Fukushima Radiation NOT SAFE!

Studies cited in order presented:

National Academy of Sciences Low-Dose Radiation Report
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11340&page=R1
Data tables used, 12D-1 and 12D-2:
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11340&page=311
http://www.nap.edu/openbook/030909156X/gifmid/311.gif
How to scale that data to unique exposure scenarios, Annex 12D, Example 1:
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=11340&page=310

15-country study of nuclear-worker cancer risk
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17388693
Table 5 shown is from Part II of the study
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17388694
http://iangoddard.com/15countries_Part2_Table5.png

Jacob et al. (2009) meta-analysis of nuclear-worker studies
http://oem.bmj.com/content/66/12/789.full.pdf
Editorial on Jacob et al. quoted
http://oem.bmj.com/content/66/12/785.extract

Chromosomal translocations are associated with cancer
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3152359/

Boffetta et al. (2007) more chromoHarm entails more cancer
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17071846

Bhatti et al. (2010) meta-analysis of chromosomal damage
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075914/

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[Alchaeon1]

....these dose rates are EXTERNAL radiation exposures.

The main threat to health is from internal exposure - ie the inhalation and digestion of radioactive particles that lodge in the lungs, gut and can move around in the blood stream and effect any body organ.

The maximum dose rate becomes irrelevant when youre inhaling and eating "hot particles"

A few inhaled nano particle of Plutonium and you're gone in the long run - an almost certain road to cancer

[GoddardsJournal]

@Alchaeon1, good points! This video addresses the 20 mSv/y maximum dose rate allowed in Fukushima, and if you want to compare that dose rate to dose-rate findings in the medical literature, the studies you'll find involve external exposures.

The fact that the literature reports increased cancer mortality at low external dose rates demonstrates that external doses are not irrelevant. If just those external doses increase mortality, a-fortiori those external doses + internal doses can't be safe!

[TheHealthPhysicist]

First, the Japanese gov't rescinded the 20 mSv/yr limit, which was only applicable for one month. It's back to 1 mSv/yr. Second, your playing semantics with the word "safe". Something doesn't have to cause zero deaths to be safe, which seems to be what you're inferring. Many people drive autos because they don't feel unsafe - they feel safe. Even though thousands of people die every year from auto wrecks.

[GoddardsJournal]

@TheHealthPhysicist, I still can't figure how you came up with that story. In reality:

Nature (Oct 14): "the Japanese government's official safety limit for radiation exposure is 20 mSv per year."

JAEA (Oct 16) plans: "Decontamination of living environment [...] with additional annual dose estimate of 1-20 mSv."

ICRP (Nov 28) recommends to Japan: "Reference levels in lower part of 1-20 mSv/year." (google quotes)

Aug 26: a goal was issued to lower * school time * doses to <1 mSv/y.

[GoddardsJournal]

The Wall Street Journal (Dec 16, today): "The evacuation orders have been issued to avoid exposing local residents to radiation of more than 20 millisieverts per year […] On Thursday, a panel of experts recommended to the government that the radiation level per year should be reduced to 10 millisieverts or less in two years, where possible. For places often used by children, the radiation level should not exceed 1 millisievert, it said."

[GoddardsJournal]

@TheHealthPhysicist, right, I'm using the word 'Safe' in that tricky deceptive way to mean 'harmless'. That same meaning as in the dictionary, which was therefore obviously written by a bunch of anti-nuclear propagandists.

Why those deceptive dictionary writers would lead us to believe all manner of madness like that "cold shutdown" means "no longer warm and termination of activity," when in fact it means whatever's needed to make the nuclear industry look safe. Time for new-clear dictionaries!

[Pblined]

Bravo,

Nice job, Its nice to see the issues with low dose radiation brought to light. The staff in radiology depts should be worried with the mickey mouse shielding that they put faith in to be safe

[IExposeMormonism]

@TheHealthPhysicist You not only make errors of fact, you are an Obfukuscationist. a new kind of intentional deflection obscurer misinformation agent. You need cudgeling

[Th2EyA0rEa1MoN2gUs]

CBSNEWS you are a bunch of fucking lying scum. Unknown, how long have nuclear plants been around giving it's employees low doses of radiation? Unknown, how about the doses of radiation in Nagasaki. I hope Anonymous hacks your shit News Station. Liars !!!!!

[howardtlewisiiiify]

keep in mind that Bush41 was ambassador to the U.N. and loyal to the German bloodeed royal family. he was knighted in the early 1980s for selling out America and setting up Japan, Europe's biggest economic competitor, for the Fukushima meltdowns. The Nazi eugenics program was pushed by Prescott Bush, who was Hitler's banker in the U.S.. There is no harmless level of radiation. This documentary is A+.

[Underpalace]

Yes, Thank You. So well done. And so sad.

[macos9x]

Thank you for your upload.

[humandread]

Thank you for this..

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[SpaceMan131326]

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