Almost on que, the Japan Meteorological Agency has confirmed the rain to be pollen after receiving hundreds of calls from concerned citizens.
The ''yellow rain'' seen Wednesday in the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo was caused by pollen, not radioactive materials as many residents had worried, the Japan Meteorological Agency said Thursday, reported the Japan Times.
That's right, according to so called experts, enough pollen to cause hundreds to report their findings, rained down on Tokyo at the same time as a devastating nuclear disaster has released high levels of radiation at least 20km from the nuclear plant.
This explanation has reminded many of the yellow rain that hit after the Chernobyl disaster.
Similar to the explanation in Japan, government officials claimed that the yellow radioactive rain that fell in Gomel, Belarus was merely pollen and nothing to worry about. We now know that was a bold faced lie.
Women and children actually played in the puddles of yellow rain after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl. Remembering Chernobyl - Yellow Rain:
"We all jumped in the puddles with the yellow stuff. ... You don't see (it in) the air, it doesn't materialize. But when you see the yellow dust, you see radiation," Antonina Sergieff said.
The accident was originally caused by a small testing error that resulted in a chain reaction in which highly pressurized steam literally blew the top off of a nuclear reactor.
The result was the release of 100 more times radiation than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, according to the United Nations issue brief on Chernobyl.
Among the unstable elements released were iodine-131, caesium-137, strontium-90 and plutonium-239. Scientists say that exposure to such elements, especially in such high doses, impairs critical cellular functions and damages DNA.
When these elements first reached Sergieff 20 years ago, they came in the form of yellow rain.
It was not long after that residents in her hometown knew it wasn't simply "pollen" - which is what government officials assured them, she said.
Whether or not the yellow rain now falling in Japan is 100% radioactive remains to be seen.
With that being said, history DOES repeat itself and the way that Japan has covered up this disaster and used the exact same excuses as the ones used in Chernobyl indicates that we may be facing a much bigger disaster than Japanese officials are willing to admit.
Suspected Pollen Fall Stokes Radiation Jitters in Kanto
Reader Comments
im a landscaper and a level 3 horticulturalist
i have never seen pollen act in this way
i call bs on this
ppl of tokyo and maybe even of japan itself should get out of that country in my opinion
but i know the govt will never help that many ppl to survive
As I said from the outset, this disaster is MUCH, MUCH worse than they are saying. These outright LIES we are being told need to STOP. We are ALL at risk from this unmitigated disaster and we need and demand the TRUTH! From Japan to America to Canada, the governments have been lying to all of us
Lemon tree, very pretty...
...but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat...
dry reactors = nuclear meltdown. It is happening right now.
...the locals would know if it was POLLEN season or not. What the hell would be "pollinating" this time of year? Didn't it just SNOW?
to the pollen I see most springtime seasons after a bit of rain (if it's a heavy pollen year). The spruce and cottonwood trees surrounding us crank out LOTS of yellow pollen. When it rains after a few dry days, we'll have yellow spots all over, even clumps of yellow areas where the water pools on the concrete patio area.
Still, it seems kinda early for pollen in Japan.
It could be radioactive whether it's pollen or not. Best to check it with a radiation survey meter, eh? Then we'd have some real data to work with.
lie permanently - it has always been so - lies are what keeps this political rag-tag & bobtail world going - to tell the truth would have to change everything and the politicos are not going to have any of that....goodness, its taken thousands of years perfecting this lying system and it works wonderfully for....them.