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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:02 AM Original message |
Tokyo's water is now so radioactive it's unsafe for infants - government warning |
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Urban Prairie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Well that awful news must put a new chill throughout Japan and especially Tokyo's citizens |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:24 AM Response to Original message |
2. That means no tap water for formula |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. NPR said that bottle water has DISAPPEARED from store shelves this morning. |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 04:42 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. I would think from that news that shortages are likely. |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. Just imagine having to desert Tokyo...ho-ly shit. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. More than 30 million people... |
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Thunderstruck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:34 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. This is a nightmare of epic proportions |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 01:48 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I was thinking about this last week. |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 03:52 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. we should give them a state..maybe wyoming? |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:36 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. ...or they could cash in their $14 trillion in Treasuries and buy one... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:34 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Which is why the full extent of the damage at the reactors would be suppressed..... |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #3 |
21. Saw a story where many Tokyo residents |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:33 AM Response to Original message |
8. Terrible news. |
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Catherina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. Rec'd with great sadness. very devastating news. n/t |
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PCIntern (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
12. Hey! If you listen to the 'gentleman' who supervised |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 06:09 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. They are trying to make high radioactivity the new normal.... |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Pretty soon we have to acknowledge a DUer's accounts of a BS press conference |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 08:55 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Oh, yeah, another well dog-eared lie is, no matter how bad it is, it could have been worse. |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
14. Kick |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
18. One thing I would like to point out is I-131 decays rapidly. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. "The amount of I-131 will decline quickly once situation is stabilized." Yes, but no one knows when |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #19 |
20. I agree the short half life can't help you if you are emitted more than it decays. |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:40 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I understand, and I do appreciate the reminder that it has a short half life. |
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Lucinda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-23-11 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
23. I assume it would also effect anyone with a suppressed immune system |
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