FOODS TO PROTECT AGAINST RADIATION

Simple foods provide protection against radiation exposure

"Sulfur-containing antioxidants found in ... broccoli, kale, cabbage, and garlic have been found to provide protection against radiation exposure through their detoxifying properties.

"Pectin in fruits has also been shown to reduce levels of the radioactive substance Cs-137...

"A study published in Russia ... used concentrates of dietary fiber from lemon peel and beet root among other plants and found that the fiber did have radioprotective properties. The authors concluded that concentrated dietary fiber can be used ... to accelerate the elimination of nuclides or radioactive elements."

"The Swedish Government monitored the radiation level of foods following the Chernobyl disaster. They found that most animal based foods including meat, dairy, and fish had higher levels of radioactive substances than fruits, vegetables, grains, and potatoes."



Various foods may help guard against radiation (ESSENCETIAL LIFE: RADIATION Protection Foods etc / Nuclear Radiation Protection with Nutrition The No Diet Blog)

Beetroot

Rosemary

If your body lacks calcium, potassium and other nutrients, it will more readily absorb the radioactive elements, so eat plenty of the following:

Bananas, sunflower seeds, pumpkins seeds, green leafy veg, black beans, apricots, avocados, brussel sprouts, dates, figs, potatoes, prunes, raisins, tomatoes, mint, dandelion, celery, carrots

Black Strap Molasses, Apple Cider Vinegar

Vitamin B3 (Niacin / Nicotinic Acid)

Seaweeds, shellfish, and butter (contain Iodine)

Green tea, eggs, tumeric, ginger.

AVOID taking too much of any of the above. Taking a lot of beetroot juice, for example, can make your urine turn red!

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NUCLEAR FISH & BABIES

Namaste tells us about radioactivity

"The UK discharges more radioactivity into the sea than any other nation.

"As the Ministry of Agriculture confirmed to us, Sellafield is the largest recorded source of radioactive discharge in the world...

"We found, for example, that the Swedes could identify radioactive traces in fish off their coast being largely attributable to Sellafield."

- House of Commons Environment Select Committee, February 1986


Sellafield (formerly known as Windscale) is a nuclear processing and former electricity generating site, on the coast of the Irish Sea in Cumbria, England.

Ramaswami Ashok Kumar, an Indian expert on nuclear power, has presented statistical evidence that reveals nuclear pollution from Sellafield was carried by ocean currents to India.

Kumar reported that Indian infant mortality rates increased in the first year or two after large releases occurred at Windscale/Sellafield, and then decreased towards the end of the year.

(Kumar, R. A., "India Infant Mortality and Nuclear Tests", Dec. 28, 2007. http://plutoniumaradiumabillionpeoplehitdna.blogspot.com/)


Sellafield has been responsible for the nuclear material Tc-99 [Technetium-99] found in lobsters, seaweed and cod off the UK's coast. Tc-99 from the facility has been washed as far as Norway.

(Sellafield's radioactive salmon", May 21, 2003. http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/blog/nuclear/sellafields-radioactive-salmon)


During four years of nuclear bomb tests from 1957-1963, radioactive pollution caused a 50% decline in fishing catch in the North Atlantic and 65% in the Pacific.

(Sternglass, E.J., "Fallout and Reproduction of Ocean Fish Populations", October 8, 1973. http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/Fallout-Fish-Sternglass8oct71.htm)

MORE HERE: Namaste

Thanks to Dublinmick's Blog. for the links

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ROSEMARY

Europeans have been warned to avoid drinking milk or eating vegetables due to the high radiation levels.

Rosemary Found to Offer Best Protection against Radiation Poisoning

Radiation 'now high enough to affect health - Confirms Japanese authorities

The Japanese authorities say that the radiation crisis at the nuclear plant which was damaged in Friday's earthquake and tsunami is worsening, and levels are now high enough to affect human health.


The danger has been caused by a new explosion at one of the reactors in the Fukushima plant, followed by a fire. The operator says meltdown is now possible.


The Prime Minister, Naoto Kan, said that everyone within 20km (12 miles) of the plant should leave the area immediately. The BBC's Dominic Kane reports.

Radiation leak fears at Japan plant - Third explosion hits Fukushima nuclear plant !

A radiation leak is feared after Japan's Nuclear Safety Agency reported a third explosion at Unit 2 of the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear-power plant in the country's northeast.



Watch Video of Nuclear plant explosion


Shinji Kinjo, an agency spokesman, said that "a leak of nuclear material is feared", after the explosion was heard at 6:10am local time (21:10 GMT) on Tuesday.


The troubles at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant began when a massive earthquake and tsunami in Japan's northeast on Friday knocked out power, crippling cooling systems needed to keep nuclear fuel from melting down.



Radiation levels measured at the front gate of the plant jumped following the explosion, Kinjo said.


Naoto Kan, the Japan prime minister, warned people within 30km of the Fukushima plant to stay indoors.


Low-level radioactive wind from the reactor could reach Tokyo, the Japanese capital, within 10 hours, based on current winds, the French embassy said in a statement on its Japanese-language website on Tuesday.


Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), the plant's operator, said the explosion occurred near the suppression pool in the reactor's containment vessel. The pool was later found to have a defect.


TEPCO said some employees of the power plant were temporarily evacuated following Tuesday's explosion.


An agency spokesman, Shigekazu Omukai, said the nuclear core of Unit 2 was not damaged in the explosion. But the agency said it suspects the bottom of the container that surrounds the generator's nuclear core might have been damaged.


Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett, reporting from Ichinoseki, in northeast Japan, said: "People didn't know what was happening and they wonder what they can do. Some say that they can't get out due to lack of fuel.


"We know that there was a sound of explosion at Unit 2, where there are significant numbers of fuel rods submerged in water.


"The government is sticking to the line that radiation is within safety levels, but it is a fast-changing situation."

Tsunami-hit Japan - At least 427 are being killed - Confirmed but likely to rise over 1000 !

Twin disasters overwhelm Japan - Video - All Jazeera


At least 427 are confirmed to have been killed after one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Japan, triggering a devastating 10-metre-high tsunami along parts of the country's northeastern coastline and triggered an emergency at two nuclear power plants as well.


Japanese media said on Saturday the death toll was expected to exceed 1000, most of whom appeared to have drowned by churning waters.


"The damage is so enormous that it will take us much time to gather data," a Japanese official at the national police agency said.


The towering wall of water, generated by the 8.9 magnitude earthquake, pulverised the northeastern city of Sendai, where police on Friday reportedly said that 200-300 bodies had been found on the coast. 


The wave of black water sent shipping containers, cars and debris crashing through the streets of Sendai and across open farmland, while a tidal wave of debris-littered mud destroyed everything in its path.


The northeastern Japanese city of Kesennuma, with a population of 74,000, was hit by widespread fires and one-third of the city was under water, according to Jiji news agency .


Radiation fears - Reactor cooling systems had failed !
- but no immediate health hazard -




Japanese authorities scrambled on Saturday to prevent nuclear accidents at two atomic plants where Japanese authorities scrambled on Saturday to prevent nuclear accidents at two atomic plants where reactor cooling systems failed, as it evacuated tens of thousands of residents.


Radiation 1,000 times above normal was detected in the control room of one plant, although authorities said levels outside the facility's gates were only eight times above normal, spelling "no immediate health hazard".


The two nuclear plants affected are the Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 plants, both located about 250 kilometres  northeast of greater Tokyo.


A total of 45,000 people living within a 10-kilometre radius of the No. 1 plant were told to evacuate -- raising the number from the fewer than 6,000 people within three kilometres told to leave Friday.


Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan early on Saturday morning left on a helicopter ride to Fukushima to assess the situation at the plants operated by Tokyo Electric Power, and at other areas in the disaster zone.


When Friday's massive quake hit, the plants immediately shut down, along with others in quake-hit parts of Japan, as they are designed to do -- but the No. 1 plant's cooling system failed, the government said.


When reactors shut down, cooling systems must kick in to bring down the very high temperatures. These systems are powered by either the external electricity grid, backup generators or batteries.


This is key to prevent a "nuclear meltdown" and radioactive release.Japan's network of advanced nuclear power plants are designed to shut down as soon as the earth shakes in one of the world's most quake-prone countries, though a fire broke out in the turbine building of another nuclear plant in Onagawa., as it evacuated tens of thousands of residents.


Radiation 1,000 times above normal was detected in the control room of one plant, although authorities said levels outside the facility's gates were only eight times above normal, spelling "no immediate health hazard".


The two nuclear plants affected are the Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 plants, both located about 250 kilometres  northeast of greater Tokyo.


A total of 45,000 people living within a 10-kilometre radius of the No. 1 plant were told to evacuate -- raising the number from the fewer than 6,000 people within three kilometres told to leave Friday.


Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan early on Saturday morning left on a helicopter ride to Fukushima to assess the situation at the plants operated by Tokyo Electric Power, and at other areas in the disaster zone.


When Friday's massive quake hit, the plants immediately shut down, along with others in quake-hit parts of Japan, as they are designed to do -- but the No. 1 plant's cooling system failed, the government said.


When reactors shut down, cooling systems must kick in to bring down the very high temperatures. These systems are powered by either the external electricity grid, backup generators or batteries.


This is key to prevent a "nuclear meltdown" and radioactive release.Japan's network of advanced nuclear power plants are designed to shut down as soon as the earth shakes in one of the world's most quake-prone countries, though a fire broke out in the turbine building of another nuclear plant in Onagawa.