Submission + - Radiation Twice Background Levels in Spinach Field (cnn.com)
Diamonddavej writes: Radiation at twice background levels has been found by CNN reporter Martin Savdige in a spinach field, in Chiba Prefecture Japan. The shocking discovery was made ca. 100 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
"What we found, surprised even our expert", Savdige said gravely into the TV camera. "The radiation levels here are twice the background levels that you normally should find."
However, seriously, background radiation is highly variable spatially and temporally. "Twice the background levels..." is a minute increase above the average, it is normal natural variation and it is harmless. Is this the worst example of Fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) in relation to Fukushima Daiichi or is there twice as much FUD in a nearby field?
"What we found, surprised even our expert", Savdige said gravely into the TV camera. "The radiation levels here are twice the background levels that you normally should find."
However, seriously, background radiation is highly variable spatially and temporally. "Twice the background levels..." is a minute increase above the average, it is normal natural variation and it is harmless. Is this the worst example of Fear, uncertainty and doubt (FUD) in relation to Fukushima Daiichi or is there twice as much FUD in a nearby field?
