Anchor Lead: Reporter Nicole Karlis clears up the air for tourists who are fearful of radiation exposure when traveling across the Pacific.
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Officials are still cleaning up the Northeastern coast of Japan two weeks after a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurred creating devastating tsunami waves.
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Officials are still cleaning up the Northeastern coast of Japan two weeks after a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake occurred creating devastating tsunami waves.
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While the earthquake in Japan has caused thousands of deaths, it has also caused a meltdown at a nuclear facility like the one behind me. Many American travelers expressed concerns about traveling across the Pacific Ocean, however, in my most recent trip to Hawaii, residents said they are not concerned just yet. And local experts are saying U.S. residents on the mainland should have no concerns because if the radiation does travel across the ocean, the level of exposure will not harm residents.
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Edwin Norbeck: Radiation from Japan that gets to any of the US possessions in the Pacific would get to a level that would not be in any way dangerous. And you have good people supplying information. As it comes out, it spreads out, and even though it could be a concern in Japan, but by the time it gets a few thousand miles away it's dissipated.
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Despite fears across the ocean, tourists continue visiting the Aloha State. For Daily Iowan TV, this is Nicole Karlis.
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For more information about travelers' safety to the Hawaiian Pacific islands, check with the Hawaii Department of Health.
While the earthquake in Japan has caused thousands of deaths, it has also caused a meltdown at a nuclear facility like the one behind me. Many American travelers expressed concerns about traveling across the Pacific Ocean, however, in my most recent trip to Hawaii, residents said they are not concerned just yet. And local experts are saying U.S. residents on the mainland should have no concerns because if the radiation does travel across the ocean, the level of exposure will not harm residents.
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Edwin Norbeck: Radiation from Japan that gets to any of the US possessions in the Pacific would get to a level that would not be in any way dangerous. And you have good people supplying information. As it comes out, it spreads out, and even though it could be a concern in Japan, but by the time it gets a few thousand miles away it's dissipated.
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Despite fears across the ocean, tourists continue visiting the Aloha State. For Daily Iowan TV, this is Nicole Karlis.
Anchor tag:
For more information about travelers' safety to the Hawaiian Pacific islands, check with the Hawaii Department of Health.
