Originally Posted by
FliesWay2Much
The article got it right in that paragraph. I"m annoyed at the apparent attempt at sensationalism because the nuclear physics of the powerplant problem doesn't support radiation releases as a cause of the positives.
The practical matter is that no material shipped by air to the US could have possibly originated from the affected region AFTER the tsunami and the subsequent radiation releases from the power plants. ...
...But, as we all know, fear is good.
We're paying a pretty penny to invoke irrational fears and have them soothed in irrational ways. It's money we don't have, squandered to create a perceived need for an agency that is bad for us.