Source: Washington's Blog
Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The World Health Organization just issued a report stating that cellphones are "possibly carcinogenic to humans".
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
6/1/2011 | Most Japanese Worried About Radiation Poisoning, Poll Shows
Source: Bloomberg
Date: Jun 1, 2011 3:33 PM CT
Fifty-nine percent of Japanese adults worry that they or a family member have been contaminated by radiation from a nuclear reactor meltdown triggered by a March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, a survey found.
The Pew Research Center, based in Washington D.C., surveyed 700 Japanese adults between April 8 and April 27 about their concerns about the economy, health, and nuclear safety. None favored increasing Japan’s reliance on nuclear energy, 46 percent favored maintaining it and 44 said nuclear power should play a smaller role, according to the report, posted today on Pew’s website.
About 52 percent of those surveyed expect economic conditions to worsen over the next 12 months, up from 33 percent among those polled a year earlier, the center said. About 58 percent said Japan will emerge a stronger nation from the disasters.
Tokyo Electric Power Co., owner of the leaking Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture, drew the harshest criticism with 86 percent of respondents judging its response to the crisis poor. Almost 80 percent said the national government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan responded poorly. The criticism didn’t extend to the National Defense Force, as 95 judged its response favorably.
Editors: Charles Siler, Susan Warren
To contact the reporter on this story: Jim Polson in New York at +1-212-617-5293 or jpolson@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Susan Warren at +1-214-954-9455 or susanwarren@bloomberg.net
Date: Jun 1, 2011 3:33 PM CT
Fifty-nine percent of Japanese adults worry that they or a family member have been contaminated by radiation from a nuclear reactor meltdown triggered by a March 11 earthquake and tsunami, the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, a survey found.
The Pew Research Center, based in Washington D.C., surveyed 700 Japanese adults between April 8 and April 27 about their concerns about the economy, health, and nuclear safety. None favored increasing Japan’s reliance on nuclear energy, 46 percent favored maintaining it and 44 said nuclear power should play a smaller role, according to the report, posted today on Pew’s website.
About 52 percent of those surveyed expect economic conditions to worsen over the next 12 months, up from 33 percent among those polled a year earlier, the center said. About 58 percent said Japan will emerge a stronger nation from the disasters.
Tokyo Electric Power Co., owner of the leaking Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant in Fukushima prefecture, drew the harshest criticism with 86 percent of respondents judging its response to the crisis poor. Almost 80 percent said the national government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan responded poorly. The criticism didn’t extend to the National Defense Force, as 95 judged its response favorably.
Editors: Charles Siler, Susan Warren
To contact the reporter on this story: Jim Polson in New York at +1-212-617-5293 or jpolson@bloomberg.net
To contact the editor responsible for this story: Susan Warren at +1-214-954-9455 or susanwarren@bloomberg.net
6/1/2011 | Snow on Fukushima peaks found to be radioactive
Source: NHK World
Date: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 15:40 +0900 (JST)
Snow in the mountains in Fukushima Prefecture is showing radioactive contamination at levels above the safety limit for drinking water.
Researchers from Fukushima University performed the analysis with a local environmental group. They sampled snow in 31 locations and at different altitudes from 7 peaks around Fukushima city, from mid-April through early May.
The results showed that snow in 14 locations contained more than 200 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium, the adult safe limit for drinking water.
A sample of snow from an altitude of 1,300 meters contained 3,000 becquerels of cesium.
Fukushima University Vice-President Akira Watanabe specializes in meteorology and says the data support his team's analysis that radioactive substances scattered at an altitude of 1,300 meters.
He is urging mountain climbers not to drink river water or gather edible wild plants, now that high levels of radioactivity in the snow have been confirmed.
Date: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 15:40 +0900 (JST)
Researchers from Fukushima University performed the analysis with a local environmental group. They sampled snow in 31 locations and at different altitudes from 7 peaks around Fukushima city, from mid-April through early May.
The results showed that snow in 14 locations contained more than 200 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium, the adult safe limit for drinking water.
A sample of snow from an altitude of 1,300 meters contained 3,000 becquerels of cesium.
Fukushima University Vice-President Akira Watanabe specializes in meteorology and says the data support his team's analysis that radioactive substances scattered at an altitude of 1,300 meters.
He is urging mountain climbers not to drink river water or gather edible wild plants, now that high levels of radioactivity in the snow have been confirmed.
6/1/2011 | French research institute finds high radioactivity
Source: NHK World
Date: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 21:49 +0900 (JST)
A French independent radioactivity watchdog has found radiation in Fukushima Prefecture 60 times higher than the annual reference level for ordinary people recommended by an international commission.
Bruno Chareyron, director of the research institute CRIIRAD, briefed reporters in Tokyo on Wednesday on the results of its survey of the air in Fukushima Prefecture.
The measurements and calculations found an annualized amount of 60 millisieverts at a farm in Iitate Village in the prefecture.
The level is 60 times higher than the annual limit for ordinary people, except for radiation workers, of 1 millisievert, recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection.
The researchers also found high radiation levels in Fukushima City. At some places in the city, the levels of radioactivity were 7 to 9 millisieverts a year.
Chareyron urged Japan to increase the number of monitoring spots so that it can provide the public with detailed information on the negative effects of the radiation caused by the troubled Fukushima Daiichi plant.
The one-week survey from May 24th was conducted in cooperation with a Japanese nongovernmental organization.
Date: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 21:49 +0900 (JST)
Bruno Chareyron, director of the research institute CRIIRAD, briefed reporters in Tokyo on Wednesday on the results of its survey of the air in Fukushima Prefecture.
The measurements and calculations found an annualized amount of 60 millisieverts at a farm in Iitate Village in the prefecture.
The level is 60 times higher than the annual limit for ordinary people, except for radiation workers, of 1 millisievert, recommended by the International Commission on Radiological Protection.
The researchers also found high radiation levels in Fukushima City. At some places in the city, the levels of radioactivity were 7 to 9 millisieverts a year.
Chareyron urged Japan to increase the number of monitoring spots so that it can provide the public with detailed information on the negative effects of the radiation caused by the troubled Fukushima Daiichi plant.
The one-week survey from May 24th was conducted in cooperation with a Japanese nongovernmental organization.
5/30/2011 | Who Will Take the Radioactive Rods from Fukushima?
Source: 4th Media Beijing via Global Research
Date: May 31, 2011, 4th Media Beijing - 2011-05-30
by: Yoichi Shimatsu
The decommissioning of the Fukushima 1 nuclear plant is delayed by a single problem: Where to dispose of the uranium fuel rods? Many of those rods are extremely radioactive and partially melted, and some contain highly lethal plutonium.
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Date: May 31, 2011, 4th Media Beijing - 2011-05-30
by: Yoichi Shimatsu
The decommissioning of the Fukushima 1 nuclear plant is delayed by a single problem: Where to dispose of the uranium fuel rods? Many of those rods are extremely radioactive and partially melted, and some contain highly lethal plutonium.
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5/31/2011 | Investment Idea: Pre-Fukushima Sake and Shochu
Source: Washington's Blog
Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
What should we invest in?
Given the extreme uncertainty in the investing environment, and given that housing, employment and wages, and some of the other fundamental economic measures are flashing warning signs, this is not a simple question.
Inflation
I have written thousands of essays examining the great inflation versus deflation debate (here's the latest). I can see both sides of the argument, as well as arguments for inflation and deflation at the same time. And see this essay by Shah Gilani on Chinese inflation.
If you believe that hyperinflation is in our future, then you might want to hear what PhD economist John Williams suggested in 2009:
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Date: Tuesday, May 31, 2011
What should we invest in?
Given the extreme uncertainty in the investing environment, and given that housing, employment and wages, and some of the other fundamental economic measures are flashing warning signs, this is not a simple question.
Inflation
I have written thousands of essays examining the great inflation versus deflation debate (here's the latest). I can see both sides of the argument, as well as arguments for inflation and deflation at the same time. And see this essay by Shah Gilani on Chinese inflation.
If you believe that hyperinflation is in our future, then you might want to hear what PhD economist John Williams suggested in 2009:
Williams is advising people to stock up on gold and booze to bargain with once the hyperinflation makes dollars worthless:...
“Three or four years into the future I think we could be in a hyperinflation, within the current year you’re going to see much higher inflation than most people are looking at,” Williams told MarketWatch.Williams said that his definition of hyperinflation would be a situation in which a $100 dollar bill would become more functional as a piece of toilet paper than a store of value.“This is a time when you want to preserve your wealth and assets because inflation will knock the value out of it,” he added, advising that people buy physical gold and assets other than the U.S. dollar.“Then when the hyperinflation hits you’ll see disruption of normal commerce, you won’t have enough $100 dollar bills to buy what you want,” said Williams, adding that items to barter with, such as a bottle of scotch, would be more valuable than actual cash, even in large quantities.
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