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With radioactive elements from Japan's Fukushima Daiiachi disaster finally reaching the continental US this week, the Global Language Monitor's NarrativeTracker has found that the possible long-term dangers of Fukushima Daiiachi's radioactive fallout has been little discussed in the media. In fact, there has been little or no discussion of the ongoing debate about assessing the long-term risks associated with Cesium-137 and Iodine-131, etc.

The prevailing view of the global print and electronic media is to pronounce the radioactive elements 'harmless,' which is in direct contradiction to the accepted view of the National Academy of Sciences, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and many others. In fact, the discussion that does appear, labels opposing views as 'irrational' or 'laced with hysteria', as in today's New York Times.

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