>>guest: it has been a continuous growth rate since friday evening. >>neil: i don't much about these geiger counters but they would pick up trace amounts, right? so could people overreact? could they have a slight read and suddenly they are going nuts? >>guest: if you get a slight read you are talking about breathing in air that has contamination. and radiation that is in jeffed through breathing or eating or drinking that is a different threshhold and even small amounts and weak radiation can be hazardous to 13 human tissues. >>neil: the incident in japan notwithstanding i am told you would get radiation walking in the city streets where there is