It seems odd to me to see the lack of knowledge we have about radiation. Anyone in my generation is well schooled on it. We grew up with atmospheric testing of nuclear weapons and the tracking of the radioactive clouds they produced. They measured the amount of Strontium 90 in our milk supply from Chinese nuclear testing.
We saw maps of what areas of the country would receive lethal levels of radiation if we experienced a nuclear attack.
We read On the Beach and Failsafe.
Some built fallout shelters to Government specifications and everybody knew you needed at least 2 weeks supply of food and water but 6 months was better.
Now we have people panicking on the west coast worried about radiation from a nuclear disaster so far away that the effects will be very small.
It will be interesting to see if we start getting reports on radiation in cows milk again. By the way, the radiation gets in grass that the cows eat and that is why milk is affected.
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