50 Reasons We Should Fear the Worst from Fukushima

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115. Thanks. But Geiger counters don't tell the whole story.

Geiger counters do not detail what radionuclide is creating the radiation they measure. There may be a low reading, but the reading may be from a microscopic particle of a deadly substance, like plutonium, americicum, strontium, or cesium.

Dr. Andy Kanter, MD, MPH, President of the Board of Directors of Physicians for Social Responsibility, has studied radioactive plume projections from nuclear reactor accident scenarios and other public health impacts of nuclear radiation dispersion. He is the director of Health Information Systems/Medical Informatics for the Millennium Villages Project for the Earth Institute at Columbia University as well as an Asst. Prof. for Clinical Biomedical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology at Columbia University.

“Even a single hot particle consumed or inhaled into the body can cause a cancer.”

SOURCE (w video, links): http://www.infiniteunknown.net/tag/andy-kanter/

Steven Starr explains the dangers of ingesting a hot particle.

http://www.ratical.org/radiation/Fukushima/StevenStarr.html

BTW: While the network of government affiliated Geiger counters is reassuring, journalists know it's a mistake to trust one source of information.