in_cog_ni_to
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:14 PM
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Is this true? ALL products, made in Japan will now be contaminated |
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with radiation?
A friend was just here and a guy she knows told her that if was in the market for ANY electronics, buy them NOW. The reason being: everything imported from Japan will now be contaminated. Tell me that's not true. Please. The guy listed TVs, cell phones, book readers, iPods...pretty much all the things many of us use everyday.
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:16 PM
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1. Priuses are pretty "hot" now that gas prices are nearing $4 a gallon |
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Edited on Thu Mar-24-11 03:16 PM by jpak
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:18 PM
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5. ......... and the batteries never need charging |
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:17 PM
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2. Whether it's true or not it could make a hell of a "Made In The USA" marketing campaign. |
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But, sadly, the reality will be more made in China.
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:18 PM
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4. Ha! I was considering making just about the exact same post, word for word. |
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:25 PM
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and all that? ;):hi:
My husband wants to change his cell phone company being he doesn't get reception in his office with his current carrier (At&t) and I'm eligible for an upgrade. We're just waiting until his contract expires in June. Then we'll both change our phones then, but....if they're going to be contaminated, we might do it now. :scared:
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:41 PM
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About the phones, specifically, there's a high likelihood that the phones you will receive are already in US warehouses and have been produced at least some time before you receive them. I don't know how shipping and manufacturing works on items like that, especially now.
PB
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Thu Mar-24-11 04:47 PM
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21. Very few cell phones (etc.) are made in Japan. |
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Most are made somewhere in China (incl. Taiwan).
A few are made in Finland.
I'll bet that most of the electronics that we'd consider "Japanese" is actually manufactured some- where else nowadays.
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Thu Mar-24-11 04:07 PM
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20. Japan has been outsourcing since the 1980s |
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No one goes to Japan for cheap labor.
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:17 PM
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3. Everything already everywhere has trace amounts of radiation, so yes |
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everything from Japan will have some level of radiation.
The question is how much, and the answer is probably not much, unless it's from near Fukushima.
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:25 PM
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8. That's what I'm thinking, the radiation being barely above normal |
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since a lot of the surface contamination with particulates will simply fall off during shipping, unpacking, handling, and selling.
I wouldn't be leery of durable goods made in Japan. I would be extremely leery of the foodstuffs that have already been banned since ingested radioactive material is much more harmful.
As long as you don't eat that DVDR or the packaging it arrived in, you should be safe.
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:21 PM
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6. Yes, it is true. Everything is radioactive |
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And most of that is made in China, anyways, where it is already contaminated with whatever crap they can get away with.
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:24 PM
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7. No. Except some things will have bugs running around in/on them. dc |
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:36 PM
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10. I'm more worried about radiation contamination in the Pacific fisheries |
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than any trace radiation on manufactured goods.
Anything that would be most contaminated would be in the immediate area, and most production there has been stopped by the earthquake and tsunami. Very little, if any, particulates will find their way into the country on hard goods. As for food, they will be destroying contaminated crops, and feeding their own with uncontaminated crops - we won't be importing much, if anything, in the way of food from Japan.
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:37 PM
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And most of the things you listed are not made in Japan. You know, at the present time, it's really not about us.
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:44 PM
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14. I never said it was. n/t |
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:58 PM
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17. You asked, I answered. n/t |
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:41 PM
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12. No, that will not be true. It's typical of the hyperbolic crap |
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that's circulating around the Internet. Use your own common sense. If it's contaminated, it will not come here. Your friend's "guy she knows" is a moron.
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:56 PM
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15. Japan to move part of hi-tech production to Mexico in wake of disaster |
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:57 PM
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16. Gives a new meaning to the term "Hot merchandise".... |
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Thu Mar-24-11 03:59 PM
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18. I know it's not true because |
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a friend of mine told me that a guy he knows told him so.
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Thu Mar-24-11 04:05 PM
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19. cell phones give off radiation |
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its' non- ionizing radiation (which most think is harmless). However, there is controversy in regards to long term effects of using them- causing cancer.
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Thu Mar-24-11 04:52 PM
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Thu Mar-24-11 04:56 PM
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23. Luckily everything's made in China now, then. |
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Thu Mar-24-11 05:47 PM
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24. Most electronics are made in China |
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But I'm not going to buy any Pocky for awhile
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