Update # 47: August 14, 2011
I am taking a break from my summer visitors to inform you of a very import interview with Arnie Gunderson from Fairewinds Associates.
The interview is posted at the Solari MG site: http://solarimg.org/?p=1722
Here is a direct link to the 19-minute interview:
http://solarimg.org/shows/SolarIMG_podcast_Arnie_Gundersen_130811.mp3
In this interview, Arnie discusses not only the state of what is happening at the site, but also the implications for residents of Japan (20% increase in lung cancer over the next 5 years, for example), but also the implications of rainout of radioactivity on the Pacific Northwest coast due to the disposal of radioactive waste by burning. This will get worse in September due to burning of cesium contaminated radioactive rice straw. Therefore, Arnie predicts another year of rainouts on the Pacific coast. He refers to the rainout that was documented 3 weeks ago in BC as a result of industrial burning of radioactive waste.
If you have a geiger counter, consider participating in the rainout sampling procedure discussed.
I have emailed Fairewinds to get a link to the brochure on sample collecting, although Arnie does go into detail in the interview on how to sample.
After a rain, wipe down a 3 square meter area with a cloth or paper towel. If you get a positive result on the geiger counter from the cloth, triple wrap it in plastic, note the location and the the date and time and mail to Fairewinds who then will test the cloths and map the distribution of radioactive rainout.
The mailing address for the wipe-down cloths is:
Fairewinds Associates Inc
376 Appletree Point Rd
Burlington, VT 05408-2481, USA
You can also contact Fairewinds by phone: (802) 865-9955 or email: contact@fairewinds.com if you have questions.
The last part of the interview discusses the down playing of the Fukushima disaster by the American government (and as we know by the Canadian government). I was startled to hear that Hillary Clinton had declared Japanese food "safe" and that therefore no inspections were taking place in the USA. Perhaps Canada has adopted a similar stance and this explains the lack of response on the part of the NDP MPs to my concerns of Japanese foods imported from Japan.
I will forward a link to the report on the effects of rainout on the health of North American populations (discussed in the interview) as soon as it is released by Fairewinds. Suffice it to say that Arnie says it is NOT negligible.
Whatever action you decide to take to protect yourself and your family from rainout, please take this information seriously. I can only suggest you wash vegetables and fruit very well, don't drink rainwater, cut down your meat and dairy intake (due to bio-accumulation) and call your MP about the need for radioactive testing across Canada and the need to reinstitute the ban on Japanese food imports.