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Probably a little too early to tell. what we can say is there is some radiation assessment currently being done in japan. you've got tests being done all around japan. they got levels back from tokyo saying yesterday the levels were 20 times normal. still very low but 20 times higher than what you'd normally expect. you need to know the total dose of the individual to assess properly. this is one of the reasons that people are wearing this. you may have seen this already. a pocket dosimeter. something i can wear. it tells me how much radiation i've been exposed to and will give an alarm if the...

>> and we're also hearing a lot about this word. have you heard people talk about millisieverts, the unit of measure used to gauge radiation exposure. the average person is exposed to 3 millisieverts a year due to sources in the environment which isn't too dangerous but our chief medical correspondent actu dr. sgaupta actually spoke with anderson cooper. >> people in these areas are trying to measure radiation doses trying -- >> you've got one of these things. >> yeah. >> it's a pocket dosimeter, and it basically tells you two things. since you're wearing, it how much radiation you've been exp...