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Japan may aware of...* Japan radioactivity could enter food chain, children at risk

* Radioactive materials spewed into the air by Japan's earthquake-crippled nuclear plant may contaminate food and water resources.

S'pore--Radioactive materials spewed into the air by Japan's earthquake-crippled nuclear plant may contaminate food and water resources, with children and unborn babies most at risk of possibly developing cancer.

Any exposure to radioactive materials has the potential to cause various kinds of cancers, with higher levels of radiation seen as more dangerous.

" For some individuals even a small amount of radiation can raise the risk of cancer. The higher the radiation, the higher the risk of cancer," said Lam, who is also a member on the American Board of Toxicologists.

" The explosions could expose the population to longer-term radiation, which can raise the risk of cancer. These are thyroid cancer, bone cancer and leukemia. Children and fetuses are especially vulnerable," said Lam Ching-wan, chemical pathologist at the University of Hong Kong.

Radioactive material is carried by minute moisture droplets in the air, then can be directly inhaled into the lungs, get washed down by rain into the sea and onto soil, eventually contaminate crops, marine life and drinking water.

Cow milk was also especially vulnerable, experts said, if cows graze on grass exposed to radiation.

" No one is measuring the levels of radiation in the sea," Lee told Reuters.

" Steam that is released into the air will eventually get back into the water and sea life will be affected ... once there is rain, drinking water will also be contaminated."

Children at risk

Radiation is dangerous because it can cause changes or mutations in DNA, which may then go on to cause cancer. While the human body can repair DNA changes or damage, a person is only safe if the repair process happens faster than the time it takes for the damaged or mutated DNA material to replicate.

Most experts agree that growing children and fetuses are most at risk b'cos their cells divide at a faster rate than adults.

They (babies and childrens) also consume more cow milk than adults, putting them at further risk, said a Japanese scientist who treated victims of the atom bomb explosion in Hiroshima.

" Cows are like vacuum cleaners, picking up radioactive iodine that lands over a wide area of pasture, and then those particles very easily are concentrated and pass into the milk," said the expert, who declined to be identified.

" This was what happened in Chernobyl, and unfortunately, info risk had not been supplied to parents."

(Additional reporting by Mayumi Negishi in Japan, editing by Miral Fahmy)

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In the wake of Japan Quake and nuclear crisis...Asean must wake up to apocalyptic gamble.

Why we, we need to secure unclear free Asean.

teeth53 thot--Current horrors unfolding in Japan, must serve as an eye-opening to the horrors of any eventuality of Indonesia and or Asean apocallytic gamble if ever took place on un-secure ground.

A unified voice by Asean must be collective heard to discourage future gambles with innocent deformative lives and live that work inside nuclear plant. (refering to Fukushima 50 workers loyalty) be it living creatures that living in Asean ground and or under the sea.

channelnewsasia.com, theedgedaily.com

Malaysian utility Tenaga--first nuclear power plant at a cost of US$3.1 billion but is braced for objections from the public, a report said on Tuesday [22 Jul 2008] and then Deputy PM Najib Razak said consider nuclear power to meet its long-term energy needs amid surging global oil prices.

A single typical mid-sized nuclear power plant--M'sia's nuclear energy plans are starting to look more concrete, now that we have dollar figure (US$3.1 billion--1000MW), and a tentative date (" post 2020" ). said Mohamad Zam Zam Jaafar " Malaysia going nuclear post-2020 was looking more and more like a necessity,

it will be almost just in time for Malaysia's crude oil and gas production to peak. Yet another example that affirms my theory that producer countries with declining fossil fuel production.

Meanwhile, consumer countries like Singapore don't seem to have much plans beyond building LNG terminals, an interim stop-gas measure if there was any.

A nuclear-powered Malaysia would have access to cheap, reliable energy and they would steal a march on their supposedly more high-tech sophisticated southerly neighbour, if M'sia were to go nuclear, so should Singapore.

See also :

1. Malaysia " needs to develop nuclear energy"
2. Malaysia requires two nuclear reactors to generate electricity
3. Malaysia may go for nuke energy
4. Developing countries eye nuclear power: report

In Indonesia--newspaper reported planning the developments of a nuclear power plant on the island of Sulawesi, on its eastern reaches and is in an area well noted for major earthquakes. Hardly a whimper from regional govt about the inherent danger and an catastrophic within a hotbed of seismis activitiy.

Note to prone on--On contrary, only last few years govt see and be seen expressions of interest among other Asean countries to also consider tapping nuclear power and going ahead to proceed with such perilous plan.

Responses would seen as recently as last mth prompted Jakarta post reported Russia had indicated it was ready to provide Indonesia with assistant to build its own nuclear palnt in quake prone Sulawesi eastern belt.

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Council diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity, discussions were private, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said during more than eight hours of closed-door negotiations by council ambassadors.

http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/libya-live-blog-march-18 (Libya Live Blog)

" First of all, we are very grateful for the five countries that abstained, namely China, Russia, India, Brazil and Germany - what a surprise!"

3:06pm--Reuters reports that an opposition fighter in Misurata claims that forces there have repelled an attack by government forces.

12:53pm--Resident of Misurata tells us that the city is still under heavy attacks from Gaddafi brigades, attacking from both the east and the west of the city. The forces have made some success advancing from the eastern side of the city, and the fire is indiscriminate ... hitting homes, mosques, and medical centres. Medical teams are unable to reach fighting areas and rescue those in need of medical help.

Meanwhile...

1:29pm--Pro-democracy fighters have attacked government positions near the western town of Nalut and the border with Tunisia on Friday morning, a fighter said.

" From four in the morning (0200 GMT) we attacked two centres where Gaddafi's forces are positioned near the town of Nalut and close to the Tunisian border," a pro-democracy fighter in Nalut told Reuters by phone.

Four government soldiers and one rebel figher were killed in the fighting, he said, adding the rebels had captured 18 soldiers.

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Respect the markets, don disregard on how mkt players play.

STXOSV

1.080

1.060

-0.020c

-1.9%

vol-3,553,000

100,000

1.060

1.070

215,000

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STXosv on profit taking, it hit hi 1.09c aft half hr of trade, will hav to pump more ammo to test 1.10.

STXOSV

1.080

1.070

-0.010c

-0.9%

vol-346,000

41,000

1.070

1.080

119,000

teeth53 ( Date: 17-Mar-2011 16:55) Posted:

5min more to go profit taking....+0.040c as foe now.

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See what i mean.....one lot can play havoc at 0.075c, while unless BBs chose to play up...

Time	Last	Volume	Bid/Ask
09:21:26	0.080	200,000	A
09:20:47	0.075	1,000	B
09:09:58	0.080	300,000	A
09:09:02	0.075	1,000	B

teeth53 ( Date: 18-Mar-2011 09:15) Posted:

Asiatic--Show no sign of life...in comatosh stage, has been drop from 17c.

Look cheap, then cheap can cheaper,...some bot a 7.5c, others bot at 0.080c

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Asiatic--Show no sign of life...in comatosh stage, has been drop from 17c.

Look cheap, then cheap can cheaper,...some bot a 7.5c, others bot at 0.080c

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Time	Last	Volume	Bid/Ask
08:35:14	0.635	420,000	X

teeth53 ( Date: 17-Mar-2011 16:57) Posted:

4 min to closing...0.635c liao...pivot points.

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Meanwhile father answer to son......

* Gaddafi says no mercy for Benghazi

* Fighting rages along road to rebel stronghold

Gaddafi son vows victory over 'gangsters'

* U.N. Security Council approves military action

(hours after he threatened to storm rebel bastion of Benghazi, " no mercy, no pity" .)

teeth53 ( Date: 18-Mar-2011 08:41) Posted:

U.N. council vote on Libya (No flying zone--Bombing may start at anytime)

Libya 41 yr strongman, Col Gadaffi son, to help Benghazi 1million population on human ground.

(Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to authorize a no-fly zone over Libya and " all necessary measures" -- code for military action -- to protect civilians against leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces. Rice said there was " no justification for his continued leadership (Gaddafi's) now that he has perpetrated violence against his own people."

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WRAPUP 8-Gaddafi forces push towards Benghazi, no UN move yet
Tue, Mar 15 2011
France fails to get G8 accord on Libya no-fly zone
Tue, Mar 15 2011

U.N. council vote on Libya (No flying zone--Bombing may start at anytime)

Libya 41 yr strongman, Col Gadaffi son, to help Benghazi 1million population on human ground.

(Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council voted on Thursday to authorize a no-fly zone over Libya and " all necessary measures" -- code for military action -- to protect civilians against leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces. Rice said there was " no justification for his continued leadership (Gaddafi's) now that he has perpetrated violence against his own people."

Related News

WRAPUP 11-UN okays military action on Libya Gaddafi warns
6:53pm EDT
Gaddafi pummels rebels as war outpaces diplomacy
Wed, Mar 16 2011
U.S. joins France and UK in urging swift U.N. Libya action
Wed, Mar 16 2011
WRAPUP 8-Gaddafi forces push towards Benghazi, no UN move yet
Tue, Mar 15 2011
France fails to get G8 accord on Libya no-fly zone
Tue, Mar 15 2011

Libya rebels battle to hold eastern city under heavy siege from Moammar Gadhafi's forces

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/libyan-forces-bombard-rebels-east-west-gadhafi-moves-20110316-021240-472.html

Charred vehicles, bullet-riddled pickup trucks and an overturned tank littered the desert highway where pro-Gadhafi forces had fought up to the entrance of the key eastern city of Ajdabiya.

if Gadhafi troops take it, Benghazi would likely be their next target. A powerful regime force advancing from the west has been relentlessly bombarding Ajdabiya the past two days, raining rockets and artillery and tank shells on the city, sending most of its population fleeing.

Already under siege using mercenaries in more than 400 vehicles that are already en route, and one against mountain villages in the west where tanks, heavy artillery and other weapons are being gathered for an assault.

Evidence of fierce battles. Government troops were bringing in a stream of truckloads of ammunition, rockets and supplies — signs of an intensified effort by the Libyan leader to retake control of the country he has ruled with an iron fist for more than four decades.

Hundreds of pro-Gadhafi troops were lined up with dozens of tanks and other heavy equipment at the arches over the highway marking Ajdabiya's western gates. The AP and other journalists brought to the scene by government escorts saw regime forces bringing in large truckloads of ammunition and equipment — a sign that that the troops were gearing up to try to sweep through Ajdabiya and likely beyond.

Meanwhile....

Opposition officials said rebel warplanes struck at pro-Gadhafi forces near the western gate — the first time the rebels have struck from the air at troops on the ground. A gas station attendant on the highway said he saw a rebel helicopter firing rockets and machine-guns. A colonel in the pro-Gadhafi force, Moftah Sabia, said the rebels did have some aircraft that they had used against the troops.

The rebels claimed a small victory, hijacking a Libyan tanker ship that was transporting fuel from Greece to Gadhafi's regime. Opposition spokesman Mustafa Gheriani said fighters seized the ship on Tuesday off the Mediterranean coast and that it was carrying about 25,000 tons of fuel for Gadhafi.

The tanker, Anwaar Afriqya, was seen Wednesday docked in the port at Tobruk, a rebel-held city in the far eastern side of Libya.

Latest news.....

The US, in a reversal, was pushing for broader action to protect civilians. According to a council diplomat who spoke on condition of anonymity, council discussions were private, U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice said during more than eight hours of closed-door negotiations by council ambassadors.

teeth53 ( Date: 13-Mar-2011 22:24) Posted:

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/africa/03/12/libya.civil.war/index.html (Middle East--Libya)

" We are giving legitimacy and not giving political recognition," Moussa said. (Arab league secretary-general)

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- The Arab League voted Sat to back a no-fly zone in Libya and is asking that the U.N. Security Council impose the measure, officials of the regional body told reporters.

Youssef bin Alawi bin Abdullah, Oman's foreign minister who joined Moussa to answer questions, said the no-fly zone would be a preventive measure and would have to be stopped immediately when the Libyan crisis ends.

Reporter: Gadhafi has the momentum now

Rebel forces retreat in Libya

Are Libyan rebels losing momentum?

No-fly zone carries challenges

" It has one goal: To protect the civilian population. We will inform U.N. of our request to enforce a no-fly zone over Libya. " The U.N. Security Council should decide how it will be enforced." Amre Moussa, secretary-general said. (Arab League). He said Arab League members have reservations about military intervention, but said all countries agreed that a no-fly zone must be imposed urgently to protect civilians.

" We hope the Libyan authorities will respect a no-fly decision," he said. " Be assured the Arab countries will not accept the intervention of the NATO coalition."

Arab league also voted to open channels of communication with Transitional National Council, opposition's newly formed administration, and that any talks with that body would be on a humanitarian basis.

teeth53 ( Date: 11-Mar-2011 23:35) Posted:

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/libyan-rebels-fight-back-west-divided-20110311-050802-148.html

Fighting in Ras Lanuf, a key oil hub in eastern Libya now the frontline in a bloody uprising against Kadhafi, flared again Friday after a fierce battle the day before, rebels said.

Britain and France have a draft resolution in hand to put to the UN Security Council for an air exclusion zone over the oil-rich country. But the council remains split on the issue and

At two-day NATO defence ministers' talks that began Thursday, the alliance agreed to send more ships towards Libya's coast but it delayed any decision on imposing a no-fly zone, saying clear UN approval for military action was needed first.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said ahead of the EU summit that France and Britain favour targeted strikes in Libya if Kadhafi uses chemical weapons or air strikes against his people. But he and Britain Premier David Cameron were " ready on condition that the UN wishes, so d Arab League accepts and the Libyan opposition agrees, for targeted actions if uses chemical weapons or air strikes against peaceful citizens," meanwhile...

The US announces it will soon send civilian humanitarian aid teams into opposition-held eastern Libya, but stresses the step should not be seen as a military intervention.

Libyan rebels appealed for arms as they Friday sent fighters into battle against Moamer Kadhafi's advancing forces, as France and Britain urged targeted strikes in the oil-rich country.

Sarkozy said Paris had " many reservations" on military or NATO intervention in Libya " because Arab revolutions belong to Arabs."

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4 min to closing...0.635c liao...pivot points.

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5min more to go profit taking....+0.040c as foe now.

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* Japan radioactivity could enter food chain, children at risk

* Radioactive materials spewed into the air by Japan's earthquake-crippled nuclear plant may contaminate food and water resources.

By Tan Ee Lyn, ReutersTue, Mar 15 2011 at 5:50 AM EST Comments

RADIATION: A hospital doctor conducts a radiation test for those people who may be irradiated in Yamagata prefecture, Japan. (Photo: ZUMA Press)

SINGAPORE - Radioactive materials spewed into the air by Japan's earthquake-crippled nuclear plant may contaminate food and water resources, with children and unborn babies most at risk of possibly developing cancer.

Experts said any exposure to radioactive materials has the potential to cause various kinds of cancers, with higher levels of radiation seen as more dangerous.

" The explosions could expose the population to longer-term radiation, which can raise the risk of cancer. These are thyroid cancer, bone cancer and leukemia. Children and fetuses are especially vulnerable," said Lam Ching-wan, chemical pathologist at the University of Hong Kong.

" For some individuals even a small amount of radiation can raise the risk of cancer. The higher the radiation, the higher the risk of cancer," said Lam, who is also a member on the American Board of Toxicologists.

Radioactive material is carried by minute moisture droplets in the air. It can then be directly inhaled into the lungs, get washed down by rain into the sea and onto soil, and eventually contaminate crops, marine life and drinking water.

Cow milk was also especially vulnerable, experts said, if cows graze on grass exposed to radiation.

Lee Tin-lap, toxicologist and associate professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong's School of Medical Sciences, said waters around Japan must be measured for radioactivity.

" No one is measuring the levels of radiation in the sea," Lee told Reuters.

" Steam that is released into the air will eventually get back into the water and sea life will be affected ... once there is rain, drinking water will also be contaminated."

Children at risk

Radiation is dangerous because it can cause changes or mutations in DNA, which may then go on to cause cancer. While the human body can repair DNA changes or damage, a person is only safe if the repair process happens faster than the time it takes for the damaged or mutated DNA material to replicate.

Most experts agree that growing children and fetuses are most at risk because their cells divide at a faster rate than adults.

They also consume more cow milk than adults, putting them at further risk, said a Japanese scientist who treated victims of the atom bomb explosion in Hiroshima.

" Cows are like vacuum cleaners, picking up radioactive iodine that lands over a wide area of pasture, and then those particles very easily are concentrated and pass into the milk," said the expert, who declined to be identified.

" This was what happened in Chernobyl, and unfortunately, information about the risk had not been supplied to parents."

(Additional reporting by Mayumi Negishi in Japan, editing by Miral Fahmy)

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Nuclear accident can happen at anytime and when it strike, it mean our children, their childrens and their, their childrens will hav and has to jump into d sea.

Cause simple...radioactive leakage can spread very fast and many places outside, now Japan extended to a radius of 60 km from the epic centre.

Body and pple's, their childrens will, will be born without legs, hands and in deform stage.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-03-16/chernobyl-25-years-later-turns-into-lesson-for-japan-on-nuclear-meltdown.html

Chernobyl 25 Years Later Turns Into Lesson for Japan on Nuclear Meltdown

A reader which said in YAHOO.COM--Pray that the people there are not excessively exposed to the radiation.

Can you imagine our govt throwing up idea of a nuclear facility in S'pore a while ago. even a 1st world country like Japan with the best advanced technolo----, preventive plan and system is facing a catastrophe. who is to say that it may not happen here. A 20km evacuation radius in means every one need to be evacuated, where to???

we must not allow a nuclear power facility to be build here at all. For the sake of our children and their children, children. I hope our decision makers are a little wiser know.

teeth53--Not hope. We must be wise, must not be thoughtless, till is thought us a lesson than is too late.

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Dow last nite (Tues) closed off at, for Ah Ben did a good job.

Dow

11,855.42

-137.74

-1.15%

Dow future tonite (teeth53--Wed--Dow may start lower, but ending is =ly is important oso)

(CNNMoney) -- U.S. stocks were set for a lower open Wed, as investors continue to weigh the impact of Japan's deadly earthquake and subsequent nuclear crisis, with other geopolitical tensions around the world.

Dow Jones industrial average (INDU), S& P 500 (SPX) and Nasdaq (COMP) futures turned lower ahead of the opening bell. Futures measure current index values against perceived future performance.

" At the moment, we're expecting the Dow to start off around 30 points lower," said David Jones, chief market strategist with IG Markets in London. " It's still concerns about Japan and these world events like Bahrain and Libya."

teeth53 ( Date: 15-Mar-2011 23:03) Posted:

Dow tsunami surging, is going to cross 11,800, let heard Ah Ben speech--2am

hpong5 ( Date: 15-Mar-2011 21:38) Posted:

I think different situation. That one is financial crisis

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Dow tsunami surging, is going to cross 11,800, let heard Ah Ben speech--2am

hpong5 ( Date: 15-Mar-2011 21:38) Posted:

I think different situation. That one is financial crisis.

louis001 ( Date: 15-Mar-2011 21:25) Posted:

ya, it looks attractive.....recall the recent Lehman Brothers' financial crisis in 2008, those with spare cash and guts to go in and hold for long term will reap huge profits later....the question is how low will it go......

2008 Oct 10 STI: 1964 DOW: 8000

Oct 17 STI: 1878

Oct 30 STI: 1740

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DOW. From 300, back to 200 now...see ah Ben speaking--2am. may go back to single digit....?

rotijai ( Date: 15-Mar-2011 22:29) Posted:

us is recovering now...

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Crude Oil Drops as Loss of Demand in Japan Outweighs Middle East Tension

Crude oil fell to a two-week low in New York as concern that damage from Japan’s earthquake may limit crude demand outweighed speculation of supply disruptions in the Middle East.

* Radioactive materials spewed into the air by Japan's earthquake-crippled nuclear plant may contaminate food and water resources.

U.N. council vote on Libya (No flying zone--Bombing may start at anytime)

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* Radioactive materials spewed into the air by Japan's earthquake-crippled nuclear plant may contaminate food and water resources.