Major Clue that the Starfish are DYING from SPACE DUST | |
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KidIcarus User ID: 21569632 United States 11/18/2013 01:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, it's definitely (primarily) Fukushima-related. Radiation Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome is what we're calling it over on the ENENews.com forums. Radioactive AIDS. RAIDS. Just like with radiation therapy, exposure to low-dose radiation consistently lowers the immune system's ability to fight off nasty stuff. The starfish in the aquarium were still exposed to just as much radiation as those in the sea (perhaps a bit less) - but it's everywhere, remember. We're all getting blasted and have been for 2 1/2 years. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 50117919 United States 11/18/2013 02:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, it's definitely (primarily) Fukushima-related. Quoting: KidIcarus 21569632 Radiation Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome is what we're calling it over on the ENENews.com forums. Radioactive AIDS. RAIDS. Just like with radiation therapy, exposure to low-dose radiation consistently lowers the immune system's ability to fight off nasty stuff. The starfish in the aquarium were still exposed to just as much radiation as those in the sea (perhaps a bit less) - but it's everywhere, remember. We're all getting blasted and have been for 2 1/2 years. No. Fukushima is IN addition. How are animals in an aquarium affected? They filter out any water they use. |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 50117919 United States 11/18/2013 02:12 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | No, it's definitely (primarily) Fukushima-related. Quoting: KidIcarus 21569632 Radiation Auto-Immune Deficiency Syndrome is what we're calling it over on the ENENews.com forums. Radioactive AIDS. RAIDS. Just like with radiation therapy, exposure to low-dose radiation consistently lowers the immune system's ability to fight off nasty stuff. The starfish in the aquarium were still exposed to just as much radiation as those in the sea (perhaps a bit less) - but it's everywhere, remember. We're all getting blasted and have been for 2 1/2 years. The starfish have only just started dying (as Ison gets close). |
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KidIcarus User ID: 21569632 United States 11/18/2013 02:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Water does not become radioactive. Only the PARTICLES in it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 50117919 Aquariums filter out the water. But it's possible that the space dust is super microscopic, and gets through the filters. Aquarium filters do not filter out radioactive isotopes. Come on now, they're built to catch algae and fish poop, not strontium-90 and friends! The radiation is in the air, the water, it's everywhere. This sea star wasting disease has been seen before in sea stars - it just hasn't affected them on such a widespread level. RAIDS is the best theory we have, anyway - it gave the wasting disease the foothold it needed in the sea star population. Remember, it doesn't take much to upset equilibrium in homeostasis. Chaos theory and all that, you know? (On a side-note, I'm a card-carrying ISON believer, so don't be offended - I think we may see PLENTY of comet dust in the near future). |