California rainwater 181 times above drinking water standards for radioactive iodine-131

NY Times contributor confirms California rainwater 181 times above drinking water standards for radioactive iodine-131

Posted By admin On April 3, 2011 @ 5:57 am In Featured Stories | 

ENE News ^[1]
April 3, 2011

Government Under Fire as Radiation Is Found in Milk, Rain ^[2], Bay Citizen, April 1, 2011:

Federal officials have still not published any official data on nuclear fallout from Japan disaster

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… Radiation from Japan rained on Berkeley during recent storms at levels that exceeded drinking water standards by 181 times and has been detected in multiple milk samples…

Radiation falling with rain can cover grass that is eaten by cows and other animals. It can also fall on food crops or accumulate in reservoirs that are used for irrigation or drinking water. Seafood can also be affected. …

A rooftop water monitoring program managed by UC Berkeley's Department of Nuclear Engineering detected substantial spikes in rain-borne iodine-131 during torrential downpours a week ago. …

The levels exceeded federal drinking water thresholds, known as maximum contaminant levels, or MCL, by as much as 181 times. …

Patty Lovera, assistant director at the nonprofit Food and Water Watch:

"The official mantra from a lot of folks in government is, 'Oh, it's OK in low levels.'"

"But low levels add up. We would like to see a more coherent strategy for monitoring air and water in agricultural areas and then using that data to come up with a plan, if you need one, to go look at the food system."

Read the report here ^[2].

Bay Citizen via NY Times here ^[3].

First reported at enenews.com: Radioactive Iodine-131 in rainwater sample near San Francisco 18,100% above federal drinking water standard ^[4]

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URLs in this post:

[1] ENE News: http://enenews.com/ny-times-contributor-confirms-california-rainwater-181-times-above-drinking-water-standards-for-radioactive-iodine-131

[2] Government Under Fire as Radiation Is Found in Milk, Rain: http://www.baycitizen.org/japan-disaster/story/government-under-fire-radiation-milk/2/

[3] here: http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/news/national/usstatesterritoriesandpossessions/california/sanfranciscobayarea/index.html

[4] Radioactive Iodine-131 in rainwater sample near San Francisco 18,100% above federal drinking water standard: http://enenews.com/radioactive-iodine-131-in-rainwater-sample-near-san-francisco-is-18100-above-federal-drinking-water-standard

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