As do I. Being as she is a physical geographer and given that the majority of scare articles have related to the spread of radionuclides and the so-called immi

As do I. Being as she is a physical geographer and given that the majority of scare articles have related to the spread of radionuclides and the so-called imminent danger to the west coast of the US (and countless doomsday-style scenarios that have been appearing since the events at Fukushima et al), having someone whose research has focused more or less on precisely the subject at hand is certainly relieving as well as enlightening I think that's the point of this entire article, though. The scaremongering is being perpetrated by people who generally have no background in either oceanography or nuclear physics [1]. So in my mind, whether she's qualified to talk about the materials released is largely moot. The concern among conspiracists is how this material is going to spread (and purportedly kill us all), and she's more than qualified to explain how such theories are an expression of Chicken Littlisms. [1] Granted, neither myself nor many of us here have such backgrounds, but I choose to lend greater credence to the arguments of someone who does have such a background.