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We cannot feel safe without data on soil contamination because children play with earth, wipe their mouths with their dirty hands and inhale dirt blown up by wind, exposing themselves to possible inte

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Kazuhiro Sugawara, a member of Save Child Iwate’s secretariat, a group that began measuring radioactivity in soil after local governments had insisted that it was safe to let children play outdoors after using only airborne radiation levels to determine if outdoor areas were safe. (Asahi Shimbun)

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Sounds like a good guy.

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There are various sources of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material(NORM) that we may get in contact so basically some people are over reacting.

http://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/radiation-and-health/naturally-occurring-radioactive-materials-norm.aspx

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Just goes to show you that the J gov isn't doing its job. This should be brought up the next time the LDP wants to talk about turning on reactors. Private citizen groups are having to resort to radiation measurement in the soil because the government has its head too up you-know-where to properly assess the radiation threat. Either that, or they just don't want to have to spend more money on decontamination efforts, so they hide the radiation in the soil data. Either way, its irresponsibility by the J Gov

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In twenty years the J-government will be saying the usual, "how could we have known?" And "there's no proof that the massive spike in cancers from people who were children in the area at that time is proof it is caused by exposure to radiation", and in fifty years any survivors will still be struggling for recognition while the courts say, "while it's regrettable the government at the time did nothing about potential threats, the current government cannot be held accountable, nor can it be said the people's rights were denied or that they were intentionally exposed to danger," etc.

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They are right to do so too..........

If local officials could not bother to measure soil contamination, we decided to do so on our own.......

.....and our results show?? What?

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.....and our results show?? What?

Erm ... a scientific, evidenced based response. If they show consistently low levels, that's good news, as it means that the threat to human health is limited.

And if they turn up some high readings, there will be scientific evidence that will enable the community to take the appropriate action to protect human health, whether that is making a specific area out of bounds, calling on the local government to decontaminate this specific area, or carry out health checks on those who have been in that area, for example.

A wilful refusal to carry out consistent scientific testing and to make the results gathered easily accessible is criminal negligence. On the other hand, funding an advertising agency to get a bunch of talento to put on fluffy rabbit suits and dance in front of a camera with fruit and vegetables from the area and say "Delicious! Eat!", on the other hand, is not scientific.

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Good, good, good. Taking charge of your own health when the glove end brushes you off.

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http://image.search.yahoo.co.jp/search?rkf=2&ei=UTF-8&gdr=1&p=radioactive+hotspots+in+japan#image_10

There are already plenty of sources outlining places and levels of radioactive hotspots in Japan.

Radiation moves and concentrates so the need to monitor the environment is ongoing....

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