Surviving Capitalism (Not) : Hot Particles From Japan to Seattle Virtually Undetectable when Inhaled or Swallowed [6:00m video]

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Hot Particles From Japan to Seattle Virtually Undetectable when Inhaled or Swallowed [6:00m video]

From Fairewinds Associates, Inc., video provided by Vimeo.

Because reports of the residual effects of the Fukushima meltdown has largely disappeared from the media, it is good to see that people at this website, who seem very well informed, are reporting this important information. In this excellent video Arnold Gundersen provides a very clear explanation of one radiation hazard we in the Seattle area (likely in many areas of the West coast and beyond) may be exposed to. (Full screen mode worked well on my computer.)