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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:22 AM Original message |
"Safe" Radiation is a Lethal Lie |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. Propaganda 101. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #1 |
36. No, backed by the National Academy of Science |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #36 |
60. No, what I meant was, the misleading talk about the pervasiveness of radiation - |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
48. It seems the true propaganda is telling us it is safe and there's nothing to worry about |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:03 PM Response to Reply #48 |
53. That's what I meant - it's not safe, and the people who say it is have a financial interest |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #53 |
59. ... |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. Better not go out into the sunshine... |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. The OP is correct. |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Pitiful. Life is a risk so don't complain. Big difference between going |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:46 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. just because we did ignorant things doesn't mean we need to pass our stupidity on to the next genera |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
3. Agree |
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KansDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:29 AM Response to Original message |
4. Shit... |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. The OP is non-lethal, but it's a lie. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:32 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. I also am unreccing because I dislike the spread of ignorance. |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. Now THAT's a surprise... |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Unreccing your unrecc. Well it kinda is a monolithic thing... |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:10 AM Response to Reply #19 |
42. +1000000000 |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #8 |
44. I'm reccing, because it's the truth |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:34 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. The science isn't being reported. Only industry propaganda.... |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Disagree. nt |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
6. "Coal Ash Is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste" |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:48 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Not this again. Coal ash is not more radioactive than spent nuclear fuel. |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. I suspect the correct but more complex statement would be |
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RegieRocker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #34 |
41. People in the US? What about the people surrounding TMI? |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
46. Especially high-altitude wind turbines |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:31 AM Response to Original message |
7. Japan has two choices: Evacuate a massive area or raise "safe" radiation limits..... |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
27. Yep |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
37. Then why are they encouraging people within 12-18 miles to leave? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Voluntary = the polluted land is your problem. Mandatory = Government compensation for damages. n/t |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
39. The Japanese Nuke Agency is trying to discredit the independent readings by Greenpeace |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. Unshielded reactor |
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Dread Pirate Roberts (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
12. Remain Calm-All is Well! |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. It's a good thing that no one is saying that except the strawmen on DU. nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:39 AM Original message |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Have you tested your home for Radon? nt |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Wrong topic. |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:49 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. It was on topic. |
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Dread Pirate Roberts (85 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
38. Its a Fair Question |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Understand. It all comes down to risk. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. Thailand detects low-level radiation in sweet potato from Japan |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. Low radiation levels on ship at Tacoma port - passed 400 miles from Fukushima Plant |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
16. this is bullshit. you are exposed to radiation every single day of your life |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:42 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Sorry, you're dead wrong... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:45 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. and every time you cross the street you could be hit by a car |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Wow. So that means it's safe? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. no, it does not. it means that there's a risk but that very low levels |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
17. Exactly correct. .... |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
28. I guess we better immediately shut down all commercial air travel |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:52 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. External radiation is not the same as ingesting or inhaling particles |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #33 |
43. A molecule can cause cancer? lololol |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #43 |
54. At this point, if lolol is the best you guys got, you've lost. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Now that deserves an lol ! nt |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:39 PM Response to Reply #33 |
57. The article and opinion didn't limit itself to ingesting radioactive particles though |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
62. A single atom of ingested or inhaled plutonium will probably not decay in your lifetime... |
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lbrtbell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #28 |
45. The real reason not to live in high altitudes |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
35. 700-page report yesterday on the risks from ionizing radiation - All levels cause cancer |
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Cogito ergo doleo (382 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
47. I beg your pardon! The drinking water in Los Alamos NM is the |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. LOL - Anne Coulter is set for life promoting those products! nt |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
50. Acceptable levels or not, is not the question to me. What really pisses |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
52. Though without radiation we would all die pretty quickly |
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kudzu22 (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
56. It's a question of magnitude and probability |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
58. Ask Madme Curie how safe radiation was |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-28-11 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
61. Useless without the definition of "safe" that is being used... |
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