Radiation Reaches Alabama

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Radiation Reaches Alabama
Written by Amanda McKenzie
Tuesday, 29 March 2011 03:16 pm
Radiation fears are mounting as reports of trace amounts are found throughout the United States, including Alabama.

The devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan has gone global. The Environmental Protection Agency announced traces of radiation in Alabama. This has people concerned about how radiation from the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant will affect them.

There has been an increase in sales of iodine tablets and Geiger counters, which measure radiation.

But James McNees of Radiation Control said people should have nothing to worry about.

"At my annual dental checkup yesterday, I received more radiation during the checkup than anybody in Alabama could be expected to receive from the Japanese event," McNees said.

In fact, people who are purchasing radon testers, would not be testing the same radiation from Japan. These testers are meant to measure the level of radon in the ground, which has always been labeled as a problem in parts of Alabama.

According to Amazon.com, potassium iodide tablets are currently the third most popular selling item under Nutrition and Fitness products.

"Right now there is no reason for anybody to get potassium iodide tablets or to take potassium iodide tablets," McNees said.

McNees said there are risks associated with people taking iodine tablets. It can cause a severe upset stomach and some can be allergic. The tablets are only to be taken under extreme measures.

McNees said we are 7,000 miles away from Japan and any radiation that travels here would be extremely diluted in the atmosphere.

Contrary to the EPA, the Office of Radiation Control said they have yet to detect any radiation levels from Japan in the Alabama samples.

Alabama actually saw ten times the amount of radiation level exposure back in 1986 from the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant accident.

[stman]

The radon gas that can be found in many homes is much, much more dangerous than these trace amounts ever will be.

[Oram]

Thanks for sharing such a great article but the need of the hour is to aware people of this threat and tell them to stop using such things which facilitates these radiations. And trees are the best way to control them.

[b33r_hunter]

The radionuclides coming from japan in these massive plumes are full of hot particles, they cannot be measured with the standard gamma detectors. When the epa stops monitoring the air quility and levels of radiation in the milk and water you know its not a good thing and you should be concerned, a google search of chris busby or my hawt gf Leuren Moret may be kind of interesting to sum

[zhong]

And how do they know that the radiation is from Japan and not there already itself in Alabama ?

[Pollypurabred]

They already know what the background radiation is and they can determine if this "new" level(s) of radiation is similar to the release from Japan mishap: something similar to a DNA profile.

The same thing happened during the Chernobyl (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_Nuclear_Power_Plant) disaster in which Sweden (I believe) announced that a major event had occurred and then Russia had to confirm..... finally.

[b33r_hunter]

And how do they know that the radiation is from Japan and not there already itself in Alabama ?

Unless Alabama has a nule plant reactor with the odd core meltdown spewing fission products, its safe to say the radionuclides are not from coming from the cotton fields

[Pollypurabred]

Actually that "Neighborhood", thanks to AI Dupont, is one of the worst.