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Originally Posted by Jedi Ninja
Japan’s Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency has now raised the severity level of the Fukushima accident to Level 7. It doesn't sound like anything new has happened, more just a reflection that the reality of the ongoing situation there.
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Right up there with Chernobyl, probably worse. Japan is in for a grim summer once the south winds establish.
And we are not a safe distance away either:
"The risks associated with iodine-131 contamination in Europe are no longer "negligible," according to CRIIRAD, a French research body on radioactivity. The NGO is advising pregnant women and infants against "risky behaviour," such as consuming fresh milk or vegetables with large leaves."
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"CRIIRAD says its information note is not limited to the situation in France and is applicable to other European countries, as
the level of air contamination is currently the same in Belgium, Germany, Italy and Switzerland, for instance. Data for the west coast of the United States, which received the Fukushima radioactive fallout 6-10 days before France, reveals that levels of radioactive iodine-131 concentration are 8-10 times higher there, the institute says."
http://www.euractiv.com/en/health/ra...le-news-503947