Reply #8: What do I make of them?

[FBaggins]

There was a nuclear power plant with multiple reactors that had at least some level of meltdown... of course there's going to be SOME radiation for a period of time.

The question is "how much" and how does it compare to the lies you fearmongers have been telling people.

On THAT scale, no, there's nothing to worry about.

What do you make of the poisoned tapwater?

That's high enough that I would want it treated if it were going to last for a long time... but this won't. The levels aren't high enough to be "poisoned" at normal consumption levels.

or the radioactive soil 40 km away?

Pretty much the same thing. High enough levels to avoid, but not high enough to be a real danger. As the article says, if you stayed in the area for a full year you would get four times an annual dose. The problem with the fearmongering spin is that (even if four years' dose was a real problem) the Iodine 131 isn't going to be there for a full year, now is it?