Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Will recent China airborned radiation from Fukushima contaminate electronic goods export?

This is nothing to wory about. Iodine is only a problem very close to the accident site (about 20 miles) because it dissipates rapidly and has a short half life. Brian and Mike are right. The metal isotopes such as cesium, strontium and potium will take time to travel, will be highly diluted and even if present on your electronics would only be absorbed if you're in the habit of sucking on your circuit boards and licking your laptop. In which case, non-radioactive but still poisonous lead and cadmium are more of a problem.

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