• The radiation effects from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are the observed and predicted effects as a result of the release of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichii Nuclear Power Plant following the 2011 Tōhoku 9.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami (Great East Japan Earthquake and the resultant tsunami). (wikipedia.org)
  • A June 2012 Stanford University study estimated, using a linear no-threshold model, that the radioactivity release from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could cause 130 deaths from cancer globally (the lower bound for the estimate being 15 and the upper bound 1100) and 199 cancer cases in total (the lower bound being 24 and the upper bound 1800), most of which are estimated to occur in Japan. (wikipedia.org)
  • Among the casualties of the March 11, 2011, earthquake and resulting tsunami in Japan was the country's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (nsf.gov)
  • Since March 11 this year, a different kind of toxin has been making its way through the veins of common food sources after Tokyo Electric Power Company ( TEPCO ) completed a planned dumping of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean at the site of Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant. (chinadialogue.net)
  • This book reports the results from on-site research into radioactive cesium contamination in various agricultural systems affected by the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident that occurred in March 2011. (usk.ac.id)
  • Environmental radioactivity, mainly in the Tohoku and Kanto areas, due to the long living radioisotopes of Cesium is laying obstacle on speedy recovery from the impacts of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident. (toxicswatch.org)
  • As Kodama Tatsuhiko, head of the Tokyo University Radioisotope Center has pointed out, the Japanese government has both concealed and distorted the true dimensions of radioactivity released following the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power reactors. (truthout.org)
  • Although triggered by these cataclysmic events, the subsequent accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant cannot be regarded as a natural disaster. (blogspot.com)
  • radiation levels emanating from the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan are signs of the end of days. (kabbalahsecrets.com)
  • This photo taken during a visit by Associated Press journalists shows some of about 1,000 huge tanks holding treated but still radioactive wastewater at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO), in Okuma town, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 22, 2023. (morns.ca)
  • Twelve years after the triple reactor meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japan is preparing to release a massive amount of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. (morns.ca)
  • Noboru Ishizawa, a Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) official, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 22, 2023. (morns.ca)
  • Fukushima Daiichi has struggled to handle the contaminated water since the 2011 disaster. (morns.ca)
  • In some cases and countries, however, nuclear power plant accidents like the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster (2011), Chernobyl disaster (1986), and Three Mile Island accident (1979) left many dead and even many more affected by the radiation released. (conserve-energy-future.com)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) released a report that estimates an increase in risk for specific cancers for certain subsets of the population inside the Fukushima Prefecture. (wikipedia.org)
  • Preliminary dose-estimation reports by WHO and the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) indicate that, outside the geographical areas most affected by radiation, even in locations within Fukushima prefecture, the predicted risks remain low and no observable increases in cancer above natural variation in baseline rates are anticipated. (wikipedia.org)
  • On March 23, the Japanese government restricted the consumption of various greens from Fukushima prefecture, as well as Ibaragi, Tochigi and Gunma. (chinadialogue.net)
  • And I'm pondering a Kickstarter campaign to go live in Fukushima prefecture for a year to prove it. (blogspot.com)
  • The survey conducted by Fukushima Prefecture from April 2015 to April 2016 revealed that 23,837 of the 23,855 foods (over 99.9%) produced in Fukushima had radiocesium concentrations below the regulatory limit 11 . (nature.com)
  • Recently four key figures among the authorities in charge of Fukushima's reconstruction died relatively young: a former Reconstruction minister, a former Reconstruction Vice-Minister and a former Environment Parliamentary Secretary, and the incumbent Mayor of Namie, Fukushima prefecture. (uchicago.edu)
  • The following is the known status as of Tuesday evening of each of the six reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant and the four reactors at the Fukushima No. 2 plant, both in Fukushima Prefecture, crippled by Friday's magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami. (tribalwar.com)
  • Cesium-137 is radioactive isotope produced from nuclear catastrophes like Chernobyl and Fukushima. (toxindefense.org)
  • Chernobyl and Fukushima . (greenmedinfo.com)
  • If there were, the nuclear accidents of both Chernobyl and Fukushima wouldn't be noteworthy accidents at all. (lymestudio.com)
  • After the government banned the sale of numerous greens from Fukushima and six other prefectures, and after the concomitant discovery of radioactivity in Tokyo water, fears over food and water contamination quickly spread in Tokyo (and nearby countries that import food from Japan). (chinadialogue.net)
  • Cesium-137 contamination is the reason why no one lives near Chernobyl to this very day. (toxindefense.org)
  • On August 22, The New York Times reports (in submerged fashion, headlining Gaddafi's imminent fall in Libya) the disturbing news that a wide area around the Fukushima plant "could soon be declared uninhabitable, perhaps for decades, after a government survey found radioactive contamination that far exceeded safe levels. (truthout.org)
  • As Winifred Bird and Elizabeth Grossman report, moreover, radiation risks have been compounded by severe chemical contamination throughout the Fukushima area and its peripheries as a result of earthquake tsunami destruction of petro-and agrochemical plants, iron foundries, steel works, automotive, electronics, plastics and pharmaceutical plants among others. (truthout.org)
  • Our study clarified the 137 Cs contamination in 75 of all 259 food samples before and after the Fukushima nuclear accident, showing that not only mushrooms but also fish had been contaminated before the Fukushima accident. (nature.com)
  • While this campaign produced a large dataset of radiocesium contamination levels in food, no quantitative method existed to distinguish between the detected 137 Cs that originated from the Fukushima accident and the detected 137 Cs that originated from prior deliberate or accidental releases of the radionuclide. (nature.com)
  • Radioactive particles from the incident, including iodine-131 and caesium-134/137, have since been detected at atomospheric radionuclide sampling stations around the world, including in California and the Pacific Ocean. (wikipedia.org)
  • A result of the loss of electricity, overheating at the power plant led to significant releases of iodine, cesium and other radioisotopes to the environment. (nsf.gov)
  • Regarding releases to air and water leakage from Fukushima, the main radionuclide from among the many kinds of fission products in the fuel was volatile iodine-131, which has a half-life of 8 days. (world-nuclear.org)
  • After the hydrogen explosion in unit 1 on 12 March, some radioactive caesium and iodine were detected in the vicinity of the plant, having been released via the venting. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Considerable amounts of xenon-133 and iodine-131 were vented, but most of the caesium-137 (14 out of 15 PBq total) along with most of the Cs-134 apparently came from unit 2 on or after 15 March - the only one of the four units which did not suffer a hydrogen explosion demolishing its superstructure. (world-nuclear.org)
  • https://japanfocus.org/-Kodama-Tatsuhiko/3587 ) Zeroing in on the critical dangers to pregnant women and infants, he shows the extremely high risk of cancer in areas of radiation concentration in the form of Iodine and Cesium isotopes. (truthout.org)
  • Adding iodine, chlorine, chlorine dioxide or other sanitizing chemicals to water does not remove cesium either. (lymestudio.com)
  • 1996. Burning radionuclide question: What happens to iodine, cesium and chlorine in biomass fires? (cdc.gov)
  • A new study finds congenital hypothyroidism in the US rising 28 % in the two and a half months after the arrival of the Fukushima fallout of radioactive iodine (I-131) [1]. (thyroidnation.com)
  • 1) It lists out the date of update, the region, the test dates, the food type, the level of iodine (131) and cesium (137) in Bq/kg , becquerel per kilogram . (blogspot.com)
  • So, from the above screen capture, mushrooms from region Miyagi has been tested on 16th November with radioactive iodine "not detected" ND but 1400 Bq/kg of radioactive cesium. (blogspot.com)
  • unfortunately named damaged 6 reactor plant Fuk u shima Daii chi that is spewing out radioactive cesium- 137 and iodine- 131 at levels much higher than is being told to the public. (kabbalahsecrets.com)
  • The number 137 , as in cesium- 137 , is the numerical value of the Hebrew word meaning "to receive" and the number 131 , as in iodine- 131 , is the numerical value of the dark angel samael, thus together: "to receiving samael. (kabbalahsecrets.com)
  • Beta particles are high-energy electrons that are emitted from the nuclei of unstable atoms (eg, cesium-137, iodine-131). (msdmanuals.com)
  • The looming threat of nuclear war and recent nuclear disasters like the Fukushima triple meltdown have brought concerns about radiation exposure front and center. (newstarget.com)
  • Massive amounts of these beta radionuclides have escaped into the air and Pacific Ocean at Fukushima Japan which is in its fifth year of an ongoing triple meltdown that began March 11, 2011 after an earthquake and tsunami destroyed most of a huge reactor complex there. (enviroreporter.com)
  • The plume of radioactivity released by the Fukushima meltdown arrived in the air above the US west coast states on March 15, only 4 days after the start of meltdown. (thyroidnation.com)
  • What's happening at Fukushima plant 12 years after meltdown? (morns.ca)
  • After the 2011 Fukushima tsunami and nuclear power plant meltdown, the air was full of cries that Japan should phase out nuclear power. (blogspot.com)
  • While such rods are spent in terms of their usefulness in the reactor core, they still contain deadly radioisotopes that remain hazardous. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Like the fuel rods in the reactor core, spent fuel rods must be kept cool or the release of cesium-137 and strontium-90, among other deadly radioisotopes, could result. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Take a look at the image above of the reactor design at Fukushima (and 23 nuclear reactors in the US) and ask this question. (economicpopulist.org)
  • Radioisotopes such as cobalt-58, cobalt-60 and silver-110m arise as a result of wear or corrosion of reactor components. (medialternatives.com)
  • Radionuclides in seawater have been reported from the Fukushima plant's discharge canals, from coastal waters five to ten kilometers south of the plant, and from 30 kilometers offshore. (nsf.gov)
  • Seawater, well known for insulating radioisotopes. (tribalwar.com)
  • The spent fuel pool consists of spent nuclear fuel rods that are stored in the Fukushima reactors (and other GE reactors with a similar design) after they have outlived their usefulness. (economicpopulist.org)
  • Besides looking at NRC incident reports, look at the el cheapo plumbing at Fukushima (hey, let's save pipe by situating spent fuel above the reactors! (blogspot.com)
  • Another proven way in which apples reduce the risk of cancer is through their ability to remove carcinogenic radioisotopes that have accumulated in our bodies as a result of the fallout from nuclear weapons, depleted uranium munitions, and nuclear energy and disaster-associated pollution, e.g. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • This knowledge will allow individuals, families and communities to survive the fallout aftermath of a nuclear event by avoiding cesium-contaminated water. (lymestudio.com)
  • Thus, removing cesium from contaminated water is critical for survival in a post-fallout scenario. (lymestudio.com)
  • Fukushima: Fallout of fear After the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan kept people safe from the physical effects of radiation - but not from the psychological impacts. (blogspot.com)
  • Years later the effects of nuclear fallout from Fukushima will have diverse effects on the population and animals following a series of low dose exposures. (beforeitsnews.com)
  • Even the Japanese government's underestimated data shows that the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant disaster released 168 times the cesium 137 discharged by the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, which entailed about 168 times the fallout at Hiroshima. (uchicago.edu)
  • He claims that food grown in contaminated soil actually contained relatively low levels of caesium. (newscientist.com)
  • And were it spiced up to 1000 times, it would not be long before rainwater washed the cesium down through the soil and reduced the surface exposure levels back to something quite tolerable. (blogspot.com)
  • The last chapter introduces a real-time radioisotope imaging system, the forefront technique to visualize actual movement of cesium in soil and in plants. (usk.ac.id)
  • This difference in Cesium solubility is due to the presence of soil particle originated clay minerals in the sludge ash. (toxicswatch.org)
  • Common radioactive foods usually get their radioisotopes from the soil, although it's also possible to absorb isotopes with water. (sciencenotes.org)
  • Despite the findings of increased levels of plutonium, strontium, cesium and other radioactive particles in soil and water, no meaningful medical studies were performed on the local population. (hibakusha-worldwide.org)
  • The worst nuclear disaster to strike Japan since a single bomb fell over Nagasaki in 1945 occurred in the spring of 2011 at the Fukushima nuclear power plant following the epic tsunami. (truthout.org)
  • See tsunami strike photos at Fukushima. (blogspot.com)
  • [xii] Apple pectin has even been found to prevent the most deadly, and entirely man-made radioisotope, Plutonium-239, from absorbing in the gastrointestinal tract of animals fed it. (greenmedinfo.com)
  • Other radioisotopes that could be of long-term concern if released, are strontium and plutonium. (food-safety.com)
  • Paraphrasing] A study released in Scientific Reports published by Nature titled "Isotopic evidence of plutonium release into the environment from the Fukushima DNPP accident" by Zheng et al found that a wide array of highly volatile fission products were released, including 129mTe, 131I, 134Cs, 136Cs and 137Cs, which were all found to be "widely distributed in Fukushima and its adjacent prefectures in eastern Japan. (blogspot.com)
  • In 2008, a study found increased levels of plutonium and cesium-137 in soils and water samples, suggesting further leaks. (hibakusha-worldwide.org)
  • Various groups and individuals showed their solidarity by publicly eating, promoting or buying produce from Fukushima and six nearby prefectures. (chinadialogue.net)
  • Television talents, sports heroes and popular singers encouraged people to follow the example of chief cabinet secretary Yukio Edano and eat strawberries and greens (irresistible at 100 yen a bag) from Fukushima and outlying prefectures. (chinadialogue.net)
  • 2018). Some games are planned to be held at grounds or facilities located in highly contaminated areas of Fukushima and other prefectures (especially baseball and softball ). (uchicago.edu)
  • Analysis: The "straight line" rise of the efficacy vs. concentration chart reveals that Cesium Eliminator still has enormous capturing capacity even at very high concentrations of cesium, such as 91 ppm and above. (toxindefense.org)
  • 1990. Seasonal concentrations of cesium-137 in rumen content, skeletal muscles and feces of caribou from the porcupine herd: lichen ingestion rates and implications for human consumption. (cdc.gov)
  • The samples are then analyzed for cesium isotopes, whose signature allows scientists to identify radionuclides released from Fukushima. (nsf.gov)
  • Personally developed by food science researcher Mike Adams, Cesium Eliminator is the world's first patent-pending dietary supplement that's laboratory validated to bind with and capture cesium isotopes including cesium-137. (toxindefense.org)
  • Cesium Eliminator is laboratory-validated to bind with and capture cesium isotopes (including cesium-137) during simulated human digestion (in vitro lab testing). (toxindefense.org)
  • Specifically, they are worried about the fact that U.S. spent fuel pools are loaded with a large quantity of fuel assemblies that have been used to generate power and thus contain radioactive isotopes, including cesium-137, a gamma emitting isotope with a 30-year half life. (atomicinsights.com)
  • [iii] A. Priyadarshi, G. Dominguez, M. H. Thiemens (2011) 'Evidence of Neutron Leakage at the Fukushima Nuclear Plant from Measurements of Radioactive 35S in California', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(35), 14422-14425. (blogspot.com)
  • The information is needed,' she says, 'so that any subsequent efforts to understand the severity of the releases, the bioaccumulation of radionuclides in the ocean food web, and ocean processes and spreading patterns of the released radioisotopes, all have good baseline data. (nsf.gov)
  • Like all radionuclides, exposure to radiation from cesium-137 results in increased risk of cancer. (toxindefense.org)
  • About 70% of the "ALPS-treated water," named after the machines used to filter it, still contains Cesium and other radionuclides that exceed releasable limits. (morns.ca)
  • Cesium-137 that is dispersed in the environment, like that from atmospheric testing, is impossible to avoid. (toxindefense.org)
  • Although gamma-ray measurements supported that radioactivity levels in almost all foodstuffs were far below the Japanese regulatory limit, it was unknown how much of the detected radioactivity originated from the Fukushima accident as opposed to pre-Fukushima events such as the atmospheric nuclear explosions 12 that have been conducted since 1945 and the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident of 1986. (nature.com)
  • [i] USGS Fission Products in National Atmospheric Deposition Program-West Deposition Samples Prior to and Following the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant Incident, March 8-April 5, 2011. (blogspot.com)
  • For convenience in discussion, we considered this period as in 2016, five years after the Fukushima accident. (nature.com)
  • In this study, we first performed gamma-ray analysis to investigate the distribution of radiocesium in 259 general foodstuffs five years after the Fukushima accident. (nature.com)
  • radiation levels are falling much faster than the radioisotopes decay, and areas are being cleared for habitation even at Japan's hypochondriacally low standards for safety. (blogspot.com)
  • Radioactive cesium-134 primarily decays to stable barium-134 by beta decay accompanied by gamma ray emissions or less frequently to stable xenon-134 by electron capture (EC) accompanied by a single gamma ray emission. (netlify.app)
  • However, 167 Fukushima plant workers received radiation doses that slightly elevate their risk of developing cancer. (wikipedia.org)
  • These were transferred to Tokyo University's farm, where is 130km from Fukushima nuclear plant. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • Nobuyoshi Ito watched the explosions at the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant from his hilltop farm, which lies just 30 kilometres away in Iitate village. (newscientist.com)
  • At the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, commissioned in 1971 on the coast 140 miles north of Tokyo, the earthquake had already knocked out electricity, but emergency backup systems seemed to be functioning properly. (whoi.edu)
  • It noted that while he normally talks quietly and haltingly, "when the conversation turns to the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant it is as if the floodgates open, and his tone suddenly turns harsh. (truthout.org)
  • For some reality checking, we have the New York Times saying that, "The amount of radioactive materials released in the first days of the Fukushima nuclear disaster was almost two and a half times the initial estimate by Japanese safety regulators, the operator of the crippled plant said in a report released on the 24th of May, 2012. (pakalertpress.com)
  • The best scenario advanced for a major release of toxic elements from the Fukushima I plant involves winds taking the danger west to the Pacific Ocean. (economicpopulist.org)
  • Cesium-137 persists in the environment for nearly three centuries, contaminating soils, waterways and the food supply (animal milk in particular) with a radioactive substance that mimics the metabolic pathways of potassium (and therefore out-competes potassium in both plant and animal metabolism, see this journal article in Plant and Cell Physiology: "Cesium Inhibits Plant Growth Primarily Through Reduction of Potassium Influx and Accumulation in Arabidopsis. (lymestudio.com)
  • Our report catalogues a multitude of errors and willful negligence that left the Fukushima plant unprepared for the events of March 11. (blogspot.com)
  • Fukushima, the region of the nuclear plant explosions, has mushroom at 4900 Bq/kg of cesium! (blogspot.com)
  • Significant enhancements to the safety and security of nuclear power plants, including spent fuel pools, were made following the terrorist events of September 11, 2001, and the Fukushima accident in 2011. (atomicinsights.com)
  • 2001. Cesium hydroxide. (cdc.gov)
  • It turns out that greens are more susceptible to radiation absorption than other fruits and vegetables and have been found to exceed normal radiation limits since the Fukushima leaks, though the figures vary according to the source. (chinadialogue.net)
  • For example, several foods contained radiation beyond the Japanese legal limits following the Fukushima accident. (sciencenotes.org)
  • As shown above, the prescribed safe limits for radioactive cesium in milk is 500 Bq/kg. (blogspot.com)
  • It is the things in the water - such as cesium-137 particles - which make the water radioactive as a whole. (lymestudio.com)
  • Keep in mind, however, that Cesium Eliminator is NOT soluble. (toxindefense.org)
  • Caesium is soluble and can be taken into the body, but does not concentrate in any particular organs, and has a biological half-life of about 70 days. (world-nuclear.org)
  • My colleague Robert Jay Lifton in an op-ed for the New York Times titled "From Hiroshima to Fukushima," pointedly asked "how it is possible that Japan, after its experience with the atomic bombings, could allow itself to draw so heavily on the same nuclear technology for the manufacture of about a third of its energy. (truthout.org)
  • The extent of the damage at Japan's Fukushima nuclear facility is still unknown, but comparisons to Chernobyl were inevitable as soon as fuel rods became exposed and an explosion rocked the site . (scientificamerican.com)
  • During the summer of 2012 Japan's National Diet issued "The Official Report of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission. (blogspot.com)
  • In order to address this issue, safe incineration of contaminated wastes while restricting the release of volatile Cesium to the atmosphere was studied. (toxicswatch.org)
  • Cesium-137 is the most dangerous contaminant following a nuclear event. (lymestudio.com)
  • It's also a deadly radioisotope created in the aftermath of nuclear bombs. (toxindefense.org)
  • Fish, cows' milk, and water have been contaminated with cesium-137 . (chinadialogue.net)
  • People may ingest cesium-137 with food and water, or may inhale it as dust. (toxindefense.org)
  • Once cesium-137 is incorporated into your body's cells - typically introduced through food or water - it is nearly impossible to eliminate. (lymestudio.com)
  • Because of the dangers of cesium-137, it is critical to understand how to remove cesium from water using simple, low-tech, low-cost methods. (lymestudio.com)
  • Using our food science lab instrumentation (ICP-MS, a mass-spec elemental analysis instrument), we tested 28 off-the-shelf water filters for their ability to remove cesium (see below). (lymestudio.com)
  • Boiling water does not remove cesium-137 because it is an element and cannot be "killed" by boiling. (lymestudio.com)
  • Other farmers are testing how well materials such as zeolite , scallop shells, potassium fertiliser and sea mud can absorb caesium in rice paddies. (newscientist.com)
  • We performed gamma-ray analysis to determine the amount of radioactive cesium-134 ( 134 Cs) and cesium-137 ( 137 Cs) in 259 foodstuffs five years after the Fukushima nuclear accident of 2011. (nature.com)
  • It is only harmful in its radioactive forms (of which 137 is the most common) where cesium emits both beta and gamma radiation . (lymestudio.com)
  • Ba-137m has a half-life of about 1seconds, and is responsible for all of the emissions of gamma rays in samples of caesium-137. (netlify.app)
  • After the Chernobyl accident, only 0.1% of the 110,000 cleanup workers surveyed have so far developed leukemia, although not all cases resulted from the accident Estimated effective doses from the Fukushima accident outside Japan are considered to be below (or far below) the dose levels regarded as very small by the international radiological protection community. (wikipedia.org)
  • Using measurements of trace 134 Cs radioactivity, we investigated the contribution ratio of 137 Cs derived from the Fukushima accident on 2011 and pre-Fukushima. (nature.com)
  • Our analysis showed that 75.5% of the 137 Cs detected in these mushrooms originated from the Fukushima accident, and 24.5% was originated before the Fukushima event. (nature.com)
  • Therefore, our method is applicable not only to the Fukushima accident but also to any future nuclear disaster. (nature.com)
  • Prime-minister Shinzo Abe declared that "with regard to health-related problems (of the Fukushima accident), I (Abe) will state in the most emphatic and unequivocal terms that there have been no problems until now, nor are there any at present, nor will there be in the future. (uchicago.edu)
  • Nevertheless, the power grid at the Fukushima site, 150 miles from Tokyo, has been knocked out. (scientificamerican.com)
  • Ils avaient été déplacés à la ferme de l'Université de Tokyo qui est à 130 km de la centrale nucléaire de Fukushima. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • Enthusiastic supporters of Fukushima farmers attended farmers' markets in Tokyo and elsewhere to buy previously banned produce. (chinadialogue.net)
  • Tokyo as well as Fukushima Is NOT radiologically Safe. (uchicago.edu)
  • It is not only Fukushima that is contaminated but also the eastern part of Japan as a whole, including Tokyo. (uchicago.edu)
  • Tokyo is spending a large amount of money to propagate a new "radiation-safety" myth both domestically and internationally in order to make people believe that Fukushima is now totally safe. (uchicago.edu)
  • Like nuclear power, which has 'peaceful' and 'wartime' uses, radioisotopes can be deadly when released unexpectedly into the environment in large doses but can also be used for medicinal purposes . (scientificamerican.com)
  • Stock professes to read ENEnews, and my first search on the terms "cesium dust fukushima" turned up an ENEnews page claiming "over 200,000 Bq/kg" in dust from the site. (blogspot.com)
  • Radioactive caesium is also relatively rapidly transferred from feed to milk. (food-safety.com)
  • Although the Hokkaido milk gets only 0.1 Bq/kg cesium, I decided to put down the great bargain. (blogspot.com)
  • Cesium-137 is an unstable, radioactive isotope of cesium with roughly a 29 year half life. (lymestudio.com)
  • Whether they say it openly or not, this is what we are facing today in Japan, Hawaii, the continental United States, Canada and Europe, which have all received too much radiation from Fukushima. (pakalertpress.com)
  • Using the trace radioactivity of short-lived 134 Cs in foodstuffs, we then evaluated the contribution ratio of Fukushima-derived 137 Cs in general foodstuffs in Japan. (nature.com)
  • BBC News - Japan nuclear alert at Fukushima - Q&A Good summary in laymans terms. (tribalwar.com)
  • The total cesium captured by 2 grams of Cesium Eliminator , at the highest concentration tested, was 1,739 micrograms, or 1.7 mg. (toxindefense.org)
  • En considérant que la dose annuelle moyenne est de 2,4 mSv, ce niveau de dose ne devrait pas être mortel. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • On 17 March, NISA set 250 mSv as the maximum allowable dose for Fukushima recovery workers, under health physics controls. (world-nuclear.org)
  • He comments Cesium-134/137 entered the cattle stall through the ventilation fan. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • We are "Go West Come West," an organization of evacuees from the Fukushima nuclear disaster and their supporters. (uchicago.edu)
  • cesium (137) -- is a radioactive isotope of caesium which is formed as a fission product by nuclear fission. (blogspot.com)
  • Cesium-137 has a half-life of 30 years and it mimics potassium in soils and plants. (toxindefense.org)
  • What makes Cesium Eliminator unique is the specific ratios and particle sizes used in the formula. (toxindefense.org)
  • However, a December 2012 UNSCEAR statement to the Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety advised that "because of the great uncertainties in risk estimates at very low doses, UNSCEAR does not recommend multiplying very low doses by large numbers of individuals to estimate numbers of radiation-induced health effects within a population exposed to incremental doses at levels equivalent to or lower than natural background levels. (wikipedia.org)
  • In April 2012 environmental journalist and LA Weekly contributor Michael Collins , an independent who has tested over 1500 samples since the Fukushima earthquake of 2011, was shocked to find that radiation levels in the falling rain over L.A. measured five times above normal. (pakalertpress.com)
  • He expresses disbelief that the quantity of radio-cesium could be as small as 1.25 grams. (blogspot.com)
  • The following chart shows the effectiveness of Cesium Eliminator as tested in 20 mL of synthetic gastric acid, using 2 grams of Cesium Eliminator . (toxindefense.org)
  • Fukushima seafood and fish are safe will be the next mantra to come out of Kasumgaseki. (japantoday.com)