Lettuce From US West Coast Nearly Topped Chernobyl Contamination Limit

Official Data: Lettuce from US West Coast nearly topped
Chernobyl contamination limit; Most dangerous alpha

radiation also detected TV: Fukushima poses significant
health risks to areas thousands of kilometers away (VIDEO)
Published: September 29th, 2014 at 8:16 am ET
By ENENews
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Interview w/ Dr. Gerhard Wotawa, CTBTO radionuclide unit &

head of ZAMG (Austria) forecast models (emphasis added):
['Low levels' of radioactivity from Fukushima] can of course
spread over all the areas of the world. But it will not pose any
significant health risks beyond the immediate areas of the
reactors, and some hundreds of kilometers to a few thousands
of kilometers Rain would release the radiation from the
atmosphere and will directly put it on the ground. Very long-
lived radionuclides like the cesium will stay around there 20, 30,
40, and more years, and could affect agriculture The
radionuclides can be easily washed out of the atmosphere and
in the pathway from Japan to the Pacific Ocean, and across the
Pacific Ocean supposedly there will be precipitation of the rain
and most of the particles will be removed by the rain We
assume that theres a lot of radioactivity now coming into the
water from the plant In reality there may be some health effects,
but it depends very much on the level of radioactivity that comes
out of the atmosphere. >> More from Wotawa: Fallout in
California 1,000s of times higher than expected for several days
after Fukushima explosions
Martin Wright, Radiation Protection Senior Engineer at Diablo
Canyon Power Plant (Calif.) Monitoring for Japan Nuclear
Accident (pdf), 21st Annual Radioactive
Effluent Technical Specifications and Radiological Environmental
Monitoring Programs Workshop:
Diablo Canyon in San Luis Obispo, California (150 mi. N of Los
Angeles) Rain Event, Mar 24, 2011
Iodine-131 = 522 picocuries per liter (pCi/L)

Iodine-132 = 19.90 pCi/L
Cesium-134 = 23.40 pCi/L
Cesium-137 = 25.40 pCi/L
Gross Alpha = 5.27 pCi/L (BBC::Inside the body Alpha
radiation is the most dangerous Also detected on Mar. 19
and 21 , none since Mar. 24 peak)
San Luis Obispo, Calif. Vegetation from private garden, Apr 14,
2011
Iodine-131 = 67.71 pCi/kilogram (pCi/kg)

Cesium-134 = 171.60 pCi/kg
Atascadero, Calif. (~20 miles inland from Diablo Canyon)

Miners Lettuce (salad green), Mar 27, 2011
Iodine-131 = 347.00 pCi/kg

Total Radionuclides = 886 pCi/kg or 33 Bq/kg (83% of
Ukraines Cesium-137 limit of 40 Bq/kg. I-131 and Cs-
134/136 decay much faster than Cs-137 and are likely no
longer detectable in food, and dont require a specific safety
limit However, they are considered just as harmful as Cs-137,
if not more so.)
Watch Wotawas interview here

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59 comments to Official Data: Lettuce from US West Coast nearly topped

Chernobyl contamination limit; Most dangerous alpha radiation also
detected TV: Fukushima poses significant health risks to areas
thousands of kilometers away (VIDEO)
cosmic charlie
September 29, 2014 at 8:52 am Log in to Reply
So much for eating healthy. I've enjoyed organic gardening for years. Much of the enjoyment is
gone now though I will not give it up. Same for hunting deer although that I may give up.
Venison is still far healthier than any meat from the supermarket.
Camped out in beautiful fall colors over the weekend, very rejuvinating.
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o OldFool
Curies are arbitrary and essentially useless for understanding.
1 picocurie = 0.037 becquerel
100 picocuries = 3.7 becquerel
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ISeePinkClouds
September 29, 2014 at 1:39 pm Log in to Reply
Yes. OF. Thank you for the clarification. 3.7 Bq appears as a seemingly small number.
That would be 222 disintegrations per minute, or counts per minute. Am I missing
something? Oh, yeah, don't eat the lettuce. peace
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o truthseek
I have 'lived my life as a saint', diet, activity and exercise. Vitamins, minerals, potent herbal
regimen for immunity+ not reliant on antibiotics totally shun the FLU vaccine charade.
And as a middle aged person, saved in the bogus stock market for a retirement - that I /
we will likely never derive a benefit from All to be slammed to the mat by global
corporations.
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Obvious
all to be expected and will continue long into the future as Fukushima is not going to stop
spewing tons of rads into our commons
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rogerthat
So the atmosphere will be mostly fine because ''most of the particles will be removed by the
rain''
And the land will be mostly fine (except where it rained) and it will recover after a long time
because radionuclides decay.
And the ocean will be mostly fine, with some ''health effects'' but these won't be too bad as long
as there's not too much rain.
This sounds like the problem is that too much radiation has been released into the environment
where it will remain for a very, very long time so it won't really be fine anywhere.
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o Obvious
recycled through rain, bio-accumulation, put back to air, water, soil through the cycle of
life. a fine and long life the isotopes shall have
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o moonshellblue
Dilution is no solution concerning radioactive pollution I believe that was the statement
given decades ago. Time to set up the indoor garden.
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Sickputer
Picocuries to becquerels is probably a worthwhile conversion:
http://www.unitconversion.org/radiation-activity/becquerels-to-picocuries-conversion.html
So the two radioactive cesium isotopes are 19 becquerels per kg.
Doesn't seem like much radiation for March 2011 in San Luis Obisbo but consider that city is
5200 miles from Fukushima. But if you ate that salad a lot then bioaccumulation becomes a
factor.
Another Enenews link to add to Admin's rogues gallery below the latest listing:
http://enenews.com/govt-doc-cattle-feed-california-dairy-farm-300-pcikg-radioactive-cesium-
after-fukushima-tested-9-months-after-being-harvested-berkeley-study-reveals-3500-pcikg-
cesium
Road soil sample near Berkeley, Ca. in 2013:
"The June 9, sample result was 132.4 Bq/kg of cesium 134 + 137 (3,579 pCi/kg)."
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o ISeePinkClouds
Yes. SP. I like the conversion tool. I tried the free download. It is not really helpful. The
helpful one would require purchase. Still, they do allow online calculations. I like that. I find
it always quizzical when we get proof from the "scientists" and "experts" on radiation
matters we here at ENENEWS determined beyond reasonable doubt ourselves years ago.
It comes to mind that we must double our efforts to protect ourselves from the radiation
onslaught. The Combating Radiation Forum becomes more important each day. I am
taking so many vitamins, minerals, and herbs, that I don't have to eat food anymore. Just
Kidding! If we want to survive, we have to take the measures afforded us. Mostly, our
safety comes through understanding. We must continue to get the word out too. It blows
my mind that in America we get the truth about the radiation dangers we are facing from
Russia Today. peace
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West Aussie
There is a solution at hand, if you'll just follow me,
http://horserotovator.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/rattus-norvegicus/
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o Sickputer
Very funny WA +311
(Typo on Gina's last name FYI).
Or as the Most Interesting Man in the World always says:
"I don't normally piss in swimming pools, but when I do it's always a Gina McCarthy
Memorial Pool."
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West Aussie
Ty, Sickputer. Sometimes for the sake of legal protection, however, one must play with
the names a little. As Jimmy Savile used to say, "I'm tricky like that!"! (Meant as a
Sickputer joke! lol!)
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Time Is Short
Jimmy Savile was a lifelong pedophile protected by the Royal Family.
There's nothing funny about that.
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stock
In retrospect, didnt he really look the part also? Hang em high.
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West Aussie
Time is short, the point of my humor is not necessarily to elicit laughs. It's
more to do with keeping certain subjects in the public arena. Would you want
to sensor me for that?
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o ISeePinkClouds
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obewanspeaks
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o Sickputer
Sorry Obedidn't mean to bump you out of order in responses to west aussie.
Btw What do you call a Latino Jedi?
Answer: Obi-Juan Kenobi
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obewanspeaks
Perfect! Plenty of those Jedi's running around these days..we need all the help we
can get.
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califnative
United States and Japan Streamline Organic Trade across the Pacific
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2013/09/0190.xml
United States and Japan today sign organic equivalence arrangement.
Marks first U.S. organic arrangement in Asia, and first-ever without organic standards
exceptions.
http://www.organicnewsroom.com/2013/09/united_states_and_japan_today.html
Without an equivalency arrangement in place, organic farmers and businesses wanting to sell
products in either country had to obtain separate certifications to meet each country's organic
standards. This typically has meant two sets of fees, inspections, and paperwork. Similar to
previous U.S. equivalency arrangements with Canada and the European Union, this trade
partnership with Japan eliminates significant barriers, especially for small and medium-sized
organic producers.
You can thank Hillary Clinton for this.
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o cosmic charlie
Were I in Japan, I would happily consume organic produce from the u.s.
Not so much the other way. I guess it is all relative. I would choose food from the southern
hemisphere over that from California. I already choose my wine from the south.
Just a couple more FD type messes and everything will be unfit for consumption.
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Time Is Short
At this point, what f&&%&$&g difference does it make?
HC, Copyright, 2014
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califnative
The governments of the United States and Canada are not conducting tests for radioactivity at
least not to the knowledge of the public. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has agreed to
continue purchasing seafood from Japan, despite the fact that the food is not being tested for
radioactive contamination. Last November, independent testing in Japan showed 65 per cent of
the catches tested positive for cesium (a radioactive material). Instead of refusing to purchase
the poisoned fish, food safety agencies in both the United States and Canada have simply
raised the acceptable level of radiation. We cant go offending the Japanese after promising to
buy their tainted goods, now can we?
http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/2013/01/22/the-radiation-warnings-you-wont-get-from-the-
mainstream-propaganda-machine/
Published January 22, 2013
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o itsanuclearwar
It can not be any more obvious, they are killing us off. Fukushima is just one of the avenues
they are using. Fukushima was done by design, although there are many at enenews that
continue to defend TPTB and deny this fact. It can not be any more obvious!
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stock
Killing through radiation would be the stupidiest possible method.
Now lets talk about a good old Ebola outbreak with 70% kill rate, even doctors.
Occam's Razor would quickly eliminate Fuku was planned as a liklihood.
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obewanspeaks
These are the people in chargeprotecting you.
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sayonara kitty
not sure if this was reported..
http://nuclear-news.net/2014/09/27/obama-lifts-permissable-levels-of-radiation-in-drinking-water/
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o califnative
sayonara kitty thanks, that is a good website! Will add it to my overloaded favorite
bookmarks.
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o stock
Great linkthey have way jacked up the "permissable" levels, and they talk about millrems
in soil
2 issues
1) For cryingout loud, can't you bastard all use the metric system mSv. I knowits a
"valuable" way to confuse people who havent studied radiation in a college setting.
2) How can you bastards that be even talk about levels in soil without directly and clearly
addressing the chance of that becoming internal? Though food or water. make it clear.if it
hits this level, you can never grow your own food again. Of course then we could sue the
"provider" of the radiation for lost value of land.
3) Indeed all this shite is loaded with "weasal words" which a typically marxist method to
increase power of government, and increase bribes to government, as their interpretation
will help and hurt various parties.
New constitutional amendmentall law must be written in plain English so that a year 2000
level 10th grade sturdent can easily understand them and without ambiguity.
stock rant out
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o ISeePinkClouds
Yes. Thank you SK. Global Research regularly reprints ENENEWS articles. One in twenty
three. "Excuse me, can I cut in line?" peace
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West Aussie
I don't eat seafood anymore. I only eat Australian grown food, if I can possibly help it. However,
I am in no way certain that this food is going to remain safe for the future but I am making my
stand and hope that others will too in their own way.
There is now a 'free trade agreement' between Australia and Japan of which the details have
been kept secret from us. We are living in dangerous times.
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TheBigPicture
DAIRY PRODUCTS, VEGETABLES, FRUITS, MEAT, FISH, WATER.
Forced to worry and omit foods from diet because of nuclear reactors.
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truthseek
I feel like I am going PUKE I am so sick (expression) of this building in the news of facts we
have spoke on and shared from the very beginning of this unfolding event. Our instincts lead,
our concerns, thoughts and mutual expressions confirm, in fact preceded the bogus .headlines.
of this is crap filling the world and our bodies It IS EVERYWHERE!
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Nick
Not one decaying atom is safe.
How many growers in California were told to keep rainfall off of their crops?
NONE.
How many growers KNOW what radionucleotides contaminated the food supply?
FEW.
Tell me again why we are being told ZIPPO about our contaminated food supply from the awol
reactor cores of FD-NPP?
Fact Checker I await a snide comment or two from you.
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o Time Is Short
Fact Checker must be of the opinion that he and his family will get the Ebola cure.
No, no he won't. That's what fun about the trolls, and even the NSA staffers reading our
emails. None of them are going to get the cure, either.
They should ask themselves, did they get iodine right after 3/11? If not, they're not on the
list for the Ebola cure, either.
Good luck, trolls.
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timemachine2020s
It's all for not. We are fighting a war that cannot be won. Thanks for trying.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-nuclear28-20140928-story.html
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o Crickets
Reading this story, yes, the future does look very bleak. I'm lucky if I've got twenty more
years to live, but I do feel sorry for all those being born today. We had a beautiful planet,
capable of sustaining life until our sun dies, but a handful of selfish, greedy, arrogant
bastards are ruining it. Scientists look into the cosmos for places like Earth but it seems
they are very rare. What a shame.
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Sparky
Sorry to post OT and in this thread as a reply, but Enenews site functionality is getting
worse. "Reply" was the only way I could get in to post.
One more threat to human survival: Ebola infections are increasing exponentially, est.
1.4M:
http://kff.org/global-health-policy/perspective/measuring-the-impact-of-ebola-will-it-
reach-1-4-
million/?utm_campaign=KFF%3A+General&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=ema
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Sparky
From article above:
"According to the models worst case scenario, which assumes no change in the
trajectory of the epidemic and also corrects for underreporting, the number of
Ebola cases in Liberia and Sierra Leone together could reach 1.4 million by the
end of January 2015. This translates into a whopping 14% cumulative prevalence
rate. To put this in perspective, an equivalent rate in the U.S. population would be
almost 45 million people nationally, and more than 90,000 in Washington, DC
alone."
"Ebola had, as of mid-September, already become the leading cause of death in
Liberia."
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itsanuclearwar
Just one more avenue.
War and famine would not do. Instead, disease offered the most efficient and
fastest way to kill the billions that must soon die if the population crisis is to
be solved. AIDS is not an efficient killer because it is too slow. My favorite
candidate for eliminating 90 percent of the worlds population is airborne
Ebola (Ebola Reston), because it is both highly lethal and it kills in days,
instead of years. Weve got airborne diseases with 90 percent mortality in
humans. Killing humans. Think about that. You know, the bird flus good, too.
For everyone who survives, he will have to bury nine.
Dr. Eric Pianka University of Texas evolutionary ecologist and lizard expert,
showed solutions for reducing the worlds population to an audience on
population control
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o Lorem Ipsum
A win would be incredible, but a fight is necessary, either way. I have to be able to face
myself in the mirror each day. Besides, the company is better on this side of the issue.
Fight the Good Fight- Triumph
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1ircqQklo
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Risky
Here's a CHALLENGE:
I read awhile ago about ONE elderly women who was successful in getting a nuclear
project canceled by going door-to-door educating her neighbors and handing out flyers.
One honest, determined person can have a lot of influence. People can sense sincerity
and truth.
Heres the challenge:
Any Enenewser on Facebook, get just ONE new person to Facebook like Enenews.
Just one.
If the 23K who have Facebook liked Enenews do this, it will get Enenews toward the
50,000 mark.
It wouldnt hurt to try.
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Crickets
I'm guessing that factchecker will be tossing up a glowingly healthy Caesar Salad to go with
those yummy salmon fillets pretty soon. FC, be sure to slice those fillets around the tumors
before you throw them on the grill.
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o combomelt
Yes, fc sitting in some experimental reactor control room somewhere, keeping logs,
reviewing reports, watching meters and computer screens, and all the while his mind is
scheming and screaming to get off work and back to his smrtphone to post drivel on ene.
poor fella
salaciously salivating over that sliced Salmon Caesar with a side of assorted Cesiums
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Tacomagroove
Lettuce from US West Coast nearly exceeded Chernobyls contamination limit
Wait:
Chernobyls Contamination limit?
Chernobyls food Contamination limit?
Wasn't the food in Chernobyl over the epa's suggested contamination limit?
Meaning that this food either meets or exceeds the contamination limit of Chernobyls
Contamination limit?
Meaning that the lettuce here on the usa west coast 5000km out is technically just as
contaminated as lettuce growing in Russia's Chernobyl incident (only a 1 km distance).
And if radiation Is equal to that amount (here on the west coast). Wouldn't it be higher in Florida
(as the epa just released that they had the highest levels detected nationally).
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Ontological
All the greens we quit soon as R3 went up. As a vegetarian I have lost nearly 100 pounds since
311, no more spinach, kale, lettuce, mushrooms etc. We still eat leeks due to their ability to
purge. Sad world, I have an image of a hot salad showing 600+ cpm on the inspector in the
Garden of ELEden site. It is from 2012.
http://s1273.photobucket.com/user/CesiumSky/library/Cesium%20Sky/ELEmentSky/Garden%2
0Of%20ELEden
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o Ontological
We test everything at the store to prevent bringing home anything hot. The seafood section
at the local market, has become just a small ice cooler and 2 bushels of product at best
offered. It was HUGE, and three of the biggest ice coolers full of Pacific seafood there is.
Not anymore.
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Ontological
One more thing. Looks to me after doing so much homework on Chernobyl, that it was
actually UP played and figures published in basically actual amounts. It was to hide
behind anything WORSE happening, and I still maintain Chernobyl was in actuality a
small event. About the same impact as Rocketdyne. So Chernobyl on it's own could
have debunked the atmospheric Barium theory if there wasn't so much in the air
already. The one thing they did not bet on was the R3 detonation. Now Chernobyl's fly
is unzipped, and the change soon to happen is on top of so much added and dumped
materials in the air/water already to change QED on webcam diffraction grids will begin
to show us early next year naked eye the horrors from Strontium90, and in 2016
Cs137 from Chernobyl changes into Ba137, as the result of on open air nuclear
reaction, and fire inside our bio system in April 1986.
http://mail.colonial.net/~hkaiter/human_elements_star.htm
http://astro1.panet.utoledo.edu/~ljc/light3a.html
http://s1273.photobucket.com/user/CesiumSky/library/Cesium%20Sky
http://s1273.photobucket.com/user/CesiumSky/library/Cesium%20Sky/ELEmentSky
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combomelt
EPA RADIONUCLIDE INFORMATION LABEL
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o287/combomelt/Nutritional-Label-Proposed.png
MMMMMMYUMMMMYY
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Shaker1
Unlike many here who attempt to discern the voodoo behind published numbers, whatever the
reference (BQ, curies, seiverts, etc.) I don't bother nor worry as I feel those are just general
information. I don't particularly feel such 'clues' tell much about an individual's personal load
from such results of these studies, especially at anything less that gross dose-rate. To me, it's
like seeing a dead mouse beside a pile of rat poison. Surely, the rat died from the poison, but
just how much did they eat? What did the general health of the mouse contribute to the poison's
actions?
I admit that I'm a not schooled in scientific disciplines, but I have proven that I can be intensely
rational, even if I've given much to the imaginative side of my personality. When one looks at
the placement of monitoring stations along with all the factors involved in ascertaining the
information given by these stations (handling of the physical evidence, reliability of equipment,
etc.) it's fairly obvious they can be no more than general indicators. Useful, but useless to an
individual who doesn't live intimately with the apparatus 24/7. It's like hearing a weather report
saying it's raining in your area while you personally may be bone dry and see nary a drop.
Besides, too many circumstances contribute to general load. I worked out in the rain all through
2011 and 2012 here in the PNW. What if one was in the rain, but also smoked cigarettes, their
hands to their mouths and lips
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o Shaker1
One could compile a great list of factors that might contribute to personal loads that are
much greater or much less than a monitoring station just up the street. Those monitoring
stations say little about an individual's physical reaction to those personal loads. Read
Bobby1's blog sometimeThese arguments are useless and distracting that one finds over
300 comments to a post about workers at the site of which maybe 1/3 (and I'm being
generous at that) are on topic. Do what you will; that's just my take on the situation.
Personally, I have a view of my world that is based in resonances and harmonics, of which
monitors say nothing. Monitors and their numbers speak little of the interactions that are
our life in which science by its very definition is a bit lost for definite causal values.
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ISeePinkClouds
Yes. Shaker. Good point. I want to learn all I can about the dangers of radiation, and
the ways to protect myself and others. IMHO, survival will require that somewhere
along the way, before all is said and done, Science and Religion/Spirituality will
discover each other; to each other's mutual benefit. peace
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Nick
Do the math.
If lettuce tested "hot" then much of the continental USA received similar amounts (I know the
deposition is sporadic and spotty, but overall not good!) and therefore much of our food and
water supply has levels of toxins that were not there before FD-NPP went awol.
Are we just supposed to ignore this fact?
Are we to be fission-washed into believing nuclear reactors that go ex-containment are not that
big a deal?
No f'ing way.
I recommend we all hug our dear ones dearly. Life as you knew it is over.
Expect more mysteries like:
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/09/27/illness-causing-paralysis-in-colorado-children-a-mystery-
so-far/
I can't begin to fathom what might be going on, but my suspicion (and totally a wild guess and
not meant to discredit this site!) is that maybe the uranium from FD-NPP has daughtered down
into lead and is causing neurological complications in organisms.
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califnative
Alarming Levels of Radiation Allowed in US Food! Fukushima Fallout
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9d3I3S99Dc&feature=player_embedded
Published on Mar 12, 2013
HELEN CALDICOTT FOUNDATION FUKUSHIMA SYMPOSIUM: 3-12-13
The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident.
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Nick
Immediately after Chernobyl went ex-containment and the hot graphite fire burned a chemistry
professor of mine warned us all not to eat leafy greens for awhile.
I remember at the time being perplexed that enough fallout would hit Washington State (where I
was at the time) to be concerned about.
He was not being an alarmist, just giving us a heads up.
We know that Chernobyl was a nightmare ONLY after a monitoring station in (I think Sweden)
set alarms buzzing.
How is it that we are so lulled into complacency re FD-NPP?
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Dick Shenary
Nick The Uranium to Lead cascade has a half life of 704 million years. Too soon for lead
problems.
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razzz
One way or another the fallout will recycle during its lifespan(s).
Why are they telling us more than 3 years later that crops were dusted with Daiichi fallout?
Sludge reports from local sewer agencies would have recorded how much fallout entered their
processing plants. Can't get much more detailed than that.
Fallout is pretty much hit and miss until it is disbursed enough to raise the background levels.
Which already has been done. Instead of lessening fallout to contend with from nuke bomb
testing days, we now have more fallout to deal with thanks to Daiichi.
FactChecker will confirm how dangerous low level radiation is to fetuses, babies and children
when external exposure is converted to internal uptake. To start with, children are 10-20 times
more sensitive to low level radiation than adults.
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Daisy207
"To start with, children are 10-20 times more sensitive to low level radiation than adults."
No product source is stated on the Gerber Baby food in the stores. Better start alerting new
moms to start making their own food like my mom did years ago there was no commercial
baby food back then. Also milk and formula where is it made where is the milk source from.
If from California or anywhere on the west coast the cows are eating their way through fields
containing contamination which is going into the milk and the cheese. What about the new calf's
born after 3/11 what has the mortality rate been? Anyone keeping records on still born calf's.
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Lettuce From US West Coast Nearly Topped Chernobyl Contamination Limit

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Official Data: Lettuce from US West Coast nearly topped

Chernobyl contamination limit; Most dangerous alpha

Interview w/ Dr. Gerhard Wotawa, CTBTO radionuclide unit &

Iodine-131 = 522 picocuries per liter (pCi/L)

Iodine-131 = 67.71 pCi/kilogram (pCi/kg)

Atascadero, Calif. (~20 miles inland from Diablo Canyon)

Iodine-131 = 347.00 pCi/kg

Watch Wotawas interview here

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