[ RadSafe ] Two Japanese Towns are Uninhabitable

[franz.schoenhofer at chello.at]

RADSAFErs,

A provocative questions to all who read those horror stories about Fukushima, supplemented by similar horror stories about Chernobyl: 

Do you really believe all these "news", which are only targeted to enhance adrenaline in readers and enhance the distribution of the paper? If you do I feel sorry for you.

I do not understand why any nonsense about Fukushima and Chernobyl is distributed on RADSAFE. I would support the distribution if it was clearly marked as "news-nonsense". Fortunately there were and are independent state authorities which distribute measurement results which can be trusted. 

I myself have written the first report on the impact of Chernobyl on Austria. To be honest: I expected a lot of intervention to change some wording (not data). It did not happen at all, not a single call. Is there nobody on RADSAFE who has recognized that the main goal of all these groups like the multinational business company GREENPEACE and many other self appointed environmental groups is to undermine credibility of state authorities, of university institutions who do not support them??? What will be the end of this process?

I am not in favour of following all government decisions, I am not in favour of taking everything for granted, what scientists claim, but least I take anything for granted what "Environmental NGOs" claim. 

Maybe food for thought and hopefully for an answer!

Best regards from

Franz

---- "Harrison schrieb:
> I would guess it's a translation issue, or just confusion based on measurements made one meter above ground.  Here's another version of the same story that seems a little less garbled:
> 
> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120108003738.htm
> 
> 
> Tony Harrison, MSPH
> Inorganic & Radiochemistry Supervisor
> Laboratory Services Division
> Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
> 8100 Lowry Blvd.
> Denver, CO  80230
> 303-692-3046 | tony.harrison at state.co.us
> 
> Message: 6
> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:25:21 -0800
> From: Roger Helbig <rwhelbig at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Article Says Two Japanese Towns are Uninhabitable
> To: RADSAFE <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
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> http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120108003576.htm
> 
> One thing that seems a bit odd to me is the claim that radiation in
> air can not be reduced - Please, read and comment on this article; I
> have a feeling that something very important has been left unsaid.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Roger Helbig
> 
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Franz Schoenhofer, PhD, MinRat
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