Question:
With all tha nuclear wast leaking in tha water in Japan cause a world wide peg will it poison tha water supply were many bottle water companies get there water. Will tha whole world suffer for these crazy bombs tha government made for mass destuction people in a different country.
Answer:
No. The drinking water and ocean water (which you don't drink) is fine in Japan, it won't affect you either.
"According to the TEPCO Press Release of 4 April, approximately 10 000 T of water from the radioactive waste treatment plant and 1 500 T of subsurface waters stored in the sub drain pits of Unit 5 and 6 are being discharged to the sea to provide room to store water with higher levels of radioactivity in a safer manner. TEPCO has estimated that these discharges would increase the effective dose to a member of the public by 0.6 mSv, if he/she were to eat seaweed and seafood from 1 km from the discharge point every day for a year. It should be noted however that the movements of all ships, including fishing boats, are restricted within a 30km zone from the NPP." --IAEA
0.6 mSv is the same amount of radiation you would get from 7.5 round-trip flights from New York to LA.
Here is an informative article describing the situation:
http://bravenewclimate.com/2011/03/13/fu…
And here is where you find current, factual status information:
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/tsun…
Historical status:
http://www.iaea.org/newscenter/news/2011…
And a slide presentation that describes the effects:
http://www.slideshare.net/iaea/fukushima…
And here is a chart that helps make sense of the numbers:
http://www.xkcd.com/radiation/
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