[Coral-List] More links about the Fukushima disaster

[Alan.E.Strong - NOAA Affiliate]

Can someone put this into the context of the concern the US worked 
through during the 50s and 60s??  Some of us can undoubtedly remember 
all the doom and gloom during those decades of airborne Strontium-90 
being "everywhere" (especially milk).  Later in that time frame I was 
working with University of Michigan researchers on the Great Lakes 
routinely collecting water samples from the middle of Lake Michigan that 
were sent to "the EPA" of that era for analysis for concentrations and 
trends.  Is there anyone who can put these quantities of Strontium-90 
radiation into that perspective for a comparison as far as the US is, or 
should be, concerned?

Regards,
Al


On 8/27/2013 8:59 PM, Szmant, Alina wrote:
> Hello Melissa:
>
> As I read the Nat Geo piece and other work, the concern for harmful levels of radiation to humans is pretty much confined to Japan and mostly near the Fukushima area.  The amount of contaminated water and the radiation levels in them are really less than a drop in the proverbial Pacific bucket.  It is a terrible accident and situation for Japan, but I would caution you against becoming hysterical over radiation effects to the US and rest of the World based on a visceral fear of the word 'radioactive'.
>
> Regards,
>
> Alina
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> This is news that just doesn't appear on CNN.
>   
> National Geographic, Published August 7, 2013-
>
> http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/08/130807-fukushima-radioactive-water-leak/
>
> Ten year projection, but not showing continuing leakage- Fukushima pacific ocean cesium 10-year projection 5-28-2013
>
> http://naturalsolutionsradio.com/blog/natural-solutions-radio-administrator/fukushima-pacific-ocean-cesium-10-year-projection-5-28-20
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> August 13, 2013--
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> http://www.livescience.com/38844-fukushima-radioactive-water-leaks.html
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