Environment

Prof. Kunihiko Takeda of Chubu University: ‘A Girl Doesn’t Talk’

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– Kunihiko Takeda: “A Girl Doesn’t Talk” (EX-SKF, September 5, 2011):

Professor Takeda of Chubu University has an unusual, short post on his blog for September 5. It’s titled “A Girl Doesn’t Talk…” and the following is my unauthorized, quick translation:

A girl doesn’t talk…

She doesn’t talk. With her clear eyes she looks at everything her mother does. At her side, a boy with bright eyes is excited with the train just passing by.

A middle-aged man shouts. Why can’t I sell contaminated vegetables? I took great pains growing them. What about our livelihood?

The girl doesn’t talk. She quietly eats her school lunch as it is served. Even if the vegetables are contaminated, she takes in the radioactive materials because she trusts adults.

The angry middle-aged man, with the help of the governor and the board of education, shipped the contaminated vegetables that were sold as foodstuff for the school lunches, and he made the living. The government and TEPCO pretended they didn’t know, and the media was afraid to report.

The girl who didn’t talk is now sick in bed. Who could have saved this girl who didn’t talk?

Read moreProf. Kunihiko Takeda of Chubu University: ‘A Girl Doesn’t Talk’

Typhoon Dumps Record Rain On Japan, Killing At Least 20 People

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– Typhoon dumps record rain on Japan, killing 20 (AP, Sep 04, 20119):

TOKYO (AP) — Typhoon Talas dumped record amounts of rain Sunday in western and central Japan, killing at least 20 people and stranding thousands more as it turned towns into lakes, washed away cars and triggered mudslides that obliterated houses. At least 50 people were missing, local media reported.

Evacuation orders and advisories were issued to 460,000 people in the region, which is hundreds of miles (kilometers) from the country’s tsunami-ravaged northeastern coast.

Read moreTyphoon Dumps Record Rain On Japan, Killing At Least 20 People

Sunflowers Battle Radiation In Fukushima, Japan

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Every plant that absorbs high levels of calcium and confuses calcium with radioactive cesium will absorb a lot of radiation.

Can this be called a solution?

– Sunflowers battle radiation in Fukushima, Japan (Yahoo News, Aug 30, 2011):

Out of the earthquake’s rubble, bright blooms are providing hope to a nation reeling from nuclear disaster.

When March 11th’s massive earthquake and tsunami knocked out cooling systems at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, about 80,000 people were forced to abandon their homes.

It was “the world’s worst nuclear accident in 25 years.”

With radiation leaks, hydrogen explosions and overheated fuel rods to blame, the radiation spread beyond just the evacuation area, contaminating the ground in the agricultural region. In some areas, even the tea is radioactive.

Fifty kilometres away from the plant site the Buddhist Joenji temple. There, chief monk Koyu Abe and a team of 100 volunteers began growing and distributing sunflowers, hoping to both lift spirits and lighten the radiation’s impact.

“We plant sunflowers, field mustard, amaranthus and cockscomb, which are all believed to absorb radiation,” said the monk. “So far we have grown at least 200,000 flowers (at this temple) and distributed many more seeds. At least 8 million sunflowers blooming in Fukushima originated from here.”

Read moreSunflowers Battle Radiation In Fukushima, Japan

Near Tokyo: Mother Shocked That, Despite Stringent Efforts To Protect Her Child From Radiation, Test Results Show Radioactive Cesium-137 In Her Child’s Urine

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– Contamination Outside Fukushima (Asia Pacific Journal, September 4, 2011):

The extent of radioactive contamination in Fukushima Prefecture is at the center of important debates as some scientists, NGOs, and citizen’s groups argue that the Japanese government has not gone far enough in dealing with the fallout from the Fukushima Daiichi accident and has deliberately downplayed the potential health effects of radiation. With so much attention focused on Fukushima, however, there has been less consideration of the impact of the crisis, ongoing since March 11, on other parts of Japan. The August 22 issue of AERA magazine, published by Japan’s major progressive newspaper Asahi Shimbun, ran a feature on contamination in the Kanto region entitled Kanto no ko kara hoshano (Radiation Detected from Kanto Children), which broadens discussions of the Fukushima Daiichi crisis’ potential impact. Below is a summary of the AERA article, published under the byline of editor Yamane Yusaku.

The Kanto region is a large area of central Japan that includes Tokyo and nearly 1/3 of Japan’s population including Tokyo. The Japanese government has taken the position that no one outside of the vicinity of the Fukushima Daiichi plant is likely to suffer health effects from the radiation that has been released since March. Many Japanese, especially parents of young children, are doubtful. The article begins by reiterating a point that has been made frequently by critics of the Japanese government – that we simply do not know what effects low levels of radiation and the presence of isotopes in the human body will have on long-term health. The piece tells the story of a mother in Saitama Prefecture who, in the absence of direct government support, arranged to have a sample of her daughter’s urine tested. The test indicated that despite stringent efforts to protect her fifth grader from exposure to contaminated food and airborne radiation, the result was 0.4 Bq of Cesium 137 per kilogram of urine. Cesium 137, with a half-life of just over 30 years, is one of main radioactive isotopes released from the Fukushima Daiichi plant. “I felt a mixture of shock and a feeling that of course this is the case”, laments the girl’s mother.

Read moreNear Tokyo: Mother Shocked That, Despite Stringent Efforts To Protect Her Child From Radiation, Test Results Show Radioactive Cesium-137 In Her Child’s Urine

AND NOW: Japan Government Told Fukushima Farmers to Farm as Usual

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– #Radioactive Produce: National Government Told Fukushima Farmers to Farm as Usual (EX-SKF, September 4, 2011):

It is unconfirmed information, which may not be confirmed at all even if it is true as it may have been the “administrative guidance” from the government without a formal document. Plausible deniability has been one of Japan’s forte over hundreds of years if not thousand.

A resident of Fukushima City, responding to one of the tweets about why the farmers in Fukushima farmed at all this year and continue to sell produce even when they are aware that the land is heavily contaminated with radioactive fallout from Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant, says the following:

Read moreAND NOW: Japan Government Told Fukushima Farmers to Farm as Usual

4 Above Limit Radioactive Cesium Tea Products Reach Market

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– Cesium over limit found in tea using Saitama, Chiba leaves (Japan Times/Kyodo News, Sep. 4, 2011):

Radioactive cesium exceeding the legal limit has been detected in four tea products that reached the market and were made with tea leaves from Saitama and Chiba prefectures, a recent health ministry inspection showed.

One of the products, using tea leaves from Chiba Prefecture, contained 2,720 becquerels of cesium per kilogram, far above the government-set limit of 500 becquerels, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Friday.

The three other products, made with tea leaves from Saitama Prefecture, were found to contain between 800 and 1,530 becquerels of cesium. It is the first time cesium exceeding the maximum limit has been detected in Saitama tea leaves.

The cesium levels were recorded during snap inspections of farm products by the ministry.

Read more4 Above Limit Radioactive Cesium Tea Products Reach Market

TEPCO: Plutonium 238, 239, 240 Detected At Fukushima Playground, Considered To Be From Triple Meltdown

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– Detection of radioactive materials in the soil in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (31st release) (TEPCO, Press Release Sept. 03, 2011):

As part of monitoring activity of the surrounding environment, we conducted an analysis of plutonium contained in the soil collected on March 21 and 22 at the 5 spots in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. As a result, plutonium 238, 239 and 240 were detected.

As a result of plutonium and strontium analysis in the soil from the samples at the 3 periodic sampling spots collected on August 15, plutonium 238, 239, and 240 and strontium 89 and 90 were detected as shown in the attachment 1 and 2.

In addition, as a result of nuclide analysis of the gamma ray contained in the soil, radioactive materials were detected as shown in the attachment 3.

Today, we informed the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency and the government of Fukushima Prefecture of the results.

We will continue conducting the similar analysis.

Appendix1: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Plutonium analysis 
           result in the soil (PDF 34.4KB)
Appendix2: Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station: Strontium analysis 
           result in the soil (PDF 8.80KB)
Appendix3: Result of gamma ray nuclide analysis of soil
           - Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (PDF 10.2KB)

See also:

– Tokyo University Soil Expert: ‘This Is A Disaster Affecting All Residents Of Japan’ – ‘In 5-10 Years Time Cancer Or Illness Will Show’

– Radioactive Fish Above Legal Limit Caught in River North Of Tokyo – ‘Survey Finds Radiation Over Wide Area in Japan’ (Wall Street Journal)

– Greenpeace: Fukushima Schools Unsafe For Children With Radiation Readings As Much As 70 Times Above Safety Limit

– Fukushima Released 76 TRILLION Bequerels Of Plutonium 239

– DOOMED: Japan Gov. To Allow All RADIOACTIVE Material To Be Burned And Buried

– Fukushima Soil Contamination Exceeds Chernobyl Dead Zone At 34 Locations In 6 Municipalities, In One Location The Contamination Level Is More Than 10 Times The Chernobyl Level

Read moreTEPCO: Plutonium 238, 239, 240 Detected At Fukushima Playground, Considered To Be From Triple Meltdown

28,000 Becquerels/Kg Of Radioactive Cesium In Wild Mushrooms in Fukushima

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– Wild Mushroom in Fukushima Tested 28,000 Becquerels/kg of Radioactive Cesium (EX-SKF, September 3, 2011):

“It’s not food any more, it’s simply radioactive materials”, as the young man at the Citizen’s Radioactivity Measuring Station in Fukushima City said of the radioactive mushroom in Germany’s ZDF program aired on August 9.

Wild mushroom harvested in a town in Fukushima tested highest ever radioactive cesium so far in food after the Fukushima I Nuke Plant accident that I’m aware of: 28,000 becquerels per kilogram.

According to the data from Fukushima Prefecture, 13,000 becquerels/kg of cesium-134, and 15,000 becquerels/kg of cesium-137 were detected from the mushroom.

The town, Tanakura-machi, is located at about 73 kilometers southwest of Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant.

From Yomiuri Shinbun (9/3/2011):

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Fukushima Prefecture announced on September 3 that 28,000 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium was detected from wild mushroom, Lactarius volemus, harvested in the mountains in Tanakura-machi. The level of radioactive cesium vastly exceeds the national provisional safety limit of 500 becquerels/kg.

Read more28,000 Becquerels/Kg Of Radioactive Cesium In Wild Mushrooms in Fukushima

Michio Kaku: Virginia Earthquake A Nuclear Wake-Up Call for US (Nuclear Plants Not Prepared)

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YouTube (23.08.2011)

Sawyer: […] When you have to go to the backup to the backup that doesn’t sound good.

Michio Kaku, Physicist: Not good at all. We just dodged a bullet on this one. There are 4 backup pumps, one of them is out… if all four go out then you are on the road to a full scale meltdown […]

Tokyo University Soil Expert: ‘This Is A Disaster Affecting All Residents Of Japan’ – ‘In 5-10 Years Time Cancer Or Illness Will Show’

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Radioactive waste swamps Japan sewage plants


YouTube Added: 30.08.2011

See also:

– Radioactive Fish Above Legal Limit Caught in River North Of Tokyo – ‘Survey Finds Radiation Over Wide Area in Japan’ (Wall Street Journal)

– Greenpeace: Fukushima Schools Unsafe For Children With Radiation Readings As Much As 70 Times Above Safety Limit

– Fukushima Released 76 TRILLION Bequerels Of Plutonium 239

– DOOMED: Japan Gov. To Allow All RADIOACTIVE Material To Be Burned And Buried

– Fukushima Soil Contamination Exceeds Chernobyl Dead Zone At 34 Locations In 6 Municipalities, In One Location The Contamination Level Is More Than 10 Times The Chernobyl Level

Read moreTokyo University Soil Expert: ‘This Is A Disaster Affecting All Residents Of Japan’ – ‘In 5-10 Years Time Cancer Or Illness Will Show’

GENOCIDE: NATO Bombs Libya With Depleted Uranium (Video)

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YouTube Added: 01.09.2011

Thereby destroying  Libya and the Libyan people forever.

Like in Iraq and Afghanistan this is GENOCIDE:

– Depleted Uranium Shells Worse Than Nuclear Weapons (Natural News):

Inhaled or ingested DU particles are highly toxic, and DU has been classified as an illegal weapon of mass destruction by the United Nations.

“More than ten times the amount of radiation released during atmospheric testing [of nuclear bombs] has been released from DU weaponry since 1991,” said Leuren Moret, a U.S. nuclear scientist.

“The genetic future of the Iraqi people, for the most part, is destroyed. The environment now is completely radioactive.”

“Because DU has a half-life of 4.5 billion years, the Middle East will, for all practical purposes, be radioactive forever.”

Seymour Hersh must be right…

– Pulitzer Prize winner Seymour Hersh: Many Within Joint Special Operations Command ‘Are All Members Of, Or At Least Supporters Of, Knights Of Malta’, ‘Many Of Them Are Members of Opus Dei’ … ‘It’s A Crusade, Literally’

– Pulitzer Prize Winner Seymour Hersh And The Men Who Want Him Committed

…and yes, what we are witnessing really is GENOCIDE:

– America’s Legacy of Mutagenic War (The Berkeley Daily Planet)

– Iraq: Fallujah Doctors Report Dramatic Rise In Birth Defects (BBC News)

France’s CEREA Simulation Map Shows US More Contaminated Than Western Japan

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– Map of Cesium-137 Deposition Across the Pacific by CEREA Shows the US More Contaminated Than Western Japan (EX-SKF, August 31, 2011):

France’s CEREA has the simulation map of ground deposition of cesium-137 from the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident on its “Fukushima” page. It not only shows Japan but also the entire northern Pacific Rim, from Russian Siberia to Alaska to the West Coast of the US to the entire US.

According to the map, the US, particularly the West Coast and particularly California, may be more contaminated with radioactive cesium than the western half of Japan or Hokkaido. It looks more contaminated than South Korea or China. Canada doesn’t look too well either, particularly along the border with US on the western half.

From CEREA’s Fukushima page:

Atmospheric dispersion of radionuclides from the Fukushima-Daichii nuclear power plant

CEREA, joint laboratory École des Ponts ParisTech and EdF R&D
Victor Winiarek, Marc Bocquet, Yelva Roustan, Camille Birman, Pierre Tran

Map of ground deposition of caesium-137 for the Fukushima-Daichii accident.

The simulation was performed with a specific version of the numerical atmospheric chemistry and transport model Polyphemus/Polair3D. The parametrisations used for the transport and physical removal of the radionuclides are described in [1,2,3,4].

The magnitude of the deposition field is uncertain and the simulated values of deposited radionuclides could be significantly different from the actual deposition. In particular, the source term remains uncertain. Therefore, these results should be seen as preliminary and they are likely to be revised as new information become available to better constrain the source term and when radionuclides data can be used to evaluate the model simulation results.

The page also has the animated simulation of cesium-137 dispersion from March 11 to April 6, 2011. If the Japanese think they are the only ones who have the radiation and radioactive fallout from the accident, they are very much mistaken, if the simulation is accurate. (Meteorological institutes and bureaus in Austria, Germany, and Norway all had similar simulation maps.)

Read moreFrance’s CEREA Simulation Map Shows US More Contaminated Than Western Japan

Monsanto Corn Creating New Super Bugs – Corn Crops In Iowa Attacked By Destructive Pests: Researcher

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– Monsanto: Corn crop pain (CNN):

More information on GMOs:

GM food alters your DNA, changes your brain waves, destroys your immune system, your organs and makes you infertile.

– The Attack Of The Monsanto Superinsects And Superweeds

– Monsanto And The Mortal Danger To Traditional Agriculture

Read moreMonsanto Corn Creating New Super Bugs – Corn Crops In Iowa Attacked By Destructive Pests: Researcher

Radioactive Fish Above Legal Limit Caught in River North Of Tokyo – ‘Survey Finds Radiation Over Wide Area in Japan’ (Wall Street Journal)

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– Survey Finds Radiation Over Wide Area in Japan (Wall Street Journal, August 30, 2011):

TOKYO—The first comprehensive survey of soil contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant showed that 33 locations spread over a wide area have been contaminated with long-lasting radioactive cesium, the government said Tuesday.

The survey of 2,200 locations within a 100-kilometer (62-mile) radius of the crippled plant found that those locations had cesium-137 in excess of 1.48 million becquerels per square meter, the level set by the Soviet Union for forced resettlement after the 1986 Chernobyl disaster, Japanese authorities said.

Another 132 locations had a combined amount of cesium-137/134 of more than 555,000 becquerels per square meter, the level at which the Soviet authorities called for voluntary evacuation and imposed a ban on farming.

Japanese authorities said all of the highest levels are within the current evacuation zone, which is about 20 kilometers around the plant, plus some specific towns to the northwest that already have been found to have high levels of contamination.

Japanese authorities said last week they expected the levels of radiation to fall by half in areas around the plant in two years, through natural decay and cleanup efforts. But the latest data point to the possibility that cesium could also be washing away and spreading to other areas, potentially contaminating rivers, lower-lying land and the ocean.

Gunma prefecture, north of Tokyo, reported Monday that a fish containing more than the legally allowed amount of cesium was caught in a river in the prefecture, the first such case outside Fukushima prefecture, where the plant is located.

Read moreRadioactive Fish Above Legal Limit Caught in River North Of Tokyo – ‘Survey Finds Radiation Over Wide Area in Japan’ (Wall Street Journal)

Exposing the Lies: Gulf of Mexico Seafood Safety according to the FDA and EPA

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I told you even before the Gulf of Mexico and the Fukushima disasters not to eat any kind of seafood.


YouTube Added: 16.08.2011

Download Trisha James’ Spreadsheet calculations http://www.espbotanicals.com/environmentalpoison/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/T… and help us continue our efforts to document BP’s damage to the Gulf at http://www.hope5.com The seafood isn’t safe! The oil is still here and so are we!

PS – EVENTUALLY this link will be working: http://bit.ly/unsafe-seafood as posted in the video.

Total Insanity: The Burning Of All Radioactive Material Thereby Contaminating Japan With High Levels Of Radioactive Cesium

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See also:

– DOOMED: Japan Gov. To Allow All RADIOACTIVE Material To Be Burned And Buried

Just because they bow nicely and have a respected position in society does not mean that these traitors are not going to KILL you!

– Prof. Chris Busby: Fukushima Like the TITANIC – The Japanese Government Is Completely Out Of Order And If It Continuous Its Course Of Action Then It Is A Criminal Organization – ‘I Am Too Frightened To Go Closer To Meltdowns Than 100 Km’ Because Of High Levels Of Radiation

And yes, your elite puppet government is a criminal organization and it seems to attack what is left from Japan.

– Cesium in incinerator dust across east Japan (Japan Times/Kyodo, Aug. 29, 2011):

High levels of cesium isotopes are cropping up in dust at 42 incineration plants in seven prefectures, including Chiba and Iwate, an Environment Ministry survey of the Kanto and Tohoku regions shows.

According to the report, released late Saturday, the highest cesium levels in the dust ranged from 95,300 becquerels in Fukushima Prefecture and 70,800 becquerels in Chiba Prefecture to 30,000 becquerels in Iwate Prefecture.

But even the lower levels in the dust exceeded 8,000 becquerels per kilogram in Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma and Tokyo.

Read moreTotal Insanity: The Burning Of All Radioactive Material Thereby Contaminating Japan With High Levels Of Radioactive Cesium

The Attack Of The Monsanto Superinsects And Superweeds

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– Attack of the Monsanto Superinsects (Mother Jones, Aug. 30, 2011):

Over the past decade and a half, as Monsanto built up its globe-spanning, multi-billion-dollar genetically modified seed empire, it made two major pitches to farmers.

Read moreThe Attack Of The Monsanto Superinsects And Superweeds

Greenpeace: Fukushima Schools Unsafe For Children With Radiation Readings As Much As 70 Times Above Safety Limit

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– Greenpeace: Fukushima schools unsafe after clean-up (Reuters, Aug 29, 2011):

Greenpeace said on Monday that schools and surrounding areas located 60 km (38 miles) from Japan’s tsunami-hit nuclear power plant were unsafe for children, showing radiation readings as much as 70 times internationally accepted levels.

The environmental group took samples at and near three schools in Fukushima city, well outside the 20 km exclusion zone from Tokyo Electric Power’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex in Japan’s northeast.

“No parent should have to choose between radiation exposure and education for their child,” said Kazue Suzuki, Greenpeace Japan’s anti-nuclear project head.

Read moreGreenpeace: Fukushima Schools Unsafe For Children With Radiation Readings As Much As 70 Times Above Safety Limit

Fukushima Released 76 TRILLION Bequerels Of Plutonium 239

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– NISA Mentions “Neptunium-239” in August 29 Press Conference (Ex-SKF, August 28, 2011):

Now this is very curious.

The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA)’s daily press conference is ongoing (August 29). The NISA spokesman Moriyama mentions neptunium-239’s conversion ratio to plutonium-239 as 1 to 1.

According to the June 6 estimate by the NISA:

Plutonium-239: 3.2×10^9

Neptunium-239: 7.6×10^13

So, now it is:

Plutonium-239: 7.6 x 10^13, or 76,000,000,000,000 or 76 terabecquerels

The amount of plutonium-239 has increased 23,000-fold.

Read moreFukushima Released 76 TRILLION Bequerels Of Plutonium 239

Fukushima Soil Contamination Exceeds Chernobyl Dead Zone At 34 Locations In 6 Municipalities, In One Location The Contamination Level Is More Than 10 Times The Chernobyl Level

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And the ‘entire country is to become the nuclear waste disposal site’:

– DOOMED: Japan Gov. To Allow All RADIOACTIVE Material To Be Burned And Buried

– Soil Contamination in 34 Locations in Fukushima Exceeds Chernobyl Confiscation/Closed Zone Level (EX-SkF, August 29, 2011):

In one location, the contamination level is more than 10 times the Chernobyl level.

What a surprise. Now that PM Kan is out, the government dribbles out the information that it withheld as it de-emphasized and even attacked the reports of high soil contamination as measured by private entities including citizens’ groups.

The most contaminated location found so far is Okuma-machi, where Fukushima I Nuke Plant is located: 29,460,000 becquerels per square meter with cesium-134 and cesium-137 combined, 15,450,000 becquerels per square meter if only cesium-137 is counted.

The confiscated/closed zone after the Chernobyl accident is set in locations whose cesium-137 level in soil exceeds 1,480,000 becquerels per square meter. The level of cesium-137 in the location in Okuma-machi is 10 times that of the Chernobyl confiscated/closed zone.

From Yomiuri Shinbun (3:05AM JST 8/30/2011):

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The soil contamination as the result of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant accident was reported on the August 29 meeting at the Ministry of Education and Science.

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The survey found 34 locations in 6 municipalities exceeding the level of the confiscation/closed zone of the Chernobyl accident (1,480,000 becquerels/square meter of cesium-137 in soil). The purpose of the survey was to understand the radiation exposure of the residents. Prime Minister Kan said on August 27 that there might be locations where the residents wouldn’t be able to return for a long time. The survey data validates the prime minister’s comment.

Read moreFukushima Soil Contamination Exceeds Chernobyl Dead Zone At 34 Locations In 6 Municipalities, In One Location The Contamination Level Is More Than 10 Times The Chernobyl Level

DOOMED: Japan Gov. To Allow All RADIOACTIVE Material To Be Burned And Buried

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They burn that waste and radioactive rain will come down in Canada and the US as nuclear engineer Arnie Gundersen said.

– New Scientific Data Supports Previous Fairewinds Analysis, As Contamination Spreads In Japan And Worldwide (Video):

Third, the burning of radioactive materials (building materials, trees, lawn grass, rice straw) by the Japanese government will cause radioactive Cesium to spread even further into areas within Japan that have been previously clean, and across the Pacific Ocean to North America.

Thanks to the Japanese elite puppet government we will have a continuous worldwide radioactive contamination of the environment and ourselves.

If you do not stand up Japan your ‘entire country is to become the nuclear waste disposal site’.

– Japan’s Ministry of Environment to Allow #Radioactive Ashes to Be Buried in Regular Waste Final Disposal Sites (EX-SKF, August 27, 2011):

Here we go. Radioactive Japan (or at least East Japan). Now all radioactive debris and garbage can and will be burned and buried.

The news headlines at various media outlets say “ashes that contain up to 100,000 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium”, but if you read the news carefully, as long as there are “countermeasures” to prevent the leakage of radioactive cesium into the surrounding environment, the Ministry is prepared to allow the ashes with any amount of radioactive materials to be buried in regular waste final disposal facilities.

From NHK News (8/28/2011):

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Regarding the ashes after burning the disaster debris and regular household garbage contaminated with radioactive materials, the Ministry of the Environment has decided on a policy that will allow the burial of ashes that exceed 8,000 becquerels/kg of radioactive cesium, as long as there are countermeasures in place to prevent the leakage into the ground water.

Read moreDOOMED: Japan Gov. To Allow All RADIOACTIVE Material To Be Burned And Buried

Tropical Storm Irene: More Than 4 Million People Without Power, At Least 15 Deaths In Six States, Floodwaters Surge

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– Floodwaters surge as Tropical Storm Irene lashes Northeast (CNN, August 28, 2011):

New York (CNN) — Trees toppled and streets flooded Sunday morning as Irene lashed some of the biggest cities in the Northeast with wind gusts and torrential rains.

Even as Irene weakened to a tropical storm, authorities in the region warned that its impact was not waning.

“We’re not out of the woods yet. Irene remains a large and potentially dangerous storm,” U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told reporters.

Officials said the storm had knocked out power to more than 4 million people and was responsible for at least 15 deaths in six states.

Read moreTropical Storm Irene: More Than 4 Million People Without Power, At Least 15 Deaths In Six States, Floodwaters Surge

Japan: Radioactive Rice In Chiba And Ibaraki Prefecture

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– #Radioactive Rice in Chiba and Ibaraki, but Not in Fukushima (EX-SKF, August 26, 2011):

Not to the extent that may cause “chaos” as Professor Kosako predicted, but the prefectural authorities have tested the early harvest and radioactive cesium has been found in Ibaraki and Chiba.

The first to find radioactive rice was Ibaraki Prefecture, but the governor vows to fight the “baseless rumor” to promote rice from his prefecture.

Read moreJapan: Radioactive Rice In Chiba And Ibaraki Prefecture

Radioactive Rice Hay Story Still Doesn’t Quite Add Up

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– OT: Radioactive Rice Hay Story Still Doesn’t Quite Add Up for Me Personally (EX-SKF, August 26, 2011):

Quid est veritas?

The answer seems to be whatever is reported by the largest number of media outlets, mainstream and alternative. I’m just wondering aloud about my personal misgivings. (For those who insist on facts and figures only, you can stop right here, and have a nice weekend.)

The official story of radioactive rice hay is as follows:

Read moreRadioactive Rice Hay Story Still Doesn’t Quite Add Up