[RummyChick]

man found dead

did radiation kill him or did he die from something else and is now too “hot” to remove

5 kilometers from the plant

http://www.majiroxnews.com/2011/03/28/body-containing-high-levels-of-radiation-found-near-fukushima-plant/

Nuclear Seaweed

A research team has detected an increased level of radiation in seaweed and rainwater samples gathered in B.C., and attribute the rise to the crippled Fukushima nuclear complex in Japan.

Nuclear physicist Kris Starosta of Simon Fraser University said… “As of now, the levels we’re seeing are not harmful to humans. … [W]e have not reached levels of elevated risk [of cancer].”

[justa-hairyape]

Do not want to be an alarmist, but you might want to start stocking up on potable water. That seaweed report off the BC coast is troubling. Can store well over 1,000 gallons myself with just my existing infrastructure. Our genius government civil engineering planners decided to leave our water supply here in the southwest wide open to the atmosphere.

[sima_yi]

...detected an increased level of radiation in seaweed and rainwater samples gathered in B.C.,...

The question is, "Elevated by how much?", or "Elevated to what level?"

Modern detection techniques can detect and quantify almost unbeliveably low levels of radiation.

I notice that the news media almost never give details on the actual values of any levels detected, and never put it into context, e.g., compared to what background level.