Radiation: How it Works and What it Does

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Thank you nithaiah for a very good insight on science of radiation. Big star a flag for you. I would be greatfully happy if i could use this for my webpage about radiation!?

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No problem with that Go ahead.

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Can you explain the food chain that was damage, by this exposure, it snow and rain there. fish eat other fish, and how many RADS are needed to say don't eat

These are the levels supported by the FDA: Link
From the EPA, regarding water: Link

As means of an addendum to this thread:

There are numerous resources available on the internet for monitoring radiation levels near you, as well as the radiation plume from Fukushima.

EPA's RadNet map (USA)
Black Cat Systems' Rad Map
RadiationNetwork.com map links:
Main Page/Mainland US/Canada - AK/HI - Europe (spotty at best) - Japan

Counts per minute is a tricky measurement, but a good rule of thumb is that several thousand counts per minute is when you start worrying, and several tens of thousands is when you start dying.

Updates on Fukushima Radiation Plume (in German, measured in derivatives of sieverts)