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Bottom of the tripod, anything that touched the ground. part of the reason is because it was snowing so much, the snow traps whatever is in the air and traps it on the ground, but if you're walking around on the snow or putting your tripod down, that's where the contamination comes from. it's minuscule amounts, we're told. it's nothing that'sç life-threatening, but it is there. whenever somebody tells you your radiation levels are higher than they should be, that's certainly cause for concern. >> is that concern stopping the rescue effort? we got a report today that the people normally that ...

That touched the ground. part of the reason is because it was snowing so much, the snow traps whatever is in the air and brings it to the ground, traps it on the ground, but if you're walking around on the snow or putting your tripod down, that's where the contamination comes from. it's minuscule amounts, we're told. it's nothing that's life-threatening, but it is there.ç whenever somebody tells you your radiation levels are higher than they should be, that's certainly cause for concern. >> is that concern stopping the rescue effort? we got a report today that the people normally that would ...

You talk about lester and i, we drove down today from the north to tokyo. we got in a couple hours ago. when we had arrived, we had to go through radiation testing. there was trace amounts on the bottom of our shoes, on the bottom of the tripod, anything that touched the ground. part of the reason is because it was snowing so much, the snow traps whatever is in the air and brings it to the ground, traps it on the ground, but if you're walking around on the snow or putting your tripod down, that's where the contamination comes from. it's minuscule amounts, we're told. it's nothing that's life-t...