about here. i think it s very concerning. the type of work that they re doing as well, turning valves, trying to keep this reactor under control. you know, it s a constant battle as we ve been reporting for some time. they have to get noncontaminated food, put it in a noncontaminated food. people have to be decontaminated before they eat the food. so it s a process just to get them the food. i have to agree with michael with regard to the protective gear. it s been running short. what we hear from some of our sources is they say that they re trying to buy more gear as they need it, but people have been having to pull out of shifts because of a lack of protective gear over time, which is incredibly hard to believe. the biggest concern has to be, you know, still about the radiation. and these numbers that you ve cited every night now, while they still are low in terms of human health, they ve been trending in the wrong direction. these workers within the plant,
three weeks now we re talking about here. i think it s very concerning. the type of work that they re doing as well, turning valves, trying to keep this reactor under control. you know, it s a constant battle as we ve been reporting for some time. they have to get noncontaminated food, put it in a noncontaminated room. people have to be decontaminated before they eat the food. so it s a process just to get them the food. i have to agree with michael with regard to the protective gear. it s been running short. what we hear from some of our sources is they say that they re trying to buy more gear as they need it, but people have been having to pull out of shifts not being able to work because of a lack of gear over time, which is incredibly, incredibly hard to believe. the biggest concern has to be, you know, still about the radiation. and these numbers that you ve cited every night now, while they still are low in terms of human health, they ve been trending in the wrong direction.
as we talked about before, the plankton absorb that, the fish eat the plankton, bigger fish eat the smaller fish. so every step you go up the food chain, the concentration of the radioactive gets higher and higher. that s the issue that has me more concerned than the iodine. sanjay, only two the officials are saying look, they re getting enough calories per day. we re told sometimes they ve been only eating twice a day, sometimes just crackers and a protein mix. how concerned are you about their health? how long can they be expected to keep this up? now the officials are saying we re going to start giving them more of a variety and maybe even three meals a day. i m stunned that hasn t been happening. yeah, me too. three weeks now we re talking about here. i think it s very concerning. the type of work that they re doing as well, turning valves, trying to keep this reactor under control. you know, it s a constant battle as we ve been reporting for some time.
plankton absorb that, the fish eat the plankton, bigger fish eat the smaller fish. so every step you go up the food chain, the concentration of the radioactive gets higher and higher. that s the issue that has me more concerned than the iodine. sanjay, only two the officials are saying look, they re getting enough calories per day. we re told sometimes they ve been only eating twice a day, sometimes just crackers and a protein mix. how concerned are you about their health? how long can they be expected to keep this up? now the officials are saying we re going to start giving them more of a variety and maybe even three meals a day. i m stunned that hasn t been happening. yeah, me too. three weeks now we re talking about here. i think it s very concerning. the type of work that they re doing as well, turning valves, trying to keep this reactor under control. you know, it s a constant battle as we ve been reporting for some time. they have to get noncontaminated
fires, turning valves. they re dealing with what s happening on the ground. they re not sitting behind a computer, and they ve been doing it day after day. they have to rotate people in. one of my concerns here, my heart goes out to them, but one of the challenges here is if you put human beings under these conditions for an extended period of time, not only do you have to face the challenge of the event itself, but inevitably theys is going to be human error. when you look at three mile island and chernobyl, the primary cause was human error. so you have a big complex problem that changes every day and then you ve got people working 24-7 under emotional stress, physical stress and the worst possible circumstances, someone is going to make a mistake. that s why i get sort of angry. i got angry last night because i can t believe that they re alone. that s why i want to know where is the rest of the international