China Detects 10 Cases of Radiation Contamination, 2 In Hospital

According to an article at The Sydney Morning Herald, "China has detected 10 cases of radioactive contamination among passengers, aircraft, ships and containers arriving from Japan since March 16, quarantine authorities said on Saturday. On Wednesday, radiation exceeding permitted levels was detected on two ships from the Japanese port of Chiba, near Tokyo, in the ports of Nantong and Zhangjiagang, Li Yuanping, spokesman of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said on its website." Meanwhile, airborne radiation from Japan is detectable in China, but thus far not considered a danger.

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from china ...

[Anonymous Coward]

this being from China, we must assume this is a political maneuver, and that any truth behind it is incidental.

Slashdot should know better

[RanBato]

Than to allow these type of false alarm / fear mongering articles on their main page. No actual numebrs mentioned in article 1. Article 2 makes it pretty clear there is no danger. Nothing to see here, please move on.

Re:They really don't like Japan huh?

[lennier]

With the radiation level dropping lower and lower to 0.1-2 uSv/h

I'm sorry, but - what?

Which "radiation level" are you referring to? There's not one "the". There's the trace emissions in the jetstream worldwide, there's the iodine and cesium contamination locally within the evacuation zone (in one hotspot measuring higher than in the Chernobyl exclusion zone), there's the over 1Sv/hr extremely hot water (like, stand next to it for an hour and you get radiation sickness) in the drainage pit under the plant, there's the thousands times normal iodine contamination leaking into the seawater, with the potential to either make a lot of fish very sick or worse, bioaccumulate in fish tissue for decades to come. There's the "jumpers" being recruited to work onsite in multi-Sievert conditions where you get your lifetime's exposure in 15 mins...

Somewhere in the world, yes, there is "a" radiation level associated with this Situation Normal All Fukushima'd which is still in the microSievert range. That does not mean everything everywhere associated with it is peachy keen and shiny.

It's entirely possible, for instance, that the 20km zone might not be usable for farming for the next 300 years.

Re:The next trend in air travel?

[maxume]

Man, you punched that joke right in the face.

Re:The next trend in air travel?

[cyfer2000]

I think it is lost in translation or that Aussie news website is spreading FUD. The Chinese news I read has information like this

1. 1, Two tourists, one 70 years old the other one is 77 years old, were found radioactive March 23. Both were from places far away from Fukushima Daiichi site.
2. 2, The 77 years old showed strong but harmless radioactivity. The other one had less radioactivity.
3. 3, Both were sent to hospital at March 23:15.
4. 4, The 77 years old took a hot water shower in hospital.
5. 5, The 70 years old did nothing but sleep.
6. 6, Both left hospital at March 24 00:20am with their own clothes.
7. 7, No mention about luggage.