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Radiation In Milk?
First they found radiation in milk in Spokane, Washington.  Then they
found
radiation in milk in San Luis Obispo County, California.  Now they
have
found radiation in milk in Arizona as well.  Should we just start
assuming
that all of our milk is going to have nuclear radiation from Japan in
it
until further notice?  Of course federal authorities insist that the
levels
of radiation being detected are completely safe and that nobody should
start
worrying about the milk that they are drinking.  In fact that there
are even
some crackpots out there that are attempting to claim that nuclear
radiation
from Japan is actually good for us.  Yes, let's all run out and guzzle
as
much of that "nutritious" radioactive milk as we can.  Of course it
isn't
just milk that the radiation is getting into.  It is showing up in
water
supplies from coast to coast and it is inevitable that it is going to
get
into most of our food products.  Not that there is much that we can do
about
it.


Hopefully our authorities are right and that the radiation from Japan
is not
a very serious threat.  But having to think twice before drinking a
glass of
milk is not very comforting.


Sadly, the nuclear crisis in Japan only seems to be getting worse.


Hundreds of tons of water a day are being poured into these reactors.
All
of that very highly radioactive water has to go somewhere.  What we
are
finding out is that in addition to being released into the air as
steam, it
is also getting into the groundwater at Fukushima and into the ocean
off the
coast.


The radiation level in the ocean near the Fukushima nuclear complex
was
recently measured to be 4,385 times above what is considered normal.


So what is this going to do to the Japanese seafood industry?


And what is going to keep that highly radioactive water from
circulating all
over the Pacific?


The groundwater under Fukushima is even worse.  TEPCO has confirmed
that the
level of radiation in the groundwater underneath the Fukushima
nuclear
complex is 10,000 times above the legal limit.


Ack!


But of course since Barack Obama (one of the great con men of our
generation) has promised that the nuclear radiation being released at
Fukushima is "no danger" to the United States we should all be able to
sleep
really well at night, right?


Well, I don't know about you, but when I hear that it is being
reported that
the University of California at Berkeley has found that rainwater in
San
Francisco contains significant levels of nuclear radiation I start
getting a
little bit concerned.


So just how long is this nuclear crisis in Japan going to last?


Well, there is at least one nuclear expert that claims it will be 50
to 100
years before any of the spent nuclear fuel rods at the Fukushima
complex
will cool down enough to be removed from the facility.


So what are they supposed to do for now?


Well, there are some hints that the Japanese are starting to think
about
implementing the "Chernobyl solution" and encase the entire area in
massive
amounts of concrete, but there are also quite a few experts that
believe
such a solution will not work in this case.


Hopefully something can be worked out.  For the moment, the folks over
in
Japan will just have to keep pouring massive amounts of water on
those
buildings.  Of course that will continue to create huge amounts of
very
highly radioactive water that is going to go into the groundwater and
into
the ocean, but what else are they supposed to do?


When this crisis initially began, not too many nuclear experts were
all that
concerned, but now some of them are really sounding the alarm.  Just
check
out the video below....


Amazingly, U.S. workers are actually being recruited to go over to
Japan and
work at Fukushima.


The pay is apparently going to be very good, so those that volunteer
could
end up with a lot of extra cash.


They just might not live long enough to spend much of it.


What a crazy world we live in.


So far, most of the attention in the mainstream media has been focused
on
the radioactive iodine-131 that is being released at Fukushima.


But iodine-131 only has a half-life of about 8 days.


The radioactive cesium-137 being released at Fukushima could end up
being a
much larger long-term threat.


As I wrote about recently, radioactive cesium-137 is being released at
60%
of the level that it was being released at during the Chernobyl
disaster.


Considering the fact that Cesium-137 has a half-life of approximately
30
years, that is a very sobering statistic.


So will cesium-137 be showing up in our water, milk and food for many
years
to come?


Most of us would rather not have to worry about that.


Hopefully the authorities in Japan will find a solution to this crisis
very
soon.  The damage that has already been done has been bad enough.


The truth is that if this nightmare continues long enough, things
could get
much, much worse for Japan.


Residents of Japan were alarmed recently when the government declared
that
the tap water in Tokyo was not safe for infants to drink.  That
sparked a
massive run on bottled water and it prompted many residents of Tokyo
to
start bracing for massive radiation exposure.


One day later, the government in Japan said that the tap water in
Tokyo was
suddenly completely safe and that caused most people living in Tokyo
to
settle down a bit.


However, what is going to happen if at some point the water in Tokyo
is
deemed unsafe for all humans for an extended period of time?


There are over 30 million people living in and around Tokyo.  You
simply
cannot evacuate that many people.


But if it gets to the point where Tokyo residents cannot drink the
water,
bathe in the water or use the water to prepare food, what in the world
are
they supposed to do?


Without water, life becomes very difficult very quickly.  Just try it
some
time.  Take one day and try to get through it without using any
water.  You
will quickly find out how precious water is.


If we ever do get to the point where some or all of Tokyo must be
evacuated,
that is going to be an absolutely devastating blow to Japan and to
the
global economy.  Let us hope that it does not happen.


But the truth is that if I had been living in Tokyo I would have
gotten out
of there already.  This nuclear disaster at Fukushima is rapidly
becoming
worse than Chernobyl.  The health impact of this nuclear nightmare is
going
to last for decades, and one can only imagine how many people will
eventually develop cancer and other illnesses as a result of all
this.


So what do all the rest of you think about all of this?  Should we be
concerned about radiation in milk?  Should the residents of Tokyo be
preparing for the worst?  Please feel free to leave a comment with
your
opinion below....


_____________________________________________
Ras Mikaere Enoch Mc Carty
Ambassador | Tainui Kiingitanga | Te Aotearoa
http://www.exorcist.org.nz
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