Published: July 18th, 2011 at 9:15 am ET
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‘Colossal blunder’ on radioactive cattle feed / Govt officials admit responsibility for foul-up that let tainted beef enter nation’s food supply, Yomiuri Shimbun, July 17, 2011:
The checks involved electronically measuring the amount of radioactive material on the surface of the animals’ bodies. Shipment is allowed if the detected radioactive emissions are below 100,000 counts per minute. The same amount of radioactive material on a human would require that person to undergo full-body decontamination.
So far, about 12,000 cattle have been subjected to the checks, and all have passed, the agriculture ministry said.
Published: July 18th, 2011 at 9:15 am ET
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The enhanced count-down.
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Will they be raising new cattle ?
This may prove to be interesting as the outcome !
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Hi xdrfox
Wouldn’t the new cattle be contaminated also?
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And the slaughterhouses??
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If a cow shows 100.000 cpm on its skin, and the cow gets slaughtered, its “remains” must be declared as nuclear waste, or not??
Where did they put it? 12.000 of them?
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Hi BreadAndButter
They don’t want to talk about that..
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Yes, and they may well be deformed also !
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And again, no word about fish. When they release fish values the world is freaking out.
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Yes, strange that no-one has measured a fish yet.
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‘No Nuclear Risk To North Pacific Fish’ Officials Say
http://www.aolnews.com/2011/04/17/no-nuclear-risk-to-north-pacific-fish-officials-say/
—————————————-And, AOL owns? (Huffington Post)
http://newresearchfindingstwo.blogspot.com/2011/04/fda-wont-test-alaska-fish-for-radiation.html
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Cover over one reactor as typhoon prep:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_01.html
More injection problems:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_04.html
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>More injection problems:
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/18_04.html
Excerpt:
“TEPCO says a decrease in water injection of this level should not trigger a sudden temperature rise in the reactor.”
You think Blob 1 is doing ugly things down below? *;-) Don’t see much mention of the words corium or multiple melt-outs lately from Tepco lately, now do we?
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Fukushima’s injection problems seem to be resulting in considerable on-off releases of steam or smoke.
Tepco cam says 7/19 2:09
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It looks like that is for the turbine building. I wonder why — is it the building the reactor lid fell through after the explosion?
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How much is that in mitosis efts? (spell checker) Microsieverts?
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100counts/minute=1 Microsievert
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aparently the limit can still be raised to 200k in case any cow gets higher then 100k and still walks
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If the government asked for radiation checks of cattle only since April 18th, may I ask how much contaminated beef has been distributed and eaten before that date??
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I know: I can ask but will only get a bland look and shrugged shoulders as an answer…
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Bioaccumulation may be a factor. We might see increased levels over time, leading to belated realizations by various officials that something is not as they had been told to tell the people — some of them surely mean well … so what was not so alarming in April might be much more so in July. The problems we are already seeing with rice straw do not bode well for the rice harvest.
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You’re probably right risabee, ty.
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I’m afraid it is too late to worry about the rice harvest. These cows were fed radioactive rice hay. Rice hay is what is left over after harvesting rice. The question nobody has asked yet is “What happened to the rice?”
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Someone may have posted this vid before, I just found it and if it is a repeat, I apologize.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfgYRIGjNkA&feature=email
Geiger counter 101 + readings at various areas in Japan.
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I’m terrified of the eating seafood. There are tons of plutonium in the water. The ocean currents will spread plutonium all over the world. We are doomed.
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Hi maaa
I have not eaten fish since the gulf. Once the oceans become contaminated, we are in big trouble.
The air, the rain, our drinking water, soil, everything will also eventually follow, getting contaminated.
How long will it take, for our beaches to see some of the destruction from Fukushima?
This is the only time that I’m glad I don’t own beach front property.
There goes the million dollar homes there.
If I was the richest person, that is the last place I would live. I don’t think those homes on the beach will be a wise investment.
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The EPA has said they would re-test in August , for the Rad Net system, testing Precipitation, Milk and Drinking water , and would release the values to the public… We’ll see …
We are almost there …
I think they were hoping the values would decline, Wondering if they will post the true results …
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Hi Cindy
I hope there will be people looking over their shoulders.
Sorry, my trust level is dwindling.
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We should probably already know the answer because they have postponed testing and enlightening us until August! I am furious that my tax dollars go to support the incompetents who are supposed to be protecting us. Abolish the EPA altogether and start over.
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..Live simply so others may simply live… no one needs to go hungry.its very easy to go vegan these days. The animal kingdom needs us to step up and save what remains…I pray it not to late.
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What are they, going to feed the people there, or does it matter at this point?
Will the beef be shipped to other countries?
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Think of the products made from the Leather from the hides.
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Sorry – I need to ask again: the un-eaten reamins of 12.000 cattle with up to 100.000 cpm are nuclear waste, or not??
WHERE IS IT?
Surely not in a nuke waste facility!
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The genie is out of the bottle. Can’t put it back. Nuclear Humpty Dumpty took a great fall….
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100,000 CPM? If something hasn’t been lost in the translation then that beef’s not radioactive waste, it’s high level radioactive waste. Just being near it is endangering your health.
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Thanks Novamind, everyone agree, 100counts/minute=1 Microsievert? Microsieverts are an hourly measurement, right?
So, Agapit, 100,000 cpm = 1,000 microsieverts per hour. That would be 1 millisievert per hour. What does a cow weigh? 365 Kg? So, standing next to one of these happy cows for one hour is like how much radiation?
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