Pete, do you have a citation or source for the allegation that "the US and the UK are pulling out their rescue teams from Japan"?
There are a number of British references to their team pulling out, like this BBC article.
Sky doesn't say which American team is leaving and I never saw any articles about it, but last night, CNN did a piece on Fairfax County's team that I watched and they said they'd only be there one more day. Maybe even LA County Fire Rescue is also pulling out at the same time.
As I understand it, they are leaving not because they have given up all hope or because of radiation, but it's more a bureacratic thing about Japan not requesting their help beyond this point.
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