Fabrics From Japan
03-29-2011, 02:27 PM
#31
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Let me put the situation into perspective: They test the water here in Tokyo daily and we are in no danger of contamination. Unless they travel by ship to the ocean outside the Fukushima nuclear plant (located in northeast Japan)and dye fabric in the ocean water just outside the plant; I can't imagine anything you buy being dangerous or even having any measurable radiation. But now that a number of you are mega-reacting to a crisis that you do not have enough consistent information about, I will make sure to never participate in any fabric exchanges here in order to protect everyone's family member's from non-existent radiation in my fabric stash. You get more radiation from the atmosphere during any international flight then you would from receiving Japanese fabric, by the way. So be sure not to fly fabric or quilts anywhere.
03-29-2011, 02:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Gaijin
I will make sure to never participate in any fabric exchanges here in order to protect everyone's family member's from non-existent radiation in my fabric stash.
03-29-2011, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by MTS
Originally Posted by Gaijin
I will make sure to never participate in any fabric exchanges here in order to protect everyone's family member's from non-existent radiation in my fabric stash.
03-29-2011, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by OmaForFour
The reason I am concerned is that the reports yesterday said that the radiation was now travelling on the ocean water around Japan. It could spread south. Today's news is not good either. They are on ultimate alert today. One of the reactors is leaking radiation somehow somewhere.
Yesterday in Massachusetts there was a report of one town whose water supply is almost completely rainwater and their test for radiation showed increased levels. They said it was from the Japanese situation.
I just want to be as safe as I can be. I am not trying to put another country down in anyway but I fear making something from fabric like that, and giving it to my grandchildren, would just be an increase in what they are exposed to. Children are more susceptible to this than adults. I would not want my GKs wrapped in a quilt made from fabric from Japan that I could buy 6 months from now.
I am just being very cautious. There are other countries in the near vicinity of Japan whose products I will not buy in the near future. What is on the shelves now is fine.
Yesterday in Massachusetts there was a report of one town whose water supply is almost completely rainwater and their test for radiation showed increased levels. They said it was from the Japanese situation.
I just want to be as safe as I can be. I am not trying to put another country down in anyway but I fear making something from fabric like that, and giving it to my grandchildren, would just be an increase in what they are exposed to. Children are more susceptible to this than adults. I would not want my GKs wrapped in a quilt made from fabric from Japan that I could buy 6 months from now.
I am just being very cautious. There are other countries in the near vicinity of Japan whose products I will not buy in the near future. What is on the shelves now is fine.
Originally Posted by Gaijin
Do you know for a fact that any of the fabric mills in Japan are anywhere near the troubled nuclear power plant? Most of the heavy factory areas that I know about in Japan are in the far south of Honshu. You make it sound like all of Japan will be full of radiation in the near future and that everything will be contaminated. I think it's a good idea not to overreact concerning what is happening here.
03-29-2011, 05:07 PM
#37
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Originally Posted by Gaijin
Most of the heavy factory areas that I know about in Japan are in the far south of Honshu.
Thank you for this information. I assumed that the plants were not near Sendai, as we have read in our newspapers that it's mostly an agricultural area.
But I was concerned that the plants might have been affected by the power outages. Good to know that they would likely not be near there... which means that quilters will all still be able to get their fabrics on time!
:D
Sending good wishes to everyone over there who has been / still is being affected by the disaster.
03-29-2011, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by trolleystation
I wonder.....do we have to be afraid of some contamination on these fabrics? We never know exactly what part of Japan they are from.
03-29-2011, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by OmaForFour
Right now I would not hesitate to buy Japanese fabrics. Six to eight months down the road I will not be interested because that is when I expect the fabric to come with possible radiation. I am hoping my LQS does not get involved but I cannot tell her what to buy or not.
really you might do well to actually read up on what radiation can stick to and what it can not..
I bet you use your fabric without washing..and did you know it is sprayed with up to 35 known carcinogens just to get it shipped into this country??? No matter what the country of origin is....
really....how sad....
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