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It's Official Now - Fukushima Nuclear Radiation Found In US Food

infoguru · 2011-07-01 12:14:05

Thanks to the jet stream air currents that flow across the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. is receiving a steady flow of radiation from Fukushima Daichi. And while many scientists say that the levels of contamination in food pose no significant threat to health, scientists are unable to establish any actual safe limit for…

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#32 01-07-2011 4:04pm
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Ficheall wrote: »

3.5mSv annually, eh?
That's the amount contained in Japanese urine these days...
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110627a2.html

Nothing to worry about at all.

I don't know I never looked it into and it is probably a question for Bear Grylls but what is the normal amount of radiation found in piss? It does after all contain some radioactive substances.:)

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#33 01-07-2011 4:25pm
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True - but I would imagine that if annually one is "exposed to" 3.5mSv and someone is pissing 3mSvs, they've probably been "exposed to" those 3mSvs?
It doesn't sound good in any case.

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#34 01-07-2011 4:32pm
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Ficheall wrote: »

True - but I would imagine that if annually one is "exposed to" 3.5mSv and someone is pissing 3mSvs, they've probably been "exposed to" those 3mSvs?

Not unless they like to swim in their own piss.:D

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