Fukushima: Still Dire For Japan ... Still Threatening the U.S. and Canada

Things are not getting better in Japan.

As a nuclear expert said recently, the "reactors are almost in the same situation they were in the early days of the accident":

Here are updates from the last couple of weeks, courtesy of ENENews:

• Electricity cut at Reactors No. 3 and 4, cooling systems shut down — TEPCO says no “major” change in radiation around plant

• Typhoon increases level of radioactive water in Reactor No. 1 basement by 17 inches in a day — Likely to continue risingNow over 1,300 cattle suspected of radiation contamination have been shipped

• NHK: “High levels of radioactivity found extensively” — Japan says air 150 km from Fukushima plant is as radioactive as areas close to meltdown

• Japan nuclear expert warns of further radiation releases from Fukushima — Risks should be explained to nearby residents (VIDEO)

• Radiation dose near Tokyo higher than some locations inside 30 km evacuation zone (PHOTOS)

• Former official at Japan’s Nuclear Safety Commission discusses radioactive contamination from “black rain” (FAIREWINDS VIDEO)

• Sharp rise in Iodine-131 levels at three Tokyo sewage plants (CHART)

• Tokyo gov’t finds iodine-131 levels up to quadruple cesium levels in water reclamation centers

• High levels of radiation detected in Northwest rainwater

• Radiation data from Seattle-area survey may be withheld by Feds for national security purposes

• Report: 1.68 µSv/hr detected in Canadian rain water sample — Geiger counter display reads “DANGEROUS RADIATION BACKGROUND”

• B.C. Canada sees spike in number of sudden infant deaths — “Why so many of those have come up this year, we don’t know”