriously? We're screwn. That radiation is EVERYWHERE -- why on earth do they pretend gateley Apr 2012 #1

Seriously, you need to get an education. Coal fired plants emit more "fallout"... TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #6

sure are wasting a lot of money on all those containment facilities than got root Apr 2012 #9

GLOBAL and LOCAL are two very different things. TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #15

Thanks for your very sane comment. truedelphi Apr 2012 #36

Gosh! I had NO IDEA cole fired plants emit fallout! Well since they're WORSE, lets gateley Apr 2012 #11

Actually, I'm comforted by you lot, despite fifty years of trying, failing... TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #16

The earth is flat Generic Other Apr 2012 #24

6000 years old nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #28

NO! Radiation can hurt you. It can hurt you a lot IF you get a big enough dose. TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #41

My relatives live within 100 miles of Fukushima Generic Other Apr 2012 #50

Belief and worry are almost certainly doing your relatives more damage... TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #52

You willing to eat their crops? For how long? Generic Other Apr 2012 #53

Perfectly willing. I'm sure you're aware of the health effects of stress. TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #54

What goes around comes around Generic Other Apr 2012 #56

Well in all sincerity, I wish you luck and I wish I COULD be swayed. gateley Apr 2012 #26

Really? When, with a different subject, (and poorer spelling) your post might... TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #42

It was undetectable later because, as you note, it was radioactive iodine they were checking for. Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #46

Since AFAIK, nothing concentrates caesium in it's tissues, like kelp... TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #51

Hope you're right. nt Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #55

Should I pretend to be a smidgen surprised? nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #2

Only if you forgot about all the conversations we had Rex Apr 2012 #40

"If I should remark that in the Pacific depths. . . Journeyman Apr 2012 #3

f-----! FirstLight Apr 2012 #4

"it was undetectable a month later. Iodine 131 "has an eight-day half-life..." uppityperson Apr 2012 #5

Iodine 131 has a half life of eight days nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #17

I notice you conveniently omitted the following paragraph... TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #7

Maybe it was omitted because only 4 paragraphs are allowed to be excerpted. neverforget Apr 2012 #8

That's more likely to be excuse than reason. Four is a guideline... TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #12

sure, nothing to worry about, coal fall out is even worse got root Apr 2012 #10

Umm, I always post the first four graphs of any article, with a link..... marmar Apr 2012 #14

Oh he will... nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #18

Even if those four paragraphs beg a different conclusion, than... TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #20

"It seems ALL you every do in an OP is post the first four paras, then sit back and wait ..." marmar Apr 2012 #21

I in fact do click links. I also know (as I'm sure you do) that a hell of a lot... TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #30

Like me, he always posts the first four paras nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #19

Cancer rates will go up. Mimosa Apr 2012 #25

Well it's not cover nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #27

Around Chernobyl yes, but in much lower numbers than doomsdayers... TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #33

Yup, this is why Chernobyl is still an exclusion zone nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #44

Almost certainly. By an amount so small as to be essentially indistinguishable... TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #34

Doh abelenkpe Apr 2012 #13

Fergedaboutit. Minus time from the smog certainly helped more... TheMadMonk Apr 2012 #35

i look forward to it being in the toothpaste of our economic overlords. NuttyFluffers Apr 2012 #22

Get your bananas malaise Apr 2012 #23

Not surprising. There was a release from MineralMan Apr 2012 #29

the problem is much bigger than the iodine -radiation truedelphi Apr 2012 #37

Sounds like a pretty boring diet, really. MineralMan Apr 2012 #38

that beautiful coastline in California is going lovuian Apr 2012 #31

No, it's not. zappaman Apr 2012 #32

Not until the next major earthquake, it's not. MineralMan Apr 2012 #39

If San Onofre goes... nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #45

Apparently this was from rain during that time suffragette Apr 2012 #43

Hold it, some of us said 8-10 days for jet stream to bring it over nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #47

Yes, I remember those days, too, and in the same way suffragette Apr 2012 #48

You remember correctly nadinbrzezinski Apr 2012 #49