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A member asked:
My friend went to japan, 8 hours from fukishima (nuclear reactor 3yrs ago). would she have any radiation, would it spread to me or clothes? and why?
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No: No risk. First she was a long distance from the radiation, and not likely exposed. Second it would not accumulate in her or her clothes unless directly exposed. Third three years have passed and any small amount of radioactive material that she might have had on her clothing would have been washed away in three years of laundering.
Answered 8/12/2014
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