Comments on: Japan to give radiation meters to children living near Fukushima plan via Global Post http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/2011/06/14/japan-to-give-radiation-meters-to-children-living-near-fukushima-plan-via-global-post/ Sat, 18 May 2013 13:13:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: norma field http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/2011/06/14/japan-to-give-radiation-meters-to-children-living-near-fukushima-plan-via-global-post/comment-page-1/#comment-16979 norma field Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:24:57 +0000 http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/atomicage/?p=4236#comment-16979 The article goes on to say, “Since the March 11 disaster, Japan has raised the legal radiation exposure limit for people, including children, from one to 20 millisieverts per year. This matches the safety standard for nuclear industry workers in many countries, but has drawn concerns from parents and environmental groups.”

What’s the “but” doing in there? Children are more susceptible than adults! Not that it makes any sense for nuclear industry workers to be “legally” exposed to excess radiation, either.

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