the i think that just learning from the chernobyl experience, the wind blew in the direction at toward belarus, but that was next door to it. door to it. i think we re separated by an ocean and it would have to be quite minimal if i had to guess. what about our food chain? what impact would it have on the food chain? can it contaminate someone else what s going on over there? that s the most important question actually. most of the one of the most prevalent radio isotopes, elements that are produced by figures reaction is radioiodine. the reason for that is that it is atomic number such that it s half of the atomic number of the uranium, 235, and therefore if products contain a lot of iodine 131. iodine 131 could potentially if it goes into the food chain like what happened in chernobyl could
might be a manageable amount of radioactive exposure, i realize it is a fluid situation, you don t know how much radiation will be released into the atmosphere, but one of the things that was discussed was distribution of iodine tablets for thyroid cancer. how important is that? it is not the appropriate way to deal with the issue of iodine 131. the way that gets radioactive iodine gets into the body is a crowd of iodine falls to the ground. cows eat grass which has that radioactive iodine in it. the milk that they produce has radioactive iodine in it, and we drink the milk. so the simple way to avoid the iodine problem is simply not to drink the milk and that works. doesn t work with all the other radio isotopes. for the iodine, simply don t drink the milk. not like you use cows and milk production as an example of
radiation from the plant within the last four days. should we expect that number to go up and what are the potential long term effects here. joining us now, david brenner, the director for center of radiological research. columbia medical center. thanks for being here. appreciate it. appreciate it. did i get anything wrong? you had it right. i keep saying bad news things leading into people that know it better and i keep hoping i got it wrong. the two isotopes we ve been hearing about in terms of what s worrying, iodine 131 and seizure seize yum 137. yum 137. are those, can you tell us about what to worry about with those tickle particular elements. there are a whole panoply of radio isotopes, those are the two common ones, but there is another that s a bone seeker, goes to the bone.
radiation from the plant within the last four days. should we expect that number to go up and what are the potential long term effects here. joining us now, david brenner, the director for center of radiological research. thanks for being here. appreciate it. appreciate it. did i get anything wrong? you had it right. i keep saying bad news things leading into people that know it better and i keep hoping i got it wrong. the two isotopes we ve been hearing about in terms of what s worrying, iodine 131 and seizure yum 137. are those, can you tell us about what to worry about with those tickle particular elements. there are a whole panoply of radio isotopes, those are the two common ones, but there is another that s a bone seeker, goes to the bone. there are dozens of other ones. cesium probably the one to be most concerned of. why? because of the chemical
don t know how much radiation will be released into the atmosphere, but one of the things that was discussed was distribution of iodine tablets for thyroid cancer. it is not the appropriate way to deal with the issue of iodine 131. the way that gets radioactive iodine gets into the body is a crowd of iodine falls to the ground. cows eat grass which has that radioactive iodine in it. the milk that they produce has radioactive iodine in it, and we drink the milk. so the simple way to avoid the iodine problem is simply not to drink the milk and that works. doesn t work with all the other radio isotopes. for the iodine, simply don t drink the milk. not like you use cows and milk production as an example of one way you can be contaminated, that s the specific route?