Episode 143 • • 51:24 - 56:03
143: Obama Sells Out To China
Noriko Sakai Drug Arrest and Metric Measurement Discrepancies
Japanese singer Noriko Sakai was arrested after police found 0.008 grams of a stimulant in her apartment. The BBC's reporting of this "trace amount"—equivalent to 8 milligrams or 24 grains of salt—is contrasted with the 25 milligrams of thimerosal found in standard flu vaccines. The arrest has caused a major scandal in Japan despite the extremely small quantity of the substance involved.