[LINK] Still FUD

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Eric writes,

>> As ANY radiation can cause cancer, isn't it wise to FUD any radiation?
> 
> Then please start the campaign to stop eating bananas ..

Haha .. yes .. but the only campaign I would want to start is one against
the current official *secrecy* and obfuscation regarding radiation around
Japan's tragic plight. Both within Japan, and, especially, in world terms.

Personally i have no particular bent against nuclear power per-se, indeed
I'm probably more against burning brown coal. BUT, all along on Link I've
been saying, regarding officialdom, simply, tell us the facts!! Why do we
and the Japanese people have to have media guessing, (and sure, media FUD)
because very little factual information is being released? That is unfair

As yet another example .. yesterday we find out ..

"As radiation levels are rising at the nuclear plant, public broadcaster 
NHK said Thursday that many workers at the facility do not have radiation 
monitoring badges. Tokyo Electric Power Co. confirmed the report, noting 
that most of the devices were destroyed in the magnitude 9 earthquake and 
subsequent tsunami.

Company officials said only 320 monitors remained of the 5,000 devices 
the company had before the disaster. But they said the leaders of each 
team of workers have a badge .." <http://www.latimes.com/news/science>

Sigh! NOW we discover that those poor sods don't have radiation badges?

It would be hard to imagine a worse *incident management capability* and
response, even given the massive tsunami environmental damage. All along
that's what I've been saying. Get your act together, and, tell the truth.

Both to the long suffering Japanese people and to neighbouring countries.

Media FUD that has been raised, imho, is directly because little factual
information is being released by a company more concerned with its share
prices than with any concern for humans. And, that will do nuclear power
much more harm than the truth.

Cheers,
Stephen