Traces of Radioactive Iodine from Fukushima found in Glasgow/UK

reply to post by skitzspiricy


I'm assuming that there miniscule increase is unuusa and that therefore they are drawing the obvious concusion. Though I suppose it could come from elsewhere.

Nonetheless, it's so bad that ....

At that level, a child's exposure in one day would be less than one 10,000th of what they would receive from naturally-occurring background radiation in a day.

www.bbc.co.uk...

OMG - we're all going to die....! But not for ten billion years at this rate .....

Originally posted by Essan
reply to post by skitzspiricy

 

I'm assuming that there miniscule increase is unuusa and that therefore they are drawing the obvious concusion. Though I suppose it could come from elsewhere.

Nonetheless, it's so bad that ....

At that level, a child's exposure in one day would be less than one 10,000th of what they would receive from naturally-occurring background radiation in a day.

www.bbc.co.uk...

OMG - we're all going to die....! But not for ten billion years at this rate .....

Could you please explain what unuusa means?

Originally posted by Rising Against
reply to post by blackcat99

 

Just reading this on the news now, kudos for getting it up on ATS so quickly. I saw it pop up on Sky news and literally a few minutes later I saw the thread here. But I really think It's important to stress one key point about this whole issue though, one mentioned in the OP of this thread too and It's this: "they are stressing it is of no threat to human health"

That's something we really shouldn't forget right now IMO. So, for all those who are getting worried about this reaching Scotland, there's no reason to be just yet..

edit on 29-3-2011 by Rising Against because: (no reason given)

Those sort of reassurances have lost all value, though. The government and establishment are resented and distrusted so much, that people would drink bleach if they were told by a politician not to.

I don't doubt there are no health risks, but I wouldn't trust to be told of health risks if they were on the table. It would be kept for the most part hush hush. And would only be "discovered" a decade later when half the population are running round with extra limbs.

reply to post by Essan

naturally-occurring background radiation

can you please tell me what the levels of "naturally Occuring" cesium-137, iodine 131 are then? just to make me feel better

PANIIIIIIIIC....

No mention of Caesium-137, only Iodine-131.

This is going to turn out to be a Chernobyl of epic proportions. Thing is, the UK is so hell-bent on having nuclear they will do anything to keep the truth from us.

Read this earlier. If you still don't think they had a Chernobyl, then I guess you don't know about Chernobyl.

www.newscientist.com...

After the 1986 Chernobyl accident, the most highly contaminated areas were defined as those with over 1490 kilobecquerels (kBq) of caesium per square metre.

Since 18 March, MEXT has repeatedly found caesium levels above 550 kBq/m2 in an area some 45 kilometres wide lying 30 to 50 kilometres north-west of the plant. The highest was 6400 kBq/m2, about 35 kilometres away, while caesium reached 1816 kBq/m2 in Nihonmatsu City and 1752 kBq/m2 in the town of Kawamata, where iodine-131 levels of up to 12560 kBq/m2 have also been measured.

I can't think of anything to say except and

Originally posted by BlackPoison94
How are we sure that this isn't just natural radiation from rocks and stuff?
How can we be sure this is from Japan?

Radiation from particular Nuclear plants carries with it a specific signature, just like ones own hand writing, it can be identified quickly if analyzed, and matched/compared, with the correct equipment and software.

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Not to mention that every satellite capable of tracking nuclear material will be on this.

Second line.

reply to post by getso
Yip, there are 369 farms not allowed to put sheep into the food chain in the Uk after Chernobyl.

As of 2009, sheep farmed in some areas of the UK are still subject to inspection which may lead to them being prohibited from entering the human food chain because of contamination arising from the accident: "Some of this radioactivity, predominantly radiocaesium-137, was deposited on certain upland areas of the UK, where sheep-farming is the primary land-use. Due to the particular chemical and physical properties of the peaty soil types present in these upland areas, the radiocaesium is still able to pass easily from soil to grass and hence accumulate in sheep. A maximum limit of 1,000 becquerels per kilogramme (Bq/kg) of radiocaesium is applied to sheep meat affected by the accident to protect consumers. This limit was introduced in the UK in 1986, based on advice from the European Commission's Article 31 group of experts. Under power provided under the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985 (FEPA), Emergency Orders have been used since 1986 to impose restrictions on the movement and sale of sheep exceeding the limit in certain parts of Cumbria, North Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland... When the Emergency Orders were introduced in 1986, the Restricted Areas were large, covering almost 9,000 farms, and over 4 million sheep. Since 1986, the areas covered by restrictions have dramatically decreased and now cover 369 farms, or part farms, and around 200,000 sheep. This represents a reduction of over 95% since 1986, with only limited areas of Cumbria, South Western Scotland and North Wales, covered by restrictions.[17] 369 farms and 190,000 sheep are still affected, a reduction of 95% since 1986, when 9,700 farms and 4,225,000 sheep were under restriction across the United Kingdom.[18] In Norway, the Sami people were affected by contaminated food (the reindeer had been contaminated by eating lichen, which are very sensitive to radioactivity).[19]

en.wikipedia.org...

Co-incidentally, in Scotland on the Friday last that they discovered the traces of radioactive iodine, this was on our news warning not to drink tap water because of a high level of aluminium? Makes you think?

Scottish Water has apologised to residents in the west of Scotland whose water supply became contaminated with high levels of aluminium. People living in parts of Bearsden, Milngavie, Faifley, Strathblane, Mugdock, Hardgate and Cochno were warned not to drink water from the mains after the problem was detected on Friday. The company said the fault at Burncooks Water Treatment Works had now been fixed, but the warning will remain in place until all the affected water has been flushed out. Residents and business are warned not to use tap water for drinking, teeth brushing, food preparation, making babies' feeds or feeding pets until further notice. The company said the water is safe to use for washing clothes, baths and showers. Drinks and ice dispensing machines should also be avoided as they are connected to the mains supply. Alternative water supplies will be provided in the affected areas with priority given to the elderly, disabled, hospitals and care homes, said the firm. Geoff Aitkenhead, Scottish Water's asset management director, said the ban was a precautionary measure. He said: "We would like to reassure our customers in the area that this is a precautionary, temporary measure and we are doing everything possible to restore normal supplies as soon as possible. "We would like to apologise to people in the affected areas."

Ahhh well, Japan has given me such good times and memories such as Nintendo, Pokemon, Sony Playstation and hot girls i guess i can forgive them if this is my deathbed...


But until the time comes where i lay to rest i shall carry on eating/sleeping/drinking and living as a normal person no matter what the radiation levels, if i'm safe then hoorah, if i'm not then i shall go with dignity


I seriously do not think these results are anything to worry about, i bet the readouts from Chernobyl (25 years or so on) are still higher than this stuff in most area of the UK

Originally posted by Rising Against

I'm not sure I trust them saying it isn't harmful

Using that logic (quoted above), If you don't believe them when they (Scottish Authorities) say that they found traces of radiation and It isn't harmful, why believe them at all when they say It's there in the first place?

edit on 29-3-2011 by Rising Against because: Clarification

HA, that's funny.......but true.

What you don't understand is people like to pick and choose what they listen to or believe.

Your point is so great. "I believe them when they say it's here but I won't when they say it's not harmful.?!?!

East Kilbride in South Lanarkshire is new area where radioactive iodine is detected:

www.bbc.co.uk...

Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) have their headquarters in East Kilbride, so I am surmising the detector is on their premises?

Reports of Iodine-131 in Oxfordshire, England, too. For our American friends, that is approx. 100 miles WNW of London.

2nd line.

reply to post by Nomad451

What's got me absolutely beat is why it's just the Japanese and not the WHOLE WORLD collaborating on this and getting it under control......

I absolutely agree. There comes a point, and it will probably continue to happen and get worse, when a catastrophe such as this occurs, it should become a primary global issue and crisis, particularly when it has the potential to effect and have detrimental repercussions for our entire planet.

There may need to be some policy-rehashing on a UN level, to allow for experts to take jurisdiction, develop a plan that is in the best interest of the country involved, as well as the planet, and they should in some circumstances be given the authority to act, with or without the consent of the troubled country.

I thought about this during the BP disaster when the US was offered assistance from multiple countries, but we refused it, I felt, based singularly on pride. We can't have that.