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Should I cancel my trip to Beijing?

I realize that Beijing is 1300 miles from the nuclear disaster and that the winds are spreading the plume to the east... but I still wonder is there even a potential danger to adults and specifically to an 8 year old child.

Our trip is about three weeks away but we need to start canceling things. I thought that soon we would see things starting to get better and know the extent of the leaks but it just seems to get worse and worse.

Should we cancel our trip?

Jim asked in Earthquake! about 1 year ago | Report
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  • Golobdendrogram_small
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    There is no reason, at this time, to cancel a trip to Beijing because of this nuclear disaster.

    Even in Tokyo, much closer to these plants than Beijing, the measured radiation levels have only been about twice above normal background radiation--and nowhere near doses needed to cause health problems. If you wish to be really cautious on your trip, I would avoid feeding your children iodine-rich foods harvested from places nearby to the leaking plants.

    The typical air and water pollution present in Beijing is, was, and will likely be for some time, a far greater health risk to adults and children than the nuclear disaster.

    Jonathan Golob answered in Earthquake! about 1 year ago | Report
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