Ecowarrior and friend, Mimi Germans fully-referenced reply to a recent op-ed in the Santa Barbara Independence is below. Link to the original Op-Ed is at the bottom: Why argue that everything is fine when it is as far from fine as we’ve ever known? E. Stewart’s article on Fukushima was replete with incorrect information that in my view, was dangerous to the community. I will counter it with facts and sources. This is not a game: the reactors that exploded at Fukushima-Daiichi constitutes the most dangerous nuclear event of all time, larger than the tragedy at Hiroshima and Nagasaki due to the triple melt down (melt-through) of three nuclear cores. Days after 3/11 occurred, Fairewind’s Arnie Gunderson flew to Seattle,WA to take random samples of radiation levels around the city.1 His findings were not surprising but were nonetheless disturbing to many of us who had studied radiation dispersed from Chernobyl. 2) Hot particles were not only found in the tests but also inhaled by citizens of the NW. Mr. Stewart should not have included bogus maps but these which show the radioactive tracers reaching the NW. One hot particle inhaled can cause cancer. 3 The Journal of Environmental Radioactivity shows I-131, Cs-134 and 137 and Pu-239 and 240 in Lithuania, Monaco, France, Italy, US, and more right after Fukushima blew. 4 Radiation recognizes no boundaries; it took only days for the radiation to hit Russia and then the West Coast of the US and then spread downward into the Southern Hemisphere. According to measurements from the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Organization, the entire planet was hit with radiation from Fukushima. 5 Meanwhile, back in Japan on a humanitarian mission, the crew of the USS Ronald Reagan situated just offshore from Fukushima and caught in the initial plume, received massive doses of radiation resulting in illnesses, cancers, brain tumors, birth defects, internal bleeding and more to the personnel on board. The victims are now suing TEPCO.6 Contrary to Mr. Stewarts account, California did have very early reports of highly radioactive Uranyl Peroxide(Bucky Balls) found on the coast generated by bathing hot reactor cores in seawater. Their structure makes them highly transportable by air and water. 7 Scientists from Stonybrook and Stanford Universities found radionuclide concentrations in Blue Fin Tuna off the California Coast directly linked to Fukushima. 15 out of 15 fish showed levels of radiation. To date only very few tests have been done on fish and biota in the Pacific. What you don’t know can hurt you. Would we accept that low levels of e coli or botulism in our food was safe to eat? Trace amounts of Iodine-131 and Cs-134/-137 were detected in the seaweed off San Diego. Scientists are now finding Strontium-90 as well. This is much harder to detect but is being detected! St-90 collects in your bones giving you bone cancers.8 While scientists like Ken Buessler say that low levels of radiation won’t create deleterious impacts on health, Dr. Helen Caldicott, Alexey Yablikov, Chris Busby, NIRS show that there is no safe level of exposure and no dose of ionizing radiation so low that the risk of malignancy is zero. Those downplaying the gravity of this event base their data on low levels they get at this time. The loophole in the argument is that time is not factored in. This will build up. We live in a closed system. But because we have three loose corium which no one knows how to stop and with no end in site, this will continue until it reaches a tipping point. Arnie Gunderson states the severity: Units one -three have nuclear waste on the floor, the melted core, [and]that has plutonium in it…” All water touching the corium goes into the ocean. Unlike flushing a toilet, this is like a faucet that no one can turn off. It’s worse than a worst-case scenario. Those who wish to downplay the threat to all living species, are not equating in the time factor. And no one is coherently trying to figure out what to do. What can citizens do? We’ve been monitoring radiation ourselves. We know we have radiation fallout on the West Coast because we track what is happening at Fukushima regarding spills, steam, explosions, etc. and we watch the wind and weather patterns across the Pacific. This is not rocket science; it is a most common way to monitor radiation. I’m in close contact with Sen. Wyden’s office regarding our radiation readings. While it’s absurd to say that everything will be fine, it is true that we are seeing more miscarriages, birth defects, cancers, thyroid disease, leukemia and eventually, with altered DNA, a drastic change for the future. This is based on science, not based as Ken Buesseler is wont to do, on facts formed by opinion or mere conjecture. Studies show the rise of congenital thyroid disease among children along the West Coast into BC Canada. If the rise in thyroid disease in Japanese children is up 70%, it makes sense that US findings were up, though to a lesser extent, from the I-131 found on our coast after 3/11. (9) FOIA documents showed explicitly that the NRC withheld critical information regarding the myriad of catastrophic events at Fukushima and the degree to which the situation was dire. The corporate media has just now realized, three years too late, that the NRC withheld the truth. So in knowing we were lied to why is the corporate media still MIA on these issues?10 Panic? If ever there was cause, now would be the time though panic does no good. The NRC was so afraid of what they knew, they wouldn’t tell us. We need to get armed with Geiger counters and knowledge as our tools. As a citizen collective, we can certainly “see” where the fallout is and how to mitigate its effects.11 We need public outcry regarding the utter lack of public data from the EPA! We have a right to be afraid. We would not be human if we were unafraid as we continue to learn more of these awful truths not only of what happened on 3/11 and not only how it affected all of us then, but how it will affect us for millennia to come. Europeans are still dealing with Chernobyl fallout! 12 Knowing the truth is the key to making informed decisions regarding where to live, what to eat, and when to stay out of the rain. Radiation reports as seen on RadCast.org should become as ubiquitous as weather reports. You must begin to think critically. Remember this: there are no safe levels of ionizing radiation. Trust yourself. Armed not with guns but with meters, we can make real data happen. It’s comforting to hear that everything is really fine but that isn’t what’s real. Demand the shut down of all GE Mark 1 and Mark II nuclear reactors. We’ve an opportunity to use this moment to come together as citizens and stewards of, on and for one planet. Together we can learn how to help each other handle this crisis while we fight for truly clean alternative energies to replace the insanity of rotting nuclear plants, fracking, tar fields, uranium mines and coal. No Nukes! 1.Fairewinds Video vimeo/25002205 2.strahlentelex.de/Yablokov_Chernobyl_book.pdf 3. enenews/…/2…/12/img_483-Dec.-24-18.28-600x500.jpg 4.sciencedirect/…/article/pii/S0265931X11002992 5. ctbto.org/…/fukushima-related-measurements-by-t…/ 6. nuclearhotseat/1724/ 7.pnas.org/…/e…/2012/01/13/1119758109.full.pdf+html 8.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=030909156X pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es203598r 9.radiation.org/reading/pubs/HS42_1F.pdf globalcooperative.wordpress/…/radioactive-iodin…/ radiation.org/reading/pubs/HS42_1F.pdf 10.robinwestenra.blogspot/…/fukushima-foia-document… 11.https://radcast.org/purchase-meters/ 12.lifeupgrade/DATA/chernobylebook.pdf The Op-Ed: independent/news/2014/…/27/fukushima-fallout/ LikeLike · · Share
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