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Impact on human health. they also said that they expect these levels of radiation, these venting of radiation particles into the atmosphere would be continuing for some time. how to piece this all together, how to give it context, involves give looking at what the radiation is and how high the doses are. 400 millisieverts, keep in mind this is one of the highest readings that was found today near one of the reactors. typically just walking around, living in most countries in the world, you're going to get a certain amount of background radiation, a few millisieverts a year. if you get a chest ...

Two. reactor number one, five and six also not out of the woods yet. what we do know is that about two dozen people so far have received treatment for what the government calls minor radiation exposure. what we don't know is how much more radiation is being released as we speak and will be released in the coming days, weeks and perhaps months as officials try to stabilize this situation. a bit earlier i talked to our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta about the risks. >> there are measurements of these radiation leaks and one of the numbers, numbers are important here, was 400 mil mi...

Members. >> so after these -- these 17 navy pilots were exposed, were their families notified? >> they were. the uss ronald reagan immediately posted something on facebook to let the families know what had happened, what they were exposed to. they tried to put it in terms that families could understand. that these crew members were exposed to about the radiation that you or i would get in a month from normal background radiation from the sun, from the earth that we're all exposed to. but they received about a month's worth just in this short amount of time. but it's not -- not something to the...

Of sciences has stuck to its line that there is no safe dose of radiation. so even though we're exposed obviously to background radiation, to add to that dose unnecessarily through the routine operation of nuclear power plant which is due release radiation on a daily basis to an accident which is releasing probably greater numbers is of great, great concern to the people in the immediate area and depending on what happens, we don't know if any of these reactors are in full meltdown, it could be serious for the world at large. >> you're involved in an organization, beyond nuclear. i take it you...

Confirming 17 crew members on an aircraft carrier uss ronald reagan have been exposed to low levels of radiation. and now, on the phone, the commander davis, a spokesman for the neat. thank you for taking the time. i understand the men and women had to scrub down as a precaution. what was their exposure? >>guest: well, it was very, very low, in fact, not much more than one would get from normal background radiation, the kind you get from the sun, the soil, if rocks, and food. radiation exists everywhere and this is only slightly above that, what is detectable above that. >>neil: what about tho...