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55 minutes ago, TOMapleLaughs said:

Good find.  Put it in a library. Of course, the US government has merely increased the level of acceptable radiation in drinking water to put our fears at ease.

Not by 500x they haven't.

People really don't understand what radiation is. We are constantly exposed to it. The Earth emits it. The human body emits it. The sun emits a lot of it. It's not a case of being exposed to even a tiny bit increasing health risks or small bits accumulating over time. You have to be exposed to relatively large amounts all at once for it to have any impact.

It was the same deal with the whole "Smart Meter" fiasco. Yes, Smart Meters emit radiation. Is there any evidence to show that radiation is dangerous, absolutely not.

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29 minutes ago, taxi said:

Not by 500x they haven't.

People really don't understand what radiation is. We are constantly exposed to it. The Earth emits it. The human body emits it. The sun emits a lot of it. It's not a case of being exposed to even a tiny bit increasing health risks or small bits accumulating over time. You have to be exposed to relatively large amounts all at once for it to have any impact.

It was the same deal with the whole "Smart Meter" fiasco. Yes, Smart Meters emit radiation. Is there any evidence to show that radiation is dangerous, absolutely not.

Actually, it's 27,000x.

I the wake of Fukushima, the EPA basically ducked out and left it to the IAEA, which would be the largest international nuclear energy agency in the world.

An example of the relaxed regulations:  Old EPA regulations called for 3 picocuries of radioactive iodine 131 per liter.  IAEA is 81,000.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2013/04/10/epa-draft-stirs-fears-of-radically-relaxed-radiation-guidelines/

 

Basically, cancer rates will go up, and this will also be viewed as 'acceptable.'

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1 minute ago, TOMapleLaughs said:

Actually, it's 27,000x.

I the wake of Fukushima, the EPA basically ducked out and left it to the IAEA, which would be the largest international nuclear energy agency in the world.

An example of the relaxed regulations:  Old EPA regulations called for 3 picocuries of radioactive iodine 131 per liter.  IAEA is 81,000.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2013/04/10/epa-draft-stirs-fears-of-radically-relaxed-radiation-guidelines/

 

Basically, cancer rates will go up, and this will also be viewed as 'acceptable.'

Firstly, this was in the USA, which has no bearing on Canada. Iodine-131 also has an extremely short half-life (8 days):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine-131#Radioactive_decay

Fukushima was 4.5 years ago. Not really sure how this relates to Fukushima having an effect on thyroid problems in BC.

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2 minutes ago, taxi said:

Firstly, this was in the USA, which has no bearing on Canada. Iodine-131 also has an extremely short half-life (8 days):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine-131#Radioactive_decay

Fukushima was 4.5 years ago. Not really sure how this relates to Fukushima having an effect on thyroid problems in BC.

The disaster is ongoing.  Do you honestly think the problem just goes away on it's own in 4.5 years?  It doesn't.  This is why warnings are on the rise.  But all we can do is just assume the reports that drinking water is still safe are correct, hope that they ultimately contain the disaster, and continue on with our lives.

 

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