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The total amounts of 131I and 137Cs discharged into the atmosphere from 12 March to 6 April were estimated to be approximately 1.5 × 1017 and 1.3 × 1016 Bq, respectively.
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
a reply to: EvilAxis
Haha, that was the first one I pulled up.
originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
originally posted by: wacco
if you find misshapened tomatoes, or anything id be worried about my soil .
I grow heirloom tomatoes every year and the majority are misshapen.
It is the store-bought, perfectly shaped specimens that should really concern you.
originally posted by: Chadwickus
a reply to: intrptr
Um, yes there is.
We are surrounded by radiation daily.
originally posted by: ScientificRailgun
Got a source for that 1000% increase in Thyroid Cancer claim there champ?
originally posted by: CriticalStinker
Surprised by the replies. I take it the 1000% increase in thyroid cancer is normal and unrelated to a near nuclear melt down too.
originally posted by: Chadwickus
a reply to: oriondc
0.5 μSv/hr is only just above normal background levels..
The mutation is called FASCIATION
originally posted by: ParasuvO
...the ones that are growing all sorts of shapes are actually showing they are unable to regulate the growth, they HAVE been modified.
Tell us where you can get so-called Heirloom of ANYTHING that has not been modified.
Do you have any evidence that it will stay for millennia in the body?
If what you said is true, then we should be seeing effects from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
One thing people don't realize about the body is that it has the ability to EAT radiation, yes, that's right, it can burn up the radiation particles for energy.
originally posted by: ffx6554
a reply to: intrptr
Uranium has a very long half-life and they were used to make the atom bombs, so where did they go?