Off Topic: If you aren’t glowin’ green, than radiation isn’t a concern. What we can do to take care of our health with radiation hitting the West Coast off the US.
As the nuclear reactor partial meltdown continues in Japan and we move dangerously close to a full meltdown, the Japanese are trying a few desperate measures, such as dumping water from helicopters on to nuclear reactors, to stave off an even bigger disaster. The world watches with held breath. And no more so than here on the West Coast of the United States. Numerous d-day for radiation figures have been floating around. Some scientists predict that in the case of a full nuclear meltdown it would take 10 days for the radiation, traveling on the jet streams, for 750 rads to reach the west coast of North America. How much radiation we’re hit with also depends on the winds and how the reactors melt down. But, what can be said is that the radiation has already arrived and being reported in LA and probably soon Seattle, if they’re even testing here.
The media for the most part has played down the seriousness of the situation. Calling on doctors, and nuclear scientists and experts to confirm that if you ain’t glowin’ green then it’s really not that serious of a matter. They claim the radiation levels won’t be high enough to raise any concern. That goes right along with the theory that eating some level of toxic material, if it isn’t enough to put you in the hospital right on the spot, then it’s not really THAT harmful for you. Never mind the fact that it’s toxic, or radiation or poisonous. We’ve become a society where ingesting harmful chemicals is normalized, and that’s scary.
I’ve gathered some practical and actual steps (no duck, cover and hide under the table as shown by a 1950s turtle) you can take to improve your health as we get exposed to some radiation. Here’s the rest of the article.
