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Anonymous asked in News & EventsCurrent Events · 1 decade ago

Will the radiation from the Fukushima plant reach the west coast?

Will all of us living on the west coast in the united states be okay? will the radiation affect us all here as well? What's going on right now?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    No. there wasn't enough radiation released to harm humans nearby. Stand in front of a microwave or get an x-ray. much higher doses of radiation than was released by the plant

  • 1 decade ago

    We really need to get some balanced and educated answers here. So far, the only people responding are people who naively believe everything they see on television and conspiracy nuts.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    No. The amount of radiation is so small that it could not travel so far.

  • 1 decade ago

    there has been far too little material released to reach the west coast

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  • 1 decade ago

    If the radiation enters the air, it will taint all of Earth's air.

  • Yes, eventually it would circle the globe.

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