Just wanted to poke at you a bit with a quote from your very own link:
“The scariest part of Fukushima is not what has already happened; it’s what could still happen. Every day is a desperate effort to keep the plant from melting down. What’s distressing for many is the Japanese government is not overseeing the cleanup.
The government has requested that Tokyo Electric and Power or TEPCO, be in charge of the cleanup. It is a private, for profit, company.“
[Yep, people are admitting that the private sector isn’t as accountable or as likely to do “what’s right for the people” as the govt is. Sorry, couldn’t resist. ;)]
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Anyway, I’ve been following this, too, and it is indeed a very scary situation.
Note how public employees [PEER – Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility] are trying to force more transparency and are advocating on behalf of innocent civilians while the higher-up decision-makers in govt (not worker-bee/union types) are working on behalf of the corporations (not taxpayers, and not citizens, in general).
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“As we noted right after Fukushima happened, this is standard operating procedure for government these days:
When the economy imploded in 2008, how did the government respond?
Did it crack down on fraud? Force bankrupt companies to admit that their speculative gambling with our money had failed? Rein in the funny business?
Of course not!
The government just helped cover up how bad things were, used claims of national security to keep everything in the dark, and changed basic rules and definitions to allow the game to continue. See this, this, this and this.
When BP – through criminal negligence – blew out the Deepwater Horizon oil well, the government helped cover it up (the cover up is ongoing).
The government also changed the testing standards for seafood to pretend that higher levels of toxic PAHs in our food was business-as-usual.
So now that Japan is suffering the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl – if not of all time – is the government riding to the rescue to help fix the problem, or at least to provide accurate information to its citizens so they can make informed decisions?
Of course not!
The EPA is closing ranks with the nuclear power industry ….
Indeed, some government scientists and media shills are now “reexamining” old studies that show that radioactive substances like plutonium cause cancer to argue that they help prevent cancer.”
Some good information at that last link about the attempted cover-ups and how standards get changed to benefit corporations and limit liability. Gotta make that profit after all, no?
