Navy sailors have radiation sickness after Japan rescue
"The levels were incredibly dangerous and at one point, the radiation in the air measured 300 times higher than what was considered safe, Sebourn told The Post."<p>This doesn't mean anything, its technobabble.  How many REM or mSv total exposure?<p>"I said something complicated and science-y sounding, so you are supposed to be scared right now".<p>The biggest misfortune is they may even accidentally be correct, just completely incompetent about it.<p>A big epidemiology problem is identifying the actual cause by symptom, and avoiding the assumption that participation in something big and scary therefore means all problems must be caused by big n scary.  Some goofball tipping over a barrel of solvent in the maint bay could cause many cancers later, and is marginally more likely.