tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176156914766269523.post3172399651013971149..comments2023-11-25T09:41:24.176-08:00Comments on Lynda Lovon: Fukushima Radiation Risk Media DeceptionLynda Lovonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07090293854050613903noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176156914766269523.post-51516360770598320162015-04-06T06:55:01.770-07:002015-04-06T06:55:01.770-07:00"In reality, radiation doesn't work like ..."In reality, radiation doesn't work like that. Calculating dose does not calculate real risk. It is some crazy mathematical average..."<br /><br />You are right---the way risk is calculated as a function of dose does use an averaging scheme of sorts. However, the result tends to be conservative. Most of the data we have on the long-term effects comes from rather high dose events, e.g., the survivors of the atomic bomb. To extrapolate the effects of these high doses to the much lower doses found, e.g., in these contaminated fish ignores the fact that the body's cells can recover from low doses better than they can for high doses.<br /><br />Also, regarding the fish, note that the contamination was estimated to impart a dose of about 0.9 micro-Sv to the average consumer, which is equivalent to the dose imparted by about 9 bananas. I think you misinterpreted the paper's abstract---the contamination leads to doses similar to *individual* things we find in everyday life, not our entire background radiation, which is on the order of milli-Sv in total. Moreover, note that the dose from the polonium in the fish imparts a dose roughly 500 times larger than the contamination (also noted by the authors). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176156914766269523.post-38798749556702629302013-10-13T20:35:55.003-07:002013-10-13T20:35:55.003-07:00UNSCEAR is a UN organisation, like the IPCC which ...UNSCEAR is a UN organisation, like the IPCC which you probably do support. The UN is always referred to as thé trustworthy source for data like these. Nuclear energy is diabolised by fearful people. And as Yoda says: fear leads to anger, anger leads to hatred, and hatred leads to suffering, or more practically, to bad decisions. I like to pronounce it unscare to, since that is their great merit: unscaring the world from a totally irrational fear that is blown out of proportion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176156914766269523.post-7915136889232882252013-08-22T18:49:29.151-07:002013-08-22T18:49:29.151-07:00chanteuse youre a beacon of light in the darkness ...chanteuse youre a beacon of light in the darkness every nuclear power plant is a malignant tumor killing the earth and its intricate web of life as fukushima radiation kills life in japan and now across the pacific ocean the nuclear gangsters fiddle and American and other world sheep dance perhaps were unconsciously preventing reproduction earthspiritAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176156914766269523.post-14087908003584013512013-06-09T01:08:41.374-07:002013-06-09T01:08:41.374-07:00Doesn't the photo of the Japanese child being ...Doesn't the photo of the Japanese child being checked for radiation break your heart?<br /><br />You did an excellent job explaining UNSCEAR's duplicity.<br /><br />I found your blog through nuclear-news.net<br /><br />Do you know about other sites covering Japan's crisis such as:<br /><br />www.enenews.com<br />www.enformable.com<br />www.enviroreporter.com<br />www.nuclearhotseat.com<br />www.nuclearcrimes.org<br />www.fukushimaupdate.com<br />Radchick on Facebook<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176156914766269523.post-81057784834262224142013-06-04T22:03:53.575-07:002013-06-04T22:03:53.575-07:00Hooray Lynda Williams
We knew it was spin and prop...Hooray Lynda Williams<br />We knew it was spin and propaganda.<br />You have explained the origin of this spin.Christina Macphersonhttp://www.antinuclear.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176156914766269523.post-32633361066375968732013-06-04T12:24:51.219-07:002013-06-04T12:24:51.219-07:00Thank you for the excellent analysis!
Majia
Thank you for the excellent analysis!<br /><br />Majia <br />Majia's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941091700194936591noreply@blogger.com