As I write, there are hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of children who have been robbed of their innocence and right to a full, healthy life. Neither they nor their parents have committed a crime, yet they are punished for simply being alive in the wrong place at the wrong time.
This is the raw truth, the stripped down reality of Fukushima.
We owe it to these children to inform ourselves to the best of our ability so that if our paths ever cross with theirs we are, at least, able to offer the compassion they, and those who love them, will need to face their futures.
Global Research is a Montreal based independent research and media organization which provides simple, scientific and informative material on many important issues affecting us today. GR has released an ebook, a compilation of data on Fukushima and its impact, not just on the Japanese, but on the world as a whole, wherever the trade winds blow and the oceans flow.
The ebook is called Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War: The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation.
I strongly suggest that this be read and kept as reference.
The authors invite sharing.
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Jumat, 03 Februari 2012
Selasa, 10 Januari 2012
2012 Hiatus
I will, though, continue my occasional posts on something close to my heart - the Japanese tsunami and nuclear disaster.
Besides the ongoing release at the Fukushima 1 plant, there is now potential release from Fukushima 2 in 2012 but, as always, we simply do not have the facts. This is not the worst of it.
2012 will be punctuated by an increase in imported food and products as the Japanese government and business community dump their contaminated items on foreign markets, and it will also be the year in which the reality of the tsunami begins to wash ashore in North America, creating what will become one of the most devastating environmental disasters in history.
While I spend this next year finding joy in the little and very real things in life, I leave you with two warnings:
- Do not make trophies out of potentially toxic Japanese debris.
- Buy local. Although the planet is contaminated to lesser or greater degrees by Fukushima fallout, you do have the power to control you own exposure over time.
And, I leave you with an iota of hope.
Someone told me that we are here, now, because we chose to be the midwives of a new era.
Let's at least suspend disbelief and hope her analysis is correct.
Selasa, 20 Desember 2011
Jumat, 02 Desember 2011
Are there gifts of radiation on your Christmas list?
In the rush to buy Christmas presents for those you love, you may forget to ask where the products were manufactured, and if the answer is Japan, were they shipped before 3/11.
This may sound strange, but anything manufactured or grown in Japan - after the Fukushima explosions which send radiation debris around the world on the Jet stream earlier this year - carries no guarantee that it is not contaminated to the point of injuring purchasers or users.
The unending log of lies both from the Japanese government and TEPCO, the constant alteration of research findings and radiation equipment readings, and the active suppression of information among Japanese citizens, should concern all of us at this time of year.
A gift as innocent as a Japanese manufactured camera or Japanese green tea could put a loved one at risk because there is no radiation monitoring of imports from Japan.
Yellow rice is a favorite dish on our Festive Season table, but I hesitate to buy fresh rice from the grocery store because of the level of contamination in Japanese rice, some of which has been exported but, seemingly, no one knows where to.
The amount of lies associated with the Fukushima cover up also suggests that companies, with the blessing of the Japanese government, are not beyond shipping contaminated products to other countries for repackaging, making it appear as if these are not from Japan. While there is no evidence that this is occurring, the idea set in several months back with a circulating rumor which suggested that products were being shipped to China for repackaging.
I would have put this rumor aside as a cheap shot at China-West trade, but given the lies, as I have said, I cannot help thinking that those who stoop so low to hide truth are capable of anything.
My Festive Season budget will be spent on products close to home. We have a great local meat supplier in Lake Land Meats, a Farmers' Market in town, and endless other suppliers of local goodies within easy reach. As for the yellow rice? I hope my dwindling supply of rice stocks in the pantry will see me through the holidays.
If you want to follow the Fukushima developments which could impact your day to day activities, visit Enenews and Fairewinds.
This may sound strange, but anything manufactured or grown in Japan - after the Fukushima explosions which send radiation debris around the world on the Jet stream earlier this year - carries no guarantee that it is not contaminated to the point of injuring purchasers or users.
The unending log of lies both from the Japanese government and TEPCO, the constant alteration of research findings and radiation equipment readings, and the active suppression of information among Japanese citizens, should concern all of us at this time of year.
A gift as innocent as a Japanese manufactured camera or Japanese green tea could put a loved one at risk because there is no radiation monitoring of imports from Japan.
Yellow rice is a favorite dish on our Festive Season table, but I hesitate to buy fresh rice from the grocery store because of the level of contamination in Japanese rice, some of which has been exported but, seemingly, no one knows where to.
The amount of lies associated with the Fukushima cover up also suggests that companies, with the blessing of the Japanese government, are not beyond shipping contaminated products to other countries for repackaging, making it appear as if these are not from Japan. While there is no evidence that this is occurring, the idea set in several months back with a circulating rumor which suggested that products were being shipped to China for repackaging.
I would have put this rumor aside as a cheap shot at China-West trade, but given the lies, as I have said, I cannot help thinking that those who stoop so low to hide truth are capable of anything.
My Festive Season budget will be spent on products close to home. We have a great local meat supplier in Lake Land Meats, a Farmers' Market in town, and endless other suppliers of local goodies within easy reach. As for the yellow rice? I hope my dwindling supply of rice stocks in the pantry will see me through the holidays.
If you want to follow the Fukushima developments which could impact your day to day activities, visit Enenews and Fairewinds.
Minggu, 27 November 2011
We have a certain responsibility to these kids
We are into the first birth cycle of Japanese children since 4 reactors at Fukushima disintegrated in March 2011, promising to change life as we know it for most of the Northern Hemisphere over time.
The truth of what happened will become harder and harder to ignore as the cycle extends into the future leaving behind a trail of children with chronic and acute physical issues known as the Fukushima Syndrome - at least among the medical staff who will have to deal with these children far from the public eye.
Kamis, 20 Oktober 2011
Benefactors of the Fukushima legacy
It is easy to ignore the invisible. As humans, we do it all the time.
Radiation is invisible and, so, we choose to forget the Fukushima fallout in our rain and the creeping sickness spreading into our seas.
Ignoring between 5 and 20 tonnes of debris, some of which is likely to contain Fukushima contaminants, is not easy.
That debris is heading toward North American shores like a slow, lumbering monster - the stuff of nightmares, except, this time, we do not get to wake up.
The water in the wake of the debris is radioactive.
While the Japanese government and TEPCO assure us that the ocean will dilute the contamination, early research results indicate that this is not true.
There could have been a reprieve if the contamination was related only to the March explosions at the nuclear plant, and the initial emergency dumping of tonnes of radioactive water off the Fukushima coastline. Could have been.
The contamination continues - 7 months after the explosions.
In a few years from now, children will be splashing in radioactive waves off the west coasts of Canada and the United States.
Long before then, these children will eat fish caught in contaminated waters, and sample rice which Japan continues to export despite the fact that exporters and government officials know the rice is toxic.
I would like to believe that Japanese authorities are suffering from a case of uncontrollable self-denial. That would lend a sense of human frailty to their decision-making.
But the decisions are cold, calculated economic ones.
Exporters need a market to survive even when that market is threatened by the toxicity of the exports.
This is no different to a parasite which survives only because it has a host - even when its dependence kills the host.
Perhaps, even more pathetic, is the realization that Japan as exporter is also taking the lives of its own children.
Fukushima released a monster, and we are all in its way.
***
This post is based on a personal summary of articles found on Enenews and Fairewinds websites.
Radiation is invisible and, so, we choose to forget the Fukushima fallout in our rain and the creeping sickness spreading into our seas.
Ignoring between 5 and 20 tonnes of debris, some of which is likely to contain Fukushima contaminants, is not easy.
That debris is heading toward North American shores like a slow, lumbering monster - the stuff of nightmares, except, this time, we do not get to wake up.
The water in the wake of the debris is radioactive.
While the Japanese government and TEPCO assure us that the ocean will dilute the contamination, early research results indicate that this is not true.
There could have been a reprieve if the contamination was related only to the March explosions at the nuclear plant, and the initial emergency dumping of tonnes of radioactive water off the Fukushima coastline. Could have been.
The contamination continues - 7 months after the explosions.
In a few years from now, children will be splashing in radioactive waves off the west coasts of Canada and the United States.
Long before then, these children will eat fish caught in contaminated waters, and sample rice which Japan continues to export despite the fact that exporters and government officials know the rice is toxic.
I would like to believe that Japanese authorities are suffering from a case of uncontrollable self-denial. That would lend a sense of human frailty to their decision-making.
But the decisions are cold, calculated economic ones.
Exporters need a market to survive even when that market is threatened by the toxicity of the exports.
This is no different to a parasite which survives only because it has a host - even when its dependence kills the host.
Perhaps, even more pathetic, is the realization that Japan as exporter is also taking the lives of its own children.
Fukushima released a monster, and we are all in its way.
***
This post is based on a personal summary of articles found on Enenews and Fairewinds websites.
Jumat, 16 September 2011
We need regulations against touching
My perennial pet peeve - consumers who grub about in fruit and vegetable containers and displays with dirty, germ infested hands.
By the time someone buys the produce s/he has to cut away the disease laden fingernail holes and the rotten spots caused by thumb and finger pressure. That is money in the trash can or compost bin, and that is not what I signed on for.
But if only it stopped there.
My first visit to Starsky in Mississauga just after the store opened was also my last. As I wandered through the bulk area I saw a man open the lid to a tub of fresh, grated pickle mix and dip in his fingers. After munching through the treat he proceeded to stick those fingers right back into the mix and start all over again. A nearby shop assistant did nothing to stop him. I dropped my basked where I stood and left the store.
Down the road from me is a small independent bulk dealer whom I also visited - once.
As I browsed the bins the owner/manager stooped and picked up a collection of peanuts which had fallen onto the floor. Instead of throwing away the peanuts the owner/manager opened the lid to the container and popped them right back in.
I made a conscious decision after these two incidents to buy nothing edible from bulk containers. If it is not wrapped and sealed it does not go into my cart.
We have regulations for growing, producing and selling food products but we have no regulations in place to protect ourselves against each other.
As much as I hate layers of bureaucracy I really think it is time that vendors were given the authority to put up signs saying, "If you touch you buy."
Equally, we need to rethink bulk food bins. In a perfect world where people care about hygiene and respect each other these bins are ideal. However ...
In the northern hemisphere we are entering the cold and flu season and it may be a good idea to take stock of where you buy and what you buy. For me it is mostly buy local, buy small producer and buy directly from the food source.
By the time someone buys the produce s/he has to cut away the disease laden fingernail holes and the rotten spots caused by thumb and finger pressure. That is money in the trash can or compost bin, and that is not what I signed on for.
But if only it stopped there.
My first visit to Starsky in Mississauga just after the store opened was also my last. As I wandered through the bulk area I saw a man open the lid to a tub of fresh, grated pickle mix and dip in his fingers. After munching through the treat he proceeded to stick those fingers right back into the mix and start all over again. A nearby shop assistant did nothing to stop him. I dropped my basked where I stood and left the store.
Down the road from me is a small independent bulk dealer whom I also visited - once.
As I browsed the bins the owner/manager stooped and picked up a collection of peanuts which had fallen onto the floor. Instead of throwing away the peanuts the owner/manager opened the lid to the container and popped them right back in.
I made a conscious decision after these two incidents to buy nothing edible from bulk containers. If it is not wrapped and sealed it does not go into my cart.
We have regulations for growing, producing and selling food products but we have no regulations in place to protect ourselves against each other.
As much as I hate layers of bureaucracy I really think it is time that vendors were given the authority to put up signs saying, "If you touch you buy."
Equally, we need to rethink bulk food bins. In a perfect world where people care about hygiene and respect each other these bins are ideal. However ...
In the northern hemisphere we are entering the cold and flu season and it may be a good idea to take stock of where you buy and what you buy. For me it is mostly buy local, buy small producer and buy directly from the food source.
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