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Altitude get a higher dose than people who live in low-lying areas. and if you're traveling on an airplane set to be going from new york to tokyo, you'll get 20 times the average background level during that flight. for example, on a beach in brazil, the natural background radiation there is way above permitted levels in terms of what the public can be exposed to. and that's what's coming out of the soil that's on the beach. >> you're asking why he does this? [ speaking in foreign language ] >> he has body pains. >> and this helps? >> it helps. >> and what's really striking is that there's no ...

Welcome back. we're talking about the promise and peril of nuclear energy in the wake of fukushima but also in the shadow of global warming. neither risk is hypothetical as disasters at japan, chernobyl and three mile island show. the question is not can they be made safe from these accidents but are they safe in daily operation. we learn about the radiation we're all exposed to just by living on the surface of the earth. >> i didn't know such a thing as natural radiation -- i assumed that radiation was something which humans had artificially introduced into the environment which was doing us ...

People who live in low-lying areas. and if you're traveling on an airplane set to be going from new york to tokyo, you'll get 20 times the average background level during that flight. for example, on a beach in brazil, the natural background radiation there is way above permitted levels in terms of what the public can be exposed to. and that's what's coming out of the soil that's on the beach. >> you're asking why he does this? [ speaking in foreign language ] >> he has body pains. >> and this helps? >> it helps. >> and what's really striking is that there's no correlation between levels of ba...