N. Americans NOT at risk from Japan meltdown. Don't need to take KI.

 


N. Americans are NOT at risk due to the meltown in Japan.  We do NOT need to take potassium iodide.
Below is a msg. I am sending to my own e-list today

Shivani Arjuna
www.LifeEnergies.com
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    There has been a huge run on potassium iodide/KI in the USA. Though we all should have KI as part of our general preparedness, thereis no need for N. Americans to take it at present, nor will it beneeded here in the USA due to what's happening in Japan.
     There is a world of difference between the radiation released froma nuclear plant meltdown and that released by a nuclear bomb.  Theformer creates a terrible local situation.  The latter creates falloutthat is carried long  distances.  But even Hiroshima and Nagasaskiincidents did not necessitate taking KI here in the USA.
       I've been sharing information about KI because N. America has somany nuclear power plants.   The incident in Japan has peopleeverywhere thinking about risks that they were not previously anywherenear the top of their must-think-about-and-be-prepared for listbefore.  This is good.  And good to have KI on hand.  But not good tobe scared when there's no need to be. (To know when, we should alsoinvest in a metering device.  ki4u has good, inexpensive ones.)
         Starting tomorrow, radiation levels in Santa Monica,California will be reported at http://www.enviroreporter.com/   I usedto live there.  it's right on the beach, so any noticeable radiationfrom Japan would hit there before blowing further  inland.  You cancheck that to know, in numbers, what is happening.
        I don't know yet what measurement unit they will use.  One centigray = one rad.    
     The FDA says:
What dosages of potassium iodide (KI) should be taken for specific exposure levels?

Exposures greater than 5 cGy:  
    Birth through 1 mo.  - 16 mg.
    1 mo. through 3 yrs.  - 32 mg.
    3 yrs through 18 yrs.  - 65 mg. (Adolescents>150 pounds should take adult dose.)

Exposures greater than 10 cGy:
    18 yrs through 40 yrs. - 130 mg

Exposures greater than 500 cGy:
    Adults over 40 yrs - 130 mg.

Since KI protects for approximately 24 hours, it should be dosed dailyuntil the risk no longer exists.  Priority with regard to evacuationand sheltering should be given to pregnant females and neonates becauseof the potential for KI to suppress thyroid function in the fetus andneonate.  Unless other protective measures are not available, we do notrecommend repeat dosing in pregnant females and neonates.
(end FDA quote)

 The FDA also says words that sound as if individuals can depend onTPTB to provideKI if/when it's needed, but I sure wouldn't bet my lifeon that.

          Yes, The New York Times etc have reported that sailors ona ship that went nearby  got as much radiation in two days as theywould normally get in a month.  But this statement only soundsimportant when taken out of context.  The background cosmic radiationthat we all get in a full month is insignificant.  And
in fact there are places in the US where the natural radiation is more than ten times higher than what he sailors experienced.
    I'm pasting on below what Bruce Beach, the Canadian RadiologicalScientific Officer I have quoted before, has just written about allthis.  Keep in mind that he is as expert as they come re. radiation andhas such a deep fear of the effects of nuclear war that he has helpedbuild an underground shelter that is like an underground microvillage.And he's saying that N. Americans have nothing to fear from thispresent event.

....Pictures are shown of technicians
in frightening radiation suits
testing small children with radiation probes.

What nonsense!
The technicians don't need any protection -
even if the radiation level in the child's thyroid
(where they measure on the side of the neck)
has been raised by the Iodine 131 isotope.

Scare! Scare! Scare!
Drama! Drama! Drama!

Nothing! Nothing! Nothing!
Wait until you have a nuclear war -
and then you will have SOMETHING!
Try getting KI then.

Okay - maybe some good will come out of  this -
and people will stock up on KI.

But you aren't going to need it now -
for this.

And there is a great amount of misunderstanding
about what KI does for you.

It simply protects you from one isotope.
Iodine 131.

That gets into particles in water and milk -
and if you consume it -
it can get into your thyroid.

After (during) a nuclear event -
THAT YOU ARE EXPOSED TO -
(not here - for what is going on
in some parts of Japan)
you need to take one dose of KI per day -
during when it is going on
and for thirty days after it ends -
and after that -
the radiation in the fallout is non-effective
because of the half-life of Iodine-131.

How KI works
is that it saturates your thyroid -
which will therefore not take up anymore iodine -
of any isotope -
and so anymore iodine in your system
is just expelled in the urine.

BUT -
there are lots of other kinds of radiation out there -
and in a nuclear war -
(or other catastrophic event)
there are only three defenses.

a. Shielding
(get in a shelter that will stop it).
If it is serious -
indoors and duct tape is not going to do it.

b. Distance
(move away from it)
In Japan they are recommending 30 miles.
In reality a mile is fine -
so long as it is in the right direction -
which means upwind -
rather than downwind -
but who knows which way the wind is going to blow.

And then if you are getting it from fallout -
the wind can blow it to you
most anywhere.

But - in this case -
not clear across the Pacific.
There is too little -
and it is too far.

c. Time
Radiation decays over time.
Some over a long time -
but most very quickly.

It takes time for radiation to be blown
from Japan to the US.
During that time -
it will become practically nothing.

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4. The Danger and effect of Meltdown

Yep - they have a problem.
There.
Not here.

Number one - the generators are not going to blow up
like a nuclear weapon.

Number two -
while yes - the Japanese have a very serious problem -
it isn't coming here -
in great quantity -
no matter how badly it melts down.

Number three -
as I explained in the previous newsletter
the amount of Plutonium that this event will increase
the 'Plutonium burden' we all - already carry
is not that great.

Everyone breathing on this planet -
has absorbed some minute amounts of Plutonium already -
from the in atmospheric testing
that the US has done.

More and more of the stuff is being generated
all the time -
especially by the nuclear power plants -
and yes, that is a very immoral issue -
regarding the waste -
that we are imposing on future generations -
but the Japan thing -
is not changing the equation for you.  ....
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