Jul 14 2011
Lack of Media Coverage of Fukushima Undermines Nuclear Danger
Radioactive material has been found contaminating various sectors of Japanese infrastructure in the wake of the March 11th nuclear disaster in Fukushima. The impact is being felt all over Japan. The Japanese government has confirmed that contaminated beef was found on the domestic market and that some of it was already consumed. The beef was shipped to 11 prefectures all over Japan and was thought to originate from a Fukushima cattle farmer who ignored orders to avoid contaminated feed. The Japanese government is calling it an isolated incident. But new reports of high levels of radioactive Cesium have just been found in waste incineration plants northeast of Tokyo, more than a 100 miles from Fukushima. A major problem facing Japan is where to store all the contaminated materials, especially the millions of gallons of water, now radioactive, that have been used to cool the reactors. Authorities earlier this year already dumped radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean despite outrage from residents, environmentalists and other nations. Here in the United States, little is mentioned in the news media of the ongoing impact and consequences of the accident. The United States has the greatest number of nuclear reactors and in fact, this week, the five-member Nuclear Regulatory Commission is weighing significant changes to the regulations that govern the nation’s more than 100 plants. The changes were recommended just yesterday by a task-force set up to review nuclear safety in the wake of Fukushima. The NRC will hold a public hearing next Tuesday with the task force. While Americans may assume that a nuclear disaster the size and scope of Fukushima is highly unlikely here, nuclear industry watchdogs warn of a number of disturbing vulnerabilities in U.S. plants. A lack of media coverage of the Fukushima disaster has done little to educate the American public about the imminence of such accidents.
GUEST: Anne Landman, Managing Editor at the Center for Media and Democracy
Read Anne Landman’s article here: http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/06/10851/
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One Response to “Lack of Media Coverage of Fukushima Undermines Nuclear Danger”
MSM has failed the American public on providing updates on Japan’s Trillion Dollar Eco-Disaster and it’s affect on the USA…
For readers that want more info on this topic and or are tired of all the Nuclear Baloney (NB) being dumped on the public, I suggest that you do a search for Nuclear Baloney (NB) or Japanese reactor and or Japanese radiation on HuffingtonPost.com
There have been almost daily blogs since 3/11 with many excellent posts by the “Japanese Irregulars” that have been providing coverage and links to what is going on in Japan, the US and also around the World.
Many blogs have over 3000 comments with great links!
Japan’s Gov’t and TEPCO do have control of Japans media but the Nuclear Industry here in the USA also is preventing our MSM from posting anything more than “fluff” articles on this issue. Here in America during the last month we had two (2) reactors threatened by flooding with one (1) still at risk and a major Wild Fire threaten the Los Alamos Nuclear Lab!
We cannot afford a Trillion Dollar Eco-Disaster here, when Clean Safe Solar Energy is available for similar cost NOW!
Here is one link to get you started:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com:80/2011/07/12/us-nuclear-plant-regulatory-commission_n_896675.html
In about 5 months when the first babies are born after 3/11 arrive, the effects of the radiation on them will be plain for the World to see, because TEPCO and the Japanese Gov’t. decided not to evacuate all those living nearby to save money and avoid losing “face”!