Monthly Archives: April 2011

The Black Swan Lands in Japan – Part 5 – Cancer in the water

Posted on April 15, 2011 by

There is a continuing debate as to whether Hawaiians and other Americans are being exposed to harmful levels of radiation from the Fukushima nuclear power plants. Although there has been a lot of discussion about radioactive isotopes in Hawaiian milk, … Continue reading →

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The Black Swan Lands in Japan – Part 4 – Aloha Hawaii

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Hawaiians have a problem. Lynn Nakasone, administrator of the Health Department’s Environmental Health Services Division, is giving reassurances based on misleading calculations. From the Star Advertiser, April 12, 2011 “The limits for water as derived by the EPA are totally … Continue reading →

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The Black Swan Lands in Japan – Part 3 – Assessing the risk of environmental contamination

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

Radioactive fallout from Fukushima is being reported throughout the US. However, the stories in the MSM about this fallout inevitably work in some variant of the word “miniscule” to describe the amounts of radiation being observed. This, despite the fact … Continue reading →

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