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Title: Finns run for iodine after blasts at Japanese nuclear plant (Sheeple Panic Award)
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PhysOrg
URL Source: http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-03 ... e-blasts-japanese-nuclear.html
Published: Mar 15, 2011
Author: AFP
Post Date: 2011-03-15 01:17:29 by Hondo68
Keywords: run on iodine tablets, able to replenish the stock, ran out of iodine completely
Views: 9642
Comments: 24
Concerns about possible radiation from Japan's earthquake-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant sparked a weekend run on iodine tablets as far away as Finland, the country's largest pharmacy chain said Monday. "On Saturday there was a run on iodine, but the situation calmed down and we were able to replenish the stock on Sunday," Yliopiston Apteekki spokesman Jari Kokkonen told AFP. Kokkonen said that some of their pharmacies in central Finnish cities like Tampere and Jyvaeskylae ran out of iodine completely on Saturday. He believes the run on iodine was mostly due to people flying to Japan or the region, adding that many travellers had called the company's hotline for advice. Finland's radiation and nuclear safety authority STUK said in a statement there was no chance the danger in Japan would lead to people in Finland needing to take iodine. "Iodine tablets should not be taken without recommendations from officials, because the risk of side effects is greater than the possible benefit," the authority warned. In neighbouring Sweden, a spokeswoman for the largest pharmacy chain, state-owned Apoteket, told AFP many worried customers asked about iodine over the weekend, but that the chain did not sell more tablets than usual. The Fukushima 1 plant was hit by two explosions at buildings housing two reactors since a massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake hit Japan Friday, and the cooling system at a third reactor stopped working Monday. Chief government spokesman Yukio Edano said that radiation around the plant 250 kilometres (155 miles) north of Tokyo was at a tolerable level for humans.
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#8. To: hondo68, mcgowanjm (#0)
"Please do not go outside. Please stay indoors. Please close windows and make your homes airtight. Don't turn on ventilators. Please hang your laundry indoors." Until now, Japanese officials have said radiation levels at the plant were within safe limits. F U, hondo and your sheeple remarks.
You think the radioactive fallout will reach Finland, retard?
It certainly is a possibility. Fallout from Chernobyl did reach as far as Canada. This April 26, 1986 disaster was the worst nuclear accident in history to date, caused by a catastrophic surge in output power during a safety test, resulting in an explosion that exposed the reactor to open air. Radioactive fallout drifted over the western Soviet Union and Europe, including Turkey, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, Estonia, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Ireland, France, Corsica, as well as Canada and the United Kingdom. www.salem-news.com/articl...revisited-nuclear-jda.php This crisis isn't over yet, so if I were you, I'd save the "retard" and "sheeple" remarks for later.
Nice, outsourcing pollution to Mexico. Mexicali is close enough to me to be a potential problem. NIMBY! I love the smell of sodium sulfur batteries in the morning. What sort of heavy metals and toxic chemicals might be blowing my way, as a result of this wonderful "green" technology? I guess I could seal the house with plastic and duct tape when the Santa Anna's blow.
Santa Annas blow from the northeast, so you must be already in Mexico. But think of it as a small supposedly unintended consequence of the agreement that was negotiated by your fellow oilmen.
#21. To: Rek (#20)
think of it as a small supposedly unintended consequence of the agreement that was negotiated by your fellow oilmen. Damn close, but still in the USA. I am both west and south of Mexicali which is in the imperial valley. I'm on the border north of, but near Tecate Mexico which is in the area indicated by the mountains below. The border is not strictly east and west, but angles to the south. I'm not an oilman, but do like gasoline in my car and gas for my stove. What do you cook with, buffalo chips?
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest"Now we are talking about levels that can damage human health. These are readings taken near the area where we believe the releases are happening. Far away, the levels should be lower," said Yukio Edano, chief cabinet secretary.
#11. To: Godwinson (#8)
F U, hondo and your sheeple remarks.
#12. To: hondo68 (#11)
You think the radioactive fallout will reach Finland, retard?
#18. To: lucysmom (#12)
From your link>> Claus Rubenius is moving ahead with a plans to create a Gigawatt-scale energy warehouse in Mexico using immense sodium sulfur batteries. The energy storage facility will be in the Silicon Borders Science Park in Mexicali, Mexico. All the necesary heavyweights have signed off on the deal, including President Obama, Mexico's President Calderon, Japan's NGK CEO, and it's full speed ahead.
#20. To: hondo68 (#18)
I love the smell of sodium sulfur batteries in the morning. What sort of heavy metals and toxic chemicals might be blowing my way, as a result of this wonderful "green" technology? I guess I could seal the house with plastic and duct tape when the Santa Anna's blow.
Replies to Comment # 20. you must be already in Mexico
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