Health Risk Fears Escalate as Japan Nuclear Plant’s Radioactive Release Remains Uncertain

Infinitesimal radioactive isotopes can be carried along on the breeze, landing unseen on the ground, clothes and skin. These tiny products of nuclear reactions are capable of causing large-scale damage in the body if they make it inside through inhalation, ingestion or even a cut. And many fear that such isotopes spewed from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are traveling inter-continentally–and in higher quantities than Japanese officials are reporting

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Health Risk Fears Escalate as Japan Nuclear Plant’s Radioactive Release Remains Uncertain