This scary flyover video in HD of the Fukushima plant shows the extent of the damage with rubble still smoking. Now the utility responsible for the reactors, did not until very recently have enough dosimeters for all of the employees who are working to stop an even worse catastrophe at the plant.

Normally, dosimeters would be worn at all times in order to measure cumulative exposure to radiation. Because of that error, worker exposure can only be estimated. A mother of one of the workers said her son and his colleagues are "have accepted they will all probably die from radiation sickness in the short term or cancer in the long-term."

More depressing news: Radiation has seeped into the groundwater and there are more reports of food becoming tainted.

From The Guardian: In the latest report of food becoming tainted, the government said on Friday that a cow slaughtered for beef had slightly elevated levels of cesium, another radioactive particle. Officials stressed that the meat was not put on the market.

Radioactive cesium can build up in the body and high levels are thought to be a risk for various cancers. It is still found in wild boar in Germany 25 years after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, making the pigs off-limits for eating in many cases.

 

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