Thursday, March 24, 2011

Officials Underestimate The Seriousness of the Problem with Japan's Leaking Nuclear Reactors

I missed this a few days ago but find that it's an important article that speaks to the widely held belief that we cannot trust the government to provide honest information as a crisis unfolds, particularly when big industrial players are involved. I hope that we will dodge a bullet in Japan and that the breadth of contamination will not reach the 15,000 square mile level of Chernobyl, but this crisis is worse than many realize. The water is Tokyo is already considered unsafe for infants to drink. Radiation continues to leak. This is a nightmare and the full ramifications of this disaster are still unknown. The piece comes from Democracy Now and is extremely informative, for example, both Hillary Clinton (as Senator) and Andrew Cuomo (as Attorney General) demanded that the Indian Point nuclear plant be shut down because of safety concerns.
http://www.alternet.org/environment/150300/officials_are_%22underestimating_the_seriousness_of_the_problem%22_with_japan%27s_nuclear_reactors/?page=entire

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