A ClusterFuk(ushima) of Contamination

Remember the radiation? Oh yeah, that. Remember how so many folks thought Dr. Helen Caldicott was sounding hollow alarms about Fukushima potentially being 30 times worse than Chernobyl?

Citizens of Tokyo have joined forces to test radiation on the ground, because their gov't had dismissively waved its hand, told everyone not to worry, and stopped testing shortly after the Fukushima disaster.  Turns out that radiation on the ground in Tokyo exceeds the "safe" limits established after the Chernobyl meltdown. And Tokyo is 160 miles from Fukushima.

And that's just what's on the ground -- and the ground of course includes playgrounds, ball fields, and, oh yes, farms. Now what about the air? What is still circulating? Where is it falling? And what about the plume that must have washed out into the sea? Does anyone care?

Now let's revisit Dr. Caldicott's post-earthquake analysis of the potentially unimaginably huge impact of the damage to Japan's nuclear plants. And if you were one of those who waved your hand and dismissed what she was saying, maybe it's time to come out of denial.