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Are they telling you the truth about the nuclear situation in Japan?

Here’s my question to you: Do you believe you’re being told the truth about the nuclear accident in Japan?

Tell Jack how you really feel   – Do you believe you’re being told the truth about the nuclear accident in Japan? CNN’s Jack Cafferty, 7 April 11, :A 7.1 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan today, the strongest aftershock since the massive 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that followed devastated the nation four weeks ago.

One of the big concerns of course is possible further damage to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The Tokyo Electric Power Company – or TEPCO which runs the plant – said there were no serious incidents as a result of the aftershock.Or so they say…

Radioactivity from the plant has poisoned the surrounding land, air and ocean. Millions of people have been exposed. And millions more could be… as radioactivity has been picked up in food and drinking water. And detected in faraway places like California.

This week, workers plugged a crack at the plant that had been gushing contaminated water into the ocean for weeks. As a result, TEPCO says radiation levels in the water off the coast there have dropped dramatically.

Yesterday, the head of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation said the Fukushima accident is not expected to have any serious impact to the health of the Japanese people. He said “We have seen traces of iodine in the air all over the world now, but they are much, much, much lower than traces we have seen at similar distances after Chernobyl.”

But not everyone is feeling so certain.

In South Korea, more than 130 primary schools and kindergartens were closed today outside Seoul. People there are worried that windy, rainy weather could be carrying radioactive material from nearby Japan. North Korea also aired warnings on television for its people to stay indoors during the rain and to take a full shower if caught outside in a storm. Even here in the United States, some chefs are using sensors to test levels of radiation in the fish they plan to serve in restaurants.

Here’s my question to you: Do you believe you’re being told the truth about the nuclear accident in Japan?

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April 8, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general