Japan Radiation in Perspective

Comparing the Japan radiation exposure to other common exposures.
Published on March 20, 2011

There is a lot of irrationality what exactly in happening in Japan and how dangerous it is. I know that saying the amount of radiation people near Fukushima is about a third of the daily background amount most people receive or a tenth of what you get flying from N.Y. to L.A. wouldn’t get as much attention as some of the headlines we have seen recently. However:

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