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Like a zombie in an apocalypse story, the dead in parts of Japan can now kill the living. As many as 1,000 bodies in Fukushima are left unburied as fears about radiation in the area mount. The bodies are contaminated with such high levels of radiation that not only will collecting and identifying them expose doctors and other workers to
Read more[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOfy1CoxrMo&feature=player_embedded] Above is more stunning new footage from the tsunami that struck Japan on March 11th. But the bad news still continues to roll over that stricken country in wave after wave. Today, it was announced that radiation readings 10 million times usual have been found in leaking water at the number 2 nuclear reactor at Fukushima. Measurements in
Read moreMIT has a Nuclear Information Hub here that has clear updates on the situation in Japan. Radiation levels are rising after third explosion. 4 times as high as before. Al Jazeera has the film here. Radiation at levels that can impact human health. CNN has story here. In sign of growing international concern about radiation, China is strengthening monitoring
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