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Catlin ice base, and the conditions are pretty clear, but were surrounded by an arctic desert. and actually standing on an ocean essentially with about five feet of ice beneath us. >> philippe, what are you doing there? what are you looking for? and what are you going to do to find out what youre out there to find? >> reporter: well, were here for a week, ali, with the catlin arctic survey, a group of scientists looking at various different issues to understand how the arctic system works, how t...

Might ask this question. why is it our job to get rid of gadhafi? >> it is our job to take care of the united states national security interest. it is in our interest to make sure moammar gadhafi does not come back into power by murdering his own people because the iranians will look at what happened in libya and say why should we be worried about the united states coming after us if we develop a nuclear weapon? >> is this about iran? >> its about momentum for tyranny versus freedom. >> well, do...

Based on whats happened so far, what might happen in the future, who will be facing the greatest risk as a result of radioactive fallout? is it mostly defined by where you are geographically or mostly designed by who you are? >> thats a great question. right now, the people facing the greatest risk are obviously the workers. if you move beyond that to consider people not at risk of being primarily externally exposed to radiation from working in high radiation fields, you get into area of concern...

>> thats a great question. right now, the people facing the greatest risk are obviously the workers. if you move beyond that to consider people not at risk of being primarily externally exposed to radiation from working in high radiation fields, you get into area of concern about people who are going to inhale or ingest radioactive particles or gases, and as you mentioned earlier in the show, the uptake and dose delivered to specific organs, for example, the thyroid, depends on your age and othe...

>> to be clear in terms of difference in ages, it is kids who are most at risk in terms of radioactive iodine exposure? >> right. thats for several reasons. one is simply the smaller mass of the thyroid. >> are iodine pills a good preventive measure for people in japan? >> i think that they should in japan and united states both as you mentioned recently, i think people should follow the advice of public health authorities. if history can give us some guidance, a lot of the route of uptake after...

Consider people not at risk of being primarily externally exposed to radiation from working in high radiation fields, you get into area of concern about people who are going to inhale or ingest radioactive particles or gases, and as you mentioned earlier in the show, the uptake and dose delivered to specific organs, for example, the thyroid, depends on your age and other individual characteristics. age is going to be an important factor. but dose is a critical factor, and dose is going to vary a...

One is simply the smaller mass of the thyroid. >> are iodine pills a good preventive measure for people in japan? >> i think that they should in japan and united states both as you mentioned recently, i think people should follow the advice of public health authorities. if history can give us some guidance, a lot of the route of uptake after environmental releases of radio iodine is not through inhalation of the gas itself, but through pathways of the iodine accumulating andç people taking it ...

Japan and united states both as you mentioned recently, i think people should follow the advice of public health authorities. if history can give us some guidance, a lot of the route of uptake after environmental releases of radio iodine is not through inhalation of the gas itself, but through pathways of the iodine accumulating and{ people taking it up later. as much as theres a focus on therapeutic prevention through taking of potassium iodine, there are other measures. simply avoiding milk co...

Reports that took about more than a decade, 20 years, to evolve, what we have learned from it is thyroid cancer increases when the -- when human beings are exposed during childhood. during childhood, if they were exposed, based on the chernobyl studies, there was an 87-fold increase in thyroid cancer. about fourfold increase in adults. the way potassium iodine works is that it inhibits further uptake of iodine from the environment once you take it in high enough doses. basically your thyroid gla...

Or not it is time or it is necessary to treat peep with potassium iodide to prevent the uptake of the radioactive iodine -- >> apparently the iodine pills we heard from a reporter in they would be distributing them. one would have to wonder there are difficulties trying to distribute the iodine pills. what would be the window of opportunity to do that? when would it be too late? >> thats a good question. i think one of the issues that first has to be determined is really whether or not the suppl...