First of all, be careful not to misquote people. I never said “you say that everyone at the time of the accident in Japan is going to die.” I never make such extreme statements. I also do my best to avoid making hard statements about things which I don’t have clear support for.

Also, I am anything but alarmist. I provide analysis and discussion based on available information (not speculation and pseudo-science like many “truthers” do on various blogs and youtube channels.) I provide relevant links for people to go and investigate themselves to decide if they agree with me or to confirm what I a presenting.

It IS bad to be alarmist and say the situation is much worse than the evidence indicates. It’s equally irresponsible to tell people “everything is fine” just to make them feel better when the situation is clearly not fine. The goal is to follow the data and gain as much of an understanding of the situation as is possible. How people handle the understanding is another issue. It sounds like you may not have been able to handle it so well and are still suffering anger over it.

Information is the most important thing and armed with information, such as knowledge of the random sampling results which I discussed here or information about contamination in green tea like I discussed here, people can make more careful and informed decisions on how to protect themselves.

I have a reasonable scientific background, work experience in research labs, a close family member who was an engineer in the nuclear industry, and do read (and understand) scientific literature. So kindly direct your criticisms at the people who are finding implausible amounts of radiation in rainwater, claiming to have identified Neptunium with little more than a Geiger counter, and blaming every dead tree leaf on Fukushima.

William

I was living in Japan since march until November. I could not handle my stress about food, so I came back to my country. I was living in Ishikawa prefecture, and at the time of the Fukushima accident I was in Osaka. But I can not understand why are you still there? I mean, you uploaded all this videos, you are telling all about this information about the corrupt government…WTF is wrong with you?? If you say that everyone at the time of the accident in Japan is going to die, WTF with you?? Still there?? why?

Just please… don’t label your videos with alarmist names to attract more attention, and I suggest you to read official information about previous nuclear accidents and the health effects from those accidents from sources like WHO, IAEA, UNSCEAR and really scientific people and researchers that were for example at Chernobyl studying the health effects in the contaminated areas or those who were at the time of the accident. Instead of saying that everyone will die from Fukushima.

I am not saying that everything is OK and that the Japanese Government is saying the truth, we all now that the Japanese Government is corrupt, but I invite you to read scientific information about the risks of radiation and at what level are dangerous.

PS. People that were at Chernobyl had more mental problems than health problems, because they were told that everyone there will have cancer from the Idione 131, cesium 134 and 137 and that they will die. So they became alcoholics and many others suicide without having any disease. William, let’s think about the people near Fukushima or in Japan, that were seeing all the videos and info you posted, and the mental stress that you are causing. We don’t know how many people will die from Fukushima, in a alarmist view: let say everyone in Japan, we can do anything to mitigate the effects of radiation, but please, don’t stress the people any more, don’t make the problem bigger.

Paul

Take care.

-Will

Thanks for the heads-up on the difficulty of being a vegetarian in Japan. Yes I’m quite aware of that as I’ve lived in and visited neighboring Asian countries of Japan (which also tend to have a similarly warped understanding of vegetarianism), and have seen how Japantowns and Japanese restaurants are like in say California, where I lived. Guess I’ll get tired of plain おにぎり and 味噌汁 for every meal, everyday! ^_^ Despite that challenge I was still planing to visit Japan anyway because of my appreciation and fascination of her people, history and culture. (I always thought watching the 紅白歌合戦 live in an authentic Japanese household would be a memorable experience!) But now with the nuclear fallout, like I said it’s becoming difficult to justify such a trip.

Thanks again for your time! Take care in Japan!

Also, are you familiar with how difficult it is to be a vegetarian in Japan? Everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) has pork, fish, or some other animal product in it and the Japanese don’t understand the concept of vegetarianism at all. Even if you say you are a vegetarian in Japanese and that you don’t eat animals, they will still serve you fish, or ramen with pork in the soup and say “but there’s no meat in it.” A lot of restaurants don’t have any good vegetarian options. Just something to be aware of!

-Will

Thank you for your YT videos on Fukushima and on the radioactivity situation in Japan. I appreciate your time and efforts in researching and producing the videos.

I was planning to visit Japan earlier this year (2011) but because of the earthquake and tsunami, I decided to wait till Feb/Mar 2012. If I don’t visit Japan then I may not be able to do so for a very long time due to other demands and commitments. I’m planning on visiting only areas to the south and to the west of Tokyo (and Tokyo itself), e.g.: 大阪, 名古屋, 京都, 沖縄県, etc. My question is: do you think it’s safe at all to come to Japan?

Like you, I appreciate Japanese culture and aesthetic, and have been longing to visit Japan for many years. But if it means undue exposure to risk of radiation, it’d be difficult to justify such a trip. As a vegan, I wouldn’t care if the beef, the fish, or the dairy is bursting at the seams with cesium or plutonium, so to speak. (It still hurts a bit to see people consuming these stuff and inadvertently poisoning themselves, though.) But while in Japan I’ll still drink their water, eat their rice, and breathe their air, etc. Am I putting myself in unnecessary risks simply by visiting Japan?

Thank you very much. Appreciate any thoughts you could share.

I hope this explanation is clear enough. I’m afraid to say that the DX-2 won’t reveal anything about the tea, even if it is very contaminated. It’s a sensitive and good Geiger counter for hunting down radioactive objects and measuring medium to high levels of radiation, but it’s not useful with low levels.

-Will