Some scientists are now saying that the nuclear risk from Japan is being overblown. In the United States, the corporate news media is exacerbating the problem by suggesting that radiation clouds might reach the western U.S. shores.  Not true. American media is focusing on the nuclear plants and not on the clean-up and help necessary from the massive destruction caused by the tsunami. They even tested airplanes from Japan for radiation and of course, the radiation tests all came up positive.  All airplanes test positive for radiation, and they always have.  What will also test positive for radiation are buildings, granite, marble, rocks, and even our human bodies. Background radiation is emitted by many things on earth, including people, and you are probably exposed to more radiation during a dental X-Ray and while flying than anyone will be from the dispersed radiation carried on the wind from Japan. (Cosmic radiation while flying always occurs). The amount found on planes from Japan so far is normal. . . . . being near the nuclear sites in Japan is another story, however.  Still, most people have little to worry about if they are 50 miles from the ruined nuclear plants.  That won’t [...]