UN warns Nuclear Radiation from Japan could hit U.S Today,Japanese finally admit that radiation leak is serious enough to kill ,Obama pleads for calm

* Obama finally falls in line with the rest of the world and starts evacuating American citizens from Japan
* French minister: 'Let's not beat about the bush, they've essentially lost control'
* Cooling pool for spent fuel rods has 'boiled dry at reactor number four'
* Japanese have 48 hours to avoid 'another Chernobyl'
* Terrified Americans panic-buy gas masks, anti-radiation pills and even pet shelters
* Experts warn that crisis is 'approaching point of no return' as officials run out of options
* Fears cloud particles could even drift across the U.S. and towards Europe

Barack Obama has appealed for calm after a UN agency predicted that a nuclear plume from Japan is set to hit the West Coast today.

The President said no dangerous levels of radiation are expected to reach the U.S. as Japan runs out of time to prevent what officials are calling 'another Chernobyl'.

He spoke as officials in Dallas denied reports that radiation had been detected on passengers landing there from Japan, and Chicago refused to confirm claims passengers tested positive for radiation at O'Hare airport. But there are even fears particles from the cloud could continue across the U.S.

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U.S. Surgeon General warns Americans to 'be prepared' for harmful radiation from Japan to hit West Coast

* High demand for gas masks and pet shelters at RDD USA Military Surplus 'getting towards sales levels of 9/11'
* U.S. Surgeon General warns Americans to 'be prepared' for harmful radiation from Japan to hit West Coast
* Nukepills.com sells 250,000 potassium iodide pills while Anbex gets three orders a MINUTE instead of per week
* Packs of 14 pills that usually cost $9.99 changing hands on Amazon.com and eBay for $250 to $400
* Geigercounters.com begs people not to place any more orders after it sells out of radiation detection gadgets
* Some worried people stocking up on seaweed, red wine, vodka, bread and chilli peppers as preventative measures
* Surge in purchases of gas masks and emergency survival kits including food, water and space blankets reported

Panic-buying of radiation protection increased today in the wake of the United Nations' forecast that a nuclear plume from Japan's crisis-hit reactor could drift across the Pacific to the U.S. by Friday.

Worried Americans are trying to protect themselves against the nuclear fallout after U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin warned them to 'be prepared' for harmful radiation from Japan's stricken Fukushima plant that could blow to the West Coast - although President Obama has called for calm.

One military supplies firm said it is even selling pet shelters with gas filters and the thousands of masks sold were reminiscent of the panic after 9/11.

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Japanese finally admit that radiation leak is serious enough to kill people

# Officials admit they may have to bury reactors under concrete - as happened at Chernobyl
# Government says it was overwhelmed by the scale of twin disasters
# Japanese upgrade accident from level four to five - the same as Three Mile Island
# We will rebuild from scratch says Japanese prime minister
# Particles spewed from wrecked Fukushima power station arrive in California
# Military trucks tackle reactors with tons of water for second day

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First Japanese radioactive particles reach U.S. West Coast but UN officials claim they're a 'billion times' beneath danger levels
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:15 PM on 18th March 2011

However they say it will not be dangerous when it reaches our shores while low levels of radiation have already hit Southern California.
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Radiation fears prompt panic buying of salt in China

The panic buying was triggered by rumours that iodised salt could help ward off radiation poisoning - part of the swirl of misinformation crisscrossing the region in response to Japan's nuclear emergency.
Supermarkets in Beijing and many cities across the country have run out of salt in just a matter of days. At 1pm Thursday, dozens of people in an Ito-Yokado supermarket in Beijing's Chaoyang district crowded in front of the empty salt shelves, disappointed that they were too late for the competition.

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My opinion is the chinese people should buy potassium iodide tablet,not salt.


S.Korea urges public not to panic on iodide pills

SEOUL, March 17, 2011 (AFP) - South Korean pharmacists issued an appeal Thursday cautioning against panic over feared radiation exposure from Japan's quake-hit nuclear plants, as callers flooded drug stores with requests for iodide pills.

Fears over radiation spread through the Internet and text messages, prompting Seoul to launch a crackdown on scaremongering, as officials insisted that constant westerly winds will blow radiation out into the Pacific.

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