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Japan’s government and Tepco have been “economical” with the truth

the patient people of Japan are getting angry. They feel – not for the first time – that their government and Tepco, the power company, have been economical with the truth.

The oil leak in the Gulf was terrifying because of its relentless filthy incontinence. The leak of radiation is terrifying because it remains unseen and is in part dependent on the whim of the wind.

As radiation leaks, truth is slow to follow BBC  Matt Frei , 12 April 2011 As radiation leaks, truth is slow to follow. I t is cruelly ironic that as we approach the first anniversary of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the world should once again be transfixed by the inability of humans to plug a poisonous leak created by our need for energy.

Last year it was the spewing orifice at the bottom of the sea brought to us 24/7 courtesy of the dozen or so “spillcams” that became a fixture in the corner of just about every cable news TV screen.

This year we have the unseen wafts, leaks and seepages of radiation from the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant in Japan. The fact that the threat level of this crisis has now been raised – one month later – to seven – the highest possible – is alarming.

The fact that Japanese authorities insist the radiation level is still one-tenth that of Chernobyl – the only other nuclear disaster that has earned a seven – is puzzling.

The leaking information has made the leaking radiation all the more perplexing. Not surprisingly, the patient people of Japan are getting angry. They feel – not for the first time – that their government and Tepco, the power company, have been economical with the truth.

The oil leak in the Gulf was terrifying because of its relentless filthy incontinence. The leak of radiation is terrifying because it remains unseen and is in part dependent on the whim of the wind…

BBC – American Frei: As radiation leaks, truth is slow to follow

April 13, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general