Published: April 8th, 2011 at 1:17 pm ET
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Governments say radiation levels low in B.C., but concerns persist, Muskeg News, April 7, 2011:
… [F]ederal government agencies have said there is no radiation risk to B.C. as a result of the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan…
But that hasn’t stopped North Coast MLA Gary Coons from voicing his concerns about the lack of information on radiation levels north of Vancouver. When he recently received calls from constituents in Bella Coola & Haida Gwaii about whether there were increased levels of radiation in the seaweed, he said he didn’t have the answer. And he couldn’t find the answers when he went online. …
“I would be very hesitant in crying wolf, and I’d be very hesitant in saying everything is safe,” said Coons. “I think people should be able to access the information, and come to their own conclusions if they have concerns on the information we have available.” …
Coons is still voicing his concerns: today, he sent out a press release saying he was “still waiting for reassurance about local data.” …
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Published: April 8th, 2011 at 1:17 pm ET
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Well at least one person in government is willing to speak up – that’s something.
If the water isn’t safe why can’t our government act responsibly and truck in drinking water from another province. Instead, it would rather bury it’s head in the sand then actually deal with the situation. I was going to vote for Harper in the next election but now I’m not so sure. The Conservatives have no transparency it seems.
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4.1 million people in British Columbia x’s trucks full of water? That’s a tall order and highly unlikely. I think people are in awe while not knowing what to do, I know I am.
As a mother, I don’t want to over sensationalize the situtation, but the urgency I’ve been feeling to prepare for disaster has been heighten by the nuculear crisis in Japan. Rising food prices, gas, hydro and now to face being afraid to send your children out in the rain, is getting a bit out of hand.
There is no mass hysteria yet despite fear mongers playing on the vulnerabilities of the uninformed. However, as a westerner it is important to ask questions from governments, as if there is any truth about a great Japan slug washing up on our shores then we’d better be prepared for it before it hits land.
As for radiation, try boosting the immune system yet for me as a mother, when I wash the floor it is usually done by hand. In other words, we still have to live so in light of that, let’s work on trying to keep the public informed with less rhetoric and political fallout, where individuals and thier families can learn to cope with any pending crisis that may result out of Japan.
Our politicians are in it with us whether they like it or not, so it only benefits them to be pro-active to get the right information out to the public, or othewise the cost of health care will surpass it’s projected thesis whether people via going nuts over the mental stress of not knowing, or become physically poisoned due to radiation over-dose. Maybe it is time for the Cancer Society to say something.
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