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Originally Posted by Brian W
Actually it is just as improper to state that it is 'pure coincidence' as it is to say 'heres the reason'.
It is proper to point out the elevated levels because there is datum showing the elevated levels.
Might I suggest that now might be a really good time to find out where it is coming from?
As to any government lying to its people... that is not necessarily a conspiracy buff domain. Certainly the Japanese government has been trying to calm the population by stressing the positive.
Brian
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Why...any data taken at any time could show levels of anything doing whatever they wanted. Because something is happening and there's an occurrence elsewhere which is coincidental with it doesn't mean there's any causal links. I would be more concerned with the parlous state the local nuclear industry is in the US and radioactive materials leaking there than anything coming from Fukushima.
The proper thing to do
is to look for where it's coming from, but will it actually be done?? Will we rely on a few anecdotal studies with limited scope to whip up a feeding frenzy of blame. Much easier for governments to allow that to happen knowing that whoever gets blamed will most likely not be the culprits in the first place, but steer the blame away from themselves. If Fukushima turns out to be the source, then well and good. But if the source is local, then it should be said so, not covered up. However, I bet it will.
There's nothing conspiratorial in anything I said about government lying and misinformation. I know from first hand experience what they get up to. I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them because the only way you're ever going to find out what (might) be going on is to look for the answers yourself. That, in some cases, might entail some danger to yourself. And in many cases, you may never know the exact truth. Only what you can find and what, in many cases, they let you find.