How much radiaton is actually in Ireland?

SocialWarfare

Hi all, just thought I would mention this.

A few days ago while I was working on my brothers house I noticed a dead bird"blue tit" inside one of the rooms, upon further inspection I noticed that it had blood coming from its nose.
I didn't think too much of it until a few days later when one of his geese fell ill too, within literally a day of it looking ill it also died and had blood coming from its nose!

This just seems odd to me so I was wondering could it actually be radiation poisoning that killed them?

And from reading the below articles it just makes it all the more plausible in my mind.
http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/04/03/eu-secretly-implements-large-increases-food-radiation-limits-informing-public-13636/

Kopp Online, Xander News and other non-English news agencies are reporting that the EU implemented a secret “emergency” order without informing the public which increases the amount of radiation in food by up to 20 times previous food standards.

http://www.naturalnews.com/032050_radioactive_food_nuclear_radiation.html

The radiation risk from Fukushima is "no longer negligible," says CRIIRAD, the French research authority on radioactivity. It is now warning expectant mothers and young children to avoid drinking milk or rainwater.

What do you all think?

Sorry if this is in the wrong section but I do find it rather difficult to navigate boards lol

Judgement Day

I think you should stick it in this thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2055707984 - it's where all the cheerleaders for nuclear power hang out.

SeanW

SocialWarfare wrote: »

This just seems odd to me so I was wondering could it actually be radiation poisoning that killed them?

And from reading the below articles it just makes it all the more plausible in my mind.

Oh noes, a modest accident at a power plant the other side of the world - an accident which is for the most part leaking only short-lived radionuclides - is KILLING OUR BIRDS!!! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!

This sounds to me like another pathetic attempt at an urban legend like that of the Dundalk women in the boarding school in '57. Even thought it was found that the prevailing winds blew any radioactivity Eastwards, and that many of the women had left the Dundalk area by the time of the fire.

But it's an entertaining story, to be sure.

Judgement Day wrote: »

I think you should stick it in this thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=2055707984 - it's where all the cheerleaders for nuclear power hang out.

Better than cheerleading for coal power, like Greenpeace, who ran a protest outside Facebook's Dublin office recently ... because they bought their electricity for their American headquarters from a common electric utility company that uses a lot of coal fired power. Apparently Greenpeace would prefer that Facebook "use it's vast buying power and IT leadership position to buy more renewable energy" or something like that.

And when the night falls and wind drops off, they should power their data centres with ... sunflowers, rainbows and happy thoughts?

I honestly had to laugh my head off when I read this article, especially since Greenpeace is one of the biggest Pro-Coal lobbies out there, and certainly the most influential.

Adyx

See here.

djpbarry

Unless this develops into something meaningful very soon, it shall be condemned to the archives.

Oldtree

You could look up the available info from the RII here if you like:

http://www.rpii.ie/Emergencies/Nuclear-accident-in-Japan.aspx

or read this:

April 06, 2011

Trace levels found far below those of concern to public health

The Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII) has detected trace amounts of radioactivity in further samples following the Fukushima accident in Japan. The levels measured are very low and far below levels which might be of concern to public health.

Dr Ann McGarry, Chief Executive of the RPII said: “In response to the ongoing situation in Japan, we increased the frequency with which we monitor air, rainwater and milk. Levels of radioactivity detected in air have fluctuated, but most recent measurements suggest a trend of decreasing levels over the last couple of days.”

Samples of air collected over 48 hour periods covering 28th March/30th March; 30th March/1st April; 1st/3rd April and 3rd/5th April showed levels of 550, 1000, 229 and 442 micro-becquerels per cubic metre of air of radio-iodine (Iodine-131), respectively. These levels are consistent with the known pattern of release from Fukushima, with findings in other countries and with earlier measurements made by RPII. If a person was to breathe these levels of radioactivity for a period of a whole year they would receive a radiation dose of less than 0.03 micro-sieverts. This radiation dose can be compared with the dose of 4,000 micro-sieverts received on average by people in Ireland each year from natural and man-made sources of radiation.

A sample of rainwater collected in Dublin over the period 22 March/4th April showed levels of 2.6 becquerels per litre of iodine-131. This level is of no concern from a public health perspective.

In response to the Fukushima accident, the frequency of milk sampling was increased. Samples of milk collected on April 2nd, 3rd and 4th showed levels of 0.13, 0.19 and 0.18 becquerels per litre of iodine-131, respectively. The highest of these values is 2600 times lower than the level at which any action would need to be considered. These levels pose no risk to public health.

“These findings are of no health significance and are comparable with those detected in other parts of Europe.” concluded Dr McGarry.

Seems that we are ok for now.