Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Hachioji Tap Water  八王子水再生センター

ブロッグにポストする理由はこわがすためではなく、自分自身がもっと安全な生活を選べれるように情報を集めてるだけです。日本の政府は"自分を守れ!"と言う考え方だからこそできるだけ、自分のことをより安心できる生活を選ぶことが需要です。

The reason I post this information is not to scare you, but to make you aware that we must be cautious. Japan's government has the mentality of "every man for yourself!" So you must arm yourself with knowledge of how to take care of your health!


This site is in Japanese. 日本語はここでクリック、英語の下手な翻訳はこの下です。

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/news/110530/tky11053022300009-n1.htm


Rough translation is as follows: 2011.5.30 22:28
On May 30, In Hachioji, Tokyo, the sludge ash of Kitano city's sewage measured radiation levels at 7910 Becquerel per kilogram of radioactive cesium 137 was detected. Also at the spatial processing plant which is 1 meter above ground, the measurements were 7100 Becquerel for radioactive Cs 134, resulting in an average hourly dose of 0.10 microsieverts.

On the 19th, an announcement from the Komiya-cho's Water Reclamation Center was reported at 2890 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium 137, also detected was 2380 becquerels of cesium 134.

The reason for this difference is that the majority of the water that comes through Kitano's center is a confluence of rainwater and home sewage. Hachioji's center only processes sewage water from homes.

Hachioji City in the future will have to be regularly inspected about once a week.
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怖いよ!この人の話はビックリさせるためのビデオです!

There is a good video - the purpose of this is to be scary!
http://youtu.be/4ITrXVJMKeQ

ごめんー日本語で分かりません。
Thyroid Cancer in Chernobyl - 20,000 cases!
40% of Europe is still radioactive! Turkish crops are toxic!
"It's nothing compared to what is happening now" this was said at the start of the events at Fukushima.

250 Kilos of Plutonium in each reactor.
Hypothetically, it takes 1 pound to give everyone on Earth Cancer.


このレポートのダウンロードただでできます!
Download the Report she's talking about here for Free!

http://stopnuclearpoweruk.net/content/chernobyl-consequences-catastrophe-people-and-environment


日本の政府はどれほど民衆のために動いてるの?あんまり動いてませんと思います! 原発のサポーターを最初にしてるね!
Here's more about how the Japanese government is "in bed" with the Pro-Nuclear power stakeholders. http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,764907,00.html





でもみなは納得してません! 5月29日にはんたい運動がありました!
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japan-radiation-children-20110529,0,6286849.story

Monday, May 30, 2011

初めての日本語と英語のブログ! My First Blog in Japanese

私の友人からいただいた情報なので、皆さんに伝えたくて、ここで乗せます! ワンクリックで情報が見えます!みて見てね!
My friend Yoko sent me the following information so I wanted to share it with you!
You will need to click the links in order to get the information that she's provided.

世界もおどろく日本の基準値2000ベクレル
"The world's most shockingly high food radiation standards 2000 Becquerel"
Unfortunately, only available in Japanese

http://happy-net.jp/uploader/kizyunti.pdf

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【ご参考】

「放射性物質をとりこみやすい食べ物 とりこみにくい食べ物」
"The foods that easily absorb radiation from the environment"

http://www.creatorsbank.com/common/output_image.php?image_id=15708208

「放射能を少なくする下ごしらえ」
"How to prepare your foods to decrease your intake of radiation"

http://eminakae.exblog.jp/12682618/

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①水について WATER

- ミネラルウォーターを買う。 Buy mineral water

- 逆浸透膜浄水器(放射性物質も除去することのできる たぶん10万円)を投入する。
Use a reverse osmosis filter in order to remove radiation particles.
Sometimes local grocery stores have a filtered water for cheap if you buy their bottle. Check to see what kind of filtration process they use.
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②内部被爆を避けるために In order to reduce consumption of radiation in foods:

牛乳は飲まないでください。
汚染された牛からの原乳が、日本各地の牛乳に混ぜられていて、どれが安全だか収集がつかなくなっているそうです。豆乳にしてください。

Don't drink milk.
The cows that produce the milk that Japan distributes were exposed to radiation from their feed and environment. There is no way to know which Japanese milk sources are safe and which are not. Try soymilk as an alternative.

卵も鶏に与えるエサが汚染されている可能性が高いので、できるだけ避けてください。(今や日本国中が汚染。三鷹の女性の母乳からも放射性物質が検出=もうみんな放射性物質を吸い込んでいる!)
The chickens have also likely been fed grains and feed that were exposed to radiation, so it is best to avoid eating eggs. It is likely that everyone has not been told about the dangers of radiation in the food. There was a woman in Mitaka who's breast milk was found to have higher levels of radiation in it.

基本的に東日本の畜産・海産・野菜はダメ。 国産の緑茶はもうヤバイらしいです。
It is better to avoid marine products (seaweed especially), livestock, and veggies.
The domestic green tea production closer to northern Japan also should be avoided.

チェルノブイリの後、甲状腺や様々なガンなどが多発したのはそれなりに知られていますが、その陰で、脳の血管がやられて記憶能力を失った人や 精神の異常をきたした人などのことはあまり知られていません。
After Chernobyl, there were increased rates of various types of thyroid cancer in the people. The blood vessels in the brain were also affected, and loss of memory was common.

現在も続く、チェルノブイリの被爆の概要や規模の全体像は誰も知りません。
Even now, no one knows the true affect of Chernobyl on the people and updates are not widely distributed.

だから、 日本で被爆の為にこれから何が待ち受けているかは想定することも難しいのです。さらに、今、日本で起こっていることは、「人類が未経験」のことなので、後で「取り越し苦労」だったと笑っても、万全を期した方が良いのです。
Therefore, there is no way to predict what will happen to Japan in the future. It is scary to think what lies ahead. This is something that has never happened before, anywhere, so it's better to be able to laugh later and say Wow, I over-reacted, rather than be really sorry later about it.

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いい食べ物
・海藻(昆布やわかめ、寒天)
・玄米
・味噌汁
・リンゴペクチン(もしくは大量のリンゴ)
・乳酸菌(ヨーグルト=牛乳は前述の理由で避けた方が良い気が。粉末青汁善玉には入っている)
などは、放射性物質を体から除去する力を持っているそうです。 長崎の被爆者の中で、「玄米・味噌汁・菜食」をしていた人は生き延びることができたそうです。

Yoko recommends following the example of the Nagasaki survivors, by eating
- Seaweed
- Brown rice
- Miso soup
- Apple pectin (apple sauce)
- Lactic Acid Bacteria (found in drinks but avoid yogurt drinks
for the reasons as stated above)
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外食の際も要注意です。
Please use caution also when eating out.

ゼンショー(=すき屋、華屋与兵衛、ジョリーパスタ、ビックボーイ、COCOS他 
http://www.zensho.co.jp/jp/group/index.html

野菜の放射能独自検査で安全強調してますが、放射能汚染地区の野菜を採用しているということです。
その他には「モスバーガー」「サブウェイ」「セブンイレブン」が放射能汚染地区の野菜の採用を公表してます。
「不二家」は風評被害を避ける理由で乳製品の産地を非公開!

The Zensho group of restaurants like Sukiyaki, Jolly Pasta, Big Boy, and Coco's have established their own food safety inspections, and test samples from the places that were the most exposed to radiation.

Mos Burger, Subway & Seven Eleven have all announced their own food contamination sections in order to check radiation levels in the food.

The private company Fujiya, was negatively affected by rumors about their milk products.

吉野家はアメ牛なので別の意味で危険。
Yoshinoya used American produced beef, so it is dangerous for other reasons (Growth hormones, herbicides and pesticides)

かっぱ寿司やくら寿司は産地の情報開示をしていて立派ですが、
魚介類はどこのものであろうと水揚げされた場所が産地となるので要注意。

Kappa Sushi and Kura Sushi are good cause they tell you where the fish are from but you have to avoid the fish caught in areas where the radioactive waters are or where the fish might have come from if they are wild.

大型魚はあと少しの期間は食べても大丈夫らしいですが小型はもうやめた方が良いらしい、また、魚の骨は食べない方が良いらしいとのことです。 ちなみにタコやイカは放射性物質を吸い込みにくい体質らしいです。

It seems like for a short time, the larger fish are still ok to eat, but you should avoid the (little fish) irashi caught this year. It is probably better to avoid eating fish bones as well. By the way, Octopus and Squid do not absorb radiation as readily as fish.

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③放射性物質を吸い込んでくれる有難い植物

・たんぽぽ
・ひまわり
・ホウレンソウ

The following plants are good for absorbing radiation from the soil:
Dandelions
Sunflowers
Spinach

Thursday, May 26, 2011

After the Quakes, comes appreciation for Life (and why I'm a vegetarian)


Following the Earthquake & tsunami, things are slowly starting to return to normal here in Japan. There were massive effects from the disasters and threats from the power plant releasing deadly radiation into the air, land and sea; more than can ever be calculated or explained. I don't think life will ever be the same for anyone after such a shocking and tragic event. The world's fanatic media attention has slowly faded away from the ongoing threats and affected people...but we know that it's still there. Somewhere online there are places where you can find the real HUMAN Dramas that have unfolded (not the radiation scare crap that only created hype and ruins Japan's chances of economic recovery). We can expect that as the weather warms up, the rolling blackouts will start up again (in Tokyo) and disrupt daily life because the demands for electricity will go up as people turn on their AC units!

I have tried to post some news stories from TV on my facebook "notes" in case you want to read up on some of the human stories. I am so sad and send prayers every day for the lives that were lost and severely affected by what has happened...I chant Nam-Myoho-Renge-Kyo that everyone can somehow heal from the tragedy and unite together to build a better Japan & a better world. The Karma of Japan is quite heavy since it was the only country in the world to have felt the unleashed power of an atomic bomb attack on it's citizens and then followed by another nuclear threat that still continues to take the lives of many more people and animals, fish and wildlife.



I know there is no accident that I'm here now, choosing to stay here & to experience what life is like at this moment. Many of you expressed your concerns, offering your love and support during this time, and we appreciate it!!! We have decided to stay and fight for life here in Japan to continue, come what may.


I am here to support my friends, and to get support from them.

To keep breaking through personal challenges and advancing!

There is no way to escape it's effects on our bodies and on our psyche. I am not prepared to surrender to the darkness or potential threats. The only small glimmer of hope that I can see, from this incredible mess we Humans have made of this planet, is that somehow people will find the courage to stand up & prevent this from happening again...to anyone else, anywhere else. Now, more than ever, I feel the weight of the karma of the world, resting on my shoulders, to take action. In my small way, to contribute towards something beyond myself and my lifetime I choose to speak out against the use of nuclear power (both military and for power production). I can't do much to stop the governments of the world from running over my vote for real GREEN, CLEAN energy...but at least I can TRY to raise my voice on my blog and catch the attention of someone out there who might be willing to take action in their own way as well!

I say, "What about Nuclear power is CHEAP? They way it takes life?  What is it about nuclear power that makes it a "GREEN SOURCE OF ENERGY?" The way it makes money for you, who are running the show?  Why is it so SAFE that you want to build it away from large populations of people and run wires to the cities, far away from where it's produced? IF it's so safe, then why don't you build it in your own YARD? How can you tell me it's 100% safe? When all I can see around me is the cloud of confusion in an invisible threat that I can't feel until 50-60 years later?!?!"

Just like the lessons learned from the people who lost everything, standing amongst piles of rubble, with the hopes to rebuild a better community; I am also joining in their fight to return to 'normal' life, contributing to conservation, in my own way. Starting in my own community and connecting with my friends (online and in real life), I am trying to strengthen the bonds of humanity that bind us together. In the big picture, we share common goals, to live a healthy life with peace and security, so we can express our individual value and contribute to society. We need to have the freedom to take action and stand up for what's right, to live for the future (without being overly concerned with the threat that tomorrow is not promised to us).



Many creatures do not have this luxury, (if they are thinking about tomorrow or not) because their habitats and lives are being threatened by invisible enemies that they cannot fight on their own. There are toxins (not just radiation) being leaked into our air, water and soil that cannot be traced to a single source, not just here in Japan, but all over the world! The only way we can combat this, is to educate ourselves about it...starting with what we eat and how it's grown. I'm not only thinking about wild animals here, but also about the domesticated ones that are raised only to be slaughtered and eaten by us.

I've been a vegetarian for a long time, trying out different things as I went along- but I find that of all the little actions I could take like recycling and turning off the lights, my 20 years of choosing to eat less meat every day is the MOST environmental action I can take. There's so much energy that goes into growing, harvesting, and distributing meat that is, to me, wasted on people causing obesity, heart problems, digestive problems, allergies, and over all feeling yucky.

If you're a science nut like me, if you've ever learned about trophic levels, primary producers, primary consumers, and the secondary consumers...well then you know what I'm talking about when I say energy is wasted at every level biologically. That's on the small scale of things, but on the larger scale it the cost to society and agriculture that raising meat has that we don't see. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then just know there's also lots of energy and land that goes into making your quarter-pounder then it costs for you to buy at the fast food place.

Imagine all the grains that go into feeding the animal, the poop and gas that is produced (esp from cows!) while it's alive, the process to kill and clean it and all the water used to keep it clean, the refrigeration costs to transport it and distribute it until it's cooked and eaten, and then the after effects of that on your body.



If people would visit their local industrial farm, and and see the conditions the animals are raised in, (thanks to growing up in South Carolina, our school trips took us to such places!) that was enough to convince me that I do not want to eat the stress and hormones that are pumped into these animals on the industrial processing line. That is why I would eat wild meat but not man-raised meat. It's also the idea that there's 50 billion+ chickens in the world produced for the meat industry! I mean, is that really necessary?!?!



I started being a veg-head when I was in high school and I started with once a week, not eating meat. It was tough because everything at that time had some form of meat or animal product in it! Now-a-days in the USA there's more options. Lovely options like organic veggies vs. veggies that are grown at the risk of loosing the goodness of the soil and rain (to herbicides and pesticides). Then I grew in my efforts to reduce my meat intake...of course my mom was like "What do I make for this kid so she doesn't keep complaining?!?!" but her Japanese veggies became tastier to me once I became a vegetarian. I could appreciate the subtle taste of veggies!

Of course you want to balance your diet with information to get the right balance of healthy nutrients and avoiding empty calories (most sweets and junk food). When I started I was a "junk-food vegetarian" replacing what meat I didn't eat with crap foods. Now I know better...and enjoy cooking for myself and my hubby!
Everyone has their own limitations and you must listen to your own body, but we can live with much less meat in our diets then we think! Perhaps then the fish, cow, pig, and chicken populations will find their natural balance again -eventually?

I can't live a single day without taking action to live a earth-friendly lifestyle or I beat myself up! I found that being a vegetarian, I can end everyday with "Well, at least I didn't eat any meat today" and that just makes me feel better that I took the action I needed to help save a little energy and be a little "greener" in my lifestyle. Of course, there's much more that I do everyday then that, but you get the idea.

I don't know how I transitioned from nuclear power plants to vegetarianism, but I'll keep sharing my thoughts and activities on my blog. If you're interested keep reading! :) Thanks for letting me share!