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Old 04-04-2011, 01:29 PM  
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Originally Posted by PR_Tom View Post
Heard some expert on CNN earlier totally totally downplaying it as completely insignificant because it will disperse SO fast and SO far that it would be virtually indistiguishable from normal background radiation.
Not sure I liked his approach since it was borderline dismissive, but maybe it was encouraging for the Japanese fish eating public.
Here's an article that gives expert opinions about background radiation. It describes them as cumulative, and that there is no safe level of radiation.

http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth...250664111.html
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