radiation issues

Efforts to zap bacteria in food are slow to catch hold Scary words trump reason. The worst part is that there are organizations fighting to keep it that way; only because the word radiation is scary. And by the way, people can die as a result:

Apparently there is a California beach that has unusually high radiations levels. If true I believe there should be some signs posted to warn people. I haven't noticed anything about this in the national news...

It is one year and one month after the quake and tsunami that shook Japan to its core then caused the biggest Nuclear mess unknown since Chernobyl. This appears to be the spring of the mutants, or at least mutant dandelions. They are popping up in Tokyo. :jaw-dropp The buggers are popping up...

The political and social issues of backscatter machines are being discussed now in the other JREF forums. I'm hoping that we can discuss the scientific issues of the machines in this one. The Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says it's safe, many scientists in related fields say it...

Backscatter machines go mobile -- Company web site with pix: http://www.as-e.com/products_solutions/zbv.asp I can envision a future where everyone, men and women, Muslim's and non-Muslim's all wear lead-lined burkas to absorb the radiation. Burkas, not just for the harem anymore! :D...