Latest UCB test results: First time radioactive cesium found in spinach, arugala, and kale around San Francisco Bay area

Published: April 13th, 2011 at 9:11 pm ET
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UCB Food Chain Sampling Results, University of California, Berkeley Department of Nuclear Engineering:

  • Arugula, purchased 4/7/2011, Cs134 @ .49 Bq/kg
  • Kale, purchased 4/6/2011, Cs134 @ .5 Bq/kg
  • Spinach, purchased 4/7/2011, Cs134 @ 1 Bq/kg, Cs137 @ 1.3 Bq/kg

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Published: April 13th, 2011 at 9:11 pm ET
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35 comments to Latest UCB test results: First time radioactive cesium found in spinach, arugala, and kale around San Francisco Bay area

  • Why bothering measuring? The only radioactive isotope that will leave in our lifetime will be Iodine, some 80 days or so AFTER Fukushima stops spewing poisons. The rest is here to stay, generation after generation, after generation.

    When these goitrogenic foods are eaten raw, they prevent iodine uptake by the thyroid gland, cooking does slightly diminish this problem.

    Until Radioactive Iodine quits circling the earth, I’ll skip these foods. It’s important to consider adding Iodine rich foods If you eat a lot of the following:

    * Broccoli, Chinese broccoli, Bok Choy, Bamboo shoots
    * Cauliflower, Brussel sprouts, Cabbage,
    * Kale, Collar greens, Mustard greens, Spinach
    * Pears, Peaches
    * Peanuts, Pine nuts
    * Sweet Potatoes, Turnips
    * Radishes, Rutabagas
    * Soy anything

    Toni
    http://www.natural-health-home-remedies.com/radiation.html


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    • mr. x

      I would skip the “iodine rich foods” from the northern hemisphere. The iodine they are likely to be rich in just now is radioactive.


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    • Noah

      Lifestyle changes in a post-311 world
      Northern Hemisphere Countries

      Stock up on canned and frozen pre-311 foods. Avoid post-311 broad leaf veggies, dairy and produce exposed to rainfall and ground water. For veggies switch over to buying produce harvested from extreme southern hemisphere countries. Immediately switch to hydroponically sprouted sprouts that utilize radiation free ultra purified water. (Or spout it yourself with ultra purified water) Groups and families throughout the Northern Hemisphere are forming indoor hydroponic cooperatives green housed and enclosed, protected from radioactive rainfall and monitored to confirm zero contamination. Gather, accumulate sprouting seeds, for future consumption.


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    • xdrfox

      After all the readers here in Fl. were offline and no readings during the last month, I see a reading in a vegetable growing state such as Ca. one place having reading as highest readings as “138″ of
      I-133 on 4/4, from rain, but also seeing now readings of “150″ of I-133 here in Jacksonville Fl. on 3/31, Plant city is a large producer in Fl. of vegetables and fruits grown in Fl. no results posted but we have heard nothing like result incoming from Ca. about the grown foods.
      http://opendata.socrata.com/Government/Sorted-RadNet-Laboratory-Analysis/w9fb-tgv6

      What specific tests is FDA using?
      http://www.fda.gov/newsevents/publichealthfocus/ucm247403.htm

      : |


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  • The chaos of collapse and delimitation is spreading. Another war, another broken cycle, tyranny remains. These last few years have always felt rushed. Gasping at all the incoming information. From the false elections and false flag attacks I’ve watched from the comfort of a drunken stupor, a emotionless gaze or an excuse not to seriously involve myself. The worst part about all this stuff is that were constantly conned. Hell, everyday someone is taking from me, you and your family. Slowly chipping away at those things that matter. We find ourselves hurling, compromising our way to our own personal hells. Inventing new tortures, creating new drama. Till finally there is no escape from all the fears. The clenched jaw and the racing heart. To what effect? What is the result of all this? We shrink away from being cheated because no one wants to admit they have been duped. By the end of the day only the numb remains. Till a point.

    Than when you realize how backwards everything is. The whole situation seems so obvious. Clear as day facts. PERIOD. You think the same rush you felt when you really dug up some truth. The realization of discovery. That blissful moment where you felt engaged in moment. Render out the deceptions, use the word and push through the veil. That tingly feeling of awe. So you take this feeling and try and give it to others. Show them the real world. Then you quickly realize, no body gives a shit.

    Better yet, those that do, are just as crazy as you. Either way, it becomes more isolating that when you started. So the score cards the same. There is a clear and rational grasp of the situation. The whole thing is playing out right in front of everyone, and they are bickering about some manufactured reality bought and paid for by the state. Isn’t that something! This is the time we should not squander, perhaps even, its time to do things in a totally new way. Hey, you just might take a second and really think about how to approach this event.

    We’re engaging in a war for hearts in a world ruled by madness. I often feel the separation. Often the most vulgar feeling is being able to accomplish nothing. Its so insane! The poison, the lies, the corruption and most of all. The slumber of the hard hearts. How do you approach them? To what effect? Do you ever just look into em? Try and figure out why its become so difficult to face a very adult world? The very nature of man is compromised. We lack the sheer faculties to even address a relevant situation. So hard to keep control. Wake up folks. God is not mad at you. You are and always are loved. Its strength to face fears. Its compassion that gets us through. Don’t try to act surprised. It is simple to find easy ways to fall. To befall the judgment of others that will scorn you when your down and out. To make foolish mistakes or even take reckless chances. Anything really just to feel like we have invested anything into this life. Though mostly it seems we settle for suffering. That is the very essence of what has held me hostage. I often think its what holds many others too.

    All hearts, all backgrounds. For this we must be brave! From this we draw upon one and other. Save judgements for they deny you. I find only hope when I look out. I see only the kind. Perhaps its somewhat idealist. To believe that even those with the compatibility for evil could also perhaps have the same ability to do otherwise. So, I guess really. This is both a confession and a plea, please forgive me, as I forgive you. We are all hurting. This world doesn’t leave us without scars. I am through with being ashamed. I know in my heart I cannot help everyone or even live like I hope, wish, strive to everyday. I fall short every time. The worst enemy I have is myself it seems. The nagging fatigue of everyday wears me, I make bad judgments. Its not for lack of effort. Well, not always. I used to long for wealth, power and lust. I was defined by my appetite. Ruthless and determined. If I could take those shameful days and take those moments back I would do so. Given that is not an option, I do take full responsibility.

    I hope by some small measure I have successfully reached out to you. I can hope by some measure I had helped at least one other traveler in this life. There comes a time and place to address important issues. In this day and age the revelings of independence, knowledgeable medicines and practical spread of vital information becomes compulsion. I intend to address these issues piece-mail for a foreseeable future. The underlying principal always resides with the community. This document is not about political agenda’s, religious principals or views.. This is an attempt at clear and open sharing of ideas and common needs.

    I find the under utilization, coverage and application of known free energy devices both devastating and very interesting. A vast technological revolution has been suppressed and dismissed. This is of great concern considering the immense impact of these devices. I have featured many of these devices via my website: thesandmanproject.com; as well as, developed many of these devices to enrich my life or those of my family. It’s amazing the vast unlimited potential we have, should we only implement the most basic of these tools. I highly recommend the development of GEET, HHO Boosters, and the SP500 fuel less generator. As these are the most basic and useful of the free energy suppression technologies. The fundamental information is available with a little bit of research.

    The restoration of prosperity to this community rests in the revitalization. The underpinning of a successful community is the willingness to develop “micro economic systems”. A few examples of fundamental systems include the local farmers market and flea markets. Centers where people can gather and exchange local goods and services. Simple non corporation events by and for the people help develop not only the economy but also the community. A simple and reliable barter system is easily established once the needs and accountability is established. This is easily done using freemans contracts (see the Redemption Manual). As the investment in the local community would be of better benefit to the future of or family than any continued government economic action has thus done.

    Now for the hard part. Time is up. The clock has silently clicked past midnight and our deepest fears are real. There is carnage and bitter dispute in the hearts and minds of men. Were sending our entire culture into Lucifer’s agenda. Dedicating every resource to deceit, slovenly irresponsible self destruction. Compassion becomes an ideal instead of an action. Lessons of the past are thrown from the mind. Only the innuendos of propaganda reach many of us. More over, the rationalization that our masters, tormentors have become comfortable. So.. What happens next?


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  • WindorSolarPlease

    The list of foods we can eat might be shorter.


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  • lili

    Please let us know when it reaches the Midwest or East THEN people will pay attention


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  • Falesteeni

    No way never you worry, ANN COULTER says Radiation is good for you, Its Healthy!


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  • Radiant Californian

    Arugula???, in Berkeley, TSHHTF.


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  • fascinating, like a trainwreck?

    Warloc makes some very good points…
    I do think there is a much larger philosophical and spiritual war going on and this extreme disaster (along with the strange, callous response) is emblematic of that larger theme and crisis.

    For example, simultaneously, the whole Western World/U.S. is now facing public and private fiscal, currency, and inflationary crises with a similar potential to destroy ‘life as we know it’…

    It is time to get your spiritual, physical, personal, and financial houses in order.

    For a long time, I have had psychic precognitive, clairvoyant, and clairsentient abilities that are quite accurate and unexpected. Without going into detail, I had premonitions about crises coming to Iraq (right before the WMD war), California in recent years, and a very weird one about the Devil himself being involved at the time of the explosion at the BP oil rig in the Gulf…It was very weird this time last year to have a strong warning premonition involving a demon from Hell (called “Malthus” in folklore) while watching footage of the explosion for the first time. So, anyway! :/ (and no, I have very normal mental health.)

    Trust me, there’s a lot more going on in this world besides the mere, obvious physical and material planes of reality. Trust me on that! And now I believe we need to call on such forces of good in order to deal with the magnitude of Fukushima!! Thank you for this forum.


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    • dan

      I’ve been getting a lot of “psychic stuff” too. The latest was just before this whole radiation thing started.

      First, a little background…

      I’ve accumulated a lot of stuff over the years, and it’s gotten to the point where it’s overwhelming (a lot of it wasn’t intentionally accumulated, I just sort of inherited it). And I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to get all of my stuff organized, so it doesn’t feel like everything’s a big mess all the time. But it’s just too much to think of all at once, so I never really get started.

      Then, just before this radiation thing started, an idea popped into my head. I need to start out small. And the first step was just figure out the few things I’d need to take with me, in case of an extreme emergency, where I’d have to leave in a big hurry. Then just get that organized. Then keep working my way up to getting everything organized, in case I just wanted to move somewhere, for some non-urgent reasons. And then I realized yesterday, that I probably had that thought, because I somehow knew this was going to happen.


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    • dan

      And luckily (or maybe I somehow knew something?) I’ve been eating an awful lot of bananas over the past year. I thought it was kind of excessive, and was considering cutting back. But I just read they’re a good source of iodine.

      And last year I was motivated to grow as many tomatoes–another good source of iodine–as I possibly could. Much more than I, or anyone else I knew, thought was possible (or sensible). And I’ve had really good homemade frozen tomato sauce almost every day since then. I think it helps to follow your intuition/gut feelings, even if they don’t really make sense at the time. To you, or to the people around you. We know a lot of stuff on some level, that we’re not always consciously aware of, or able to logically understand. And a lot of this stuff we know, is coming from our basic instincts to survive. And now would be a good time to listen to those instincts.


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  • Northern Exposure

    Someone needs to feed the Prez a nice spinach sandwich washed down with a tall cold glass of milk. And once he’s finished eating it, tell him: “Oh by the way, that just came freshly shipped in from San Fransisco. Would you like some more Mr. President, or perhaps your daughters ?”


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  • xdrfox

    Two explosions occurred on Saturday 12 March and Monday, March 14, 2011 in the reactor buildings and Daiichi1 Daiichi3 nuclear power plant in Fukushima (Japan). Each of these explosions sent a plume of radioactive pollution in the atmosphere.

    Researchers from the IASB (Institut d’Aeronomie Spatiale de Belgique) used a dispersion model to simulate the transport of polluted air masses until Friday, March 18. The simulations take into account the natural dilution of the clouds As they are transported.

    These two simulations place a large number of particles in a “box” located above the powerhouse, and then calculate the dispersion of the initial cloud. The initial height of the box is an essential criterion: the higher it is, more particles will go far. Based on the available videos, the researchers chose a maximum height of 500 m and 1500m for Daaichi1 Daaichi3, which seems much more energetic explosion. It should be noted that these choices are arbitrary.

    The model indicates that the two plumes stay only briefly along the coast in the immediate vicinity of the plant. They are then transported to the North East over the Pacific Ocean where they could pollute both the Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia). In particular, the plume caused by the explosion of Daiichi3 (which occurred on Monday morning), should be extended on Tuesday in a filament end remarkably over the Pacific Ocean. But it * could * touch the Tokyo area, but the model resolution does not say that.

    We use the dispersion model FLEXPART Developed by the Norwegian Institute for Air Research. It is driven by the weather forecast national service weather in the United States. Several simplifications or limitations should be noted:

    The weather forecasts are used to a fairly low resolution (“pixels” of about 100km by 100km). Our simulations are only valid for long distances. They do not predict the contamination of areas near the bomb site.

    These simulations take into account the dilution of the cloud, but not its leaching by precipitation (rain) encountered on his way.

    The injection time of the cloud particles was arbitrarily set: 20 minutes Daaichi1 (ie d of 6.40 am to 7 am, Greenwich Mean Time, 12.03.2011) and 14 minutes Daaichi3.

    The height of particle injection, as stated above, is chosen quite arbitrarily on the basis of available videos. These heights were selected for 500m and 1500m for Daaichi1 Daaichi3.

    BIRA-IASB is of course available for further explanation.
    http://www.aeronomie.be/fr/actualite/presse.htm


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  • Esrin

    The way this works is simple. For those who have any discernment no proof will be needed to back up these words I say..
    The EPA, FDA, etc. will not publish the real numbers until it’s too late. By this I mean that after we (the American populous who were not prepared) have
    already been thoroughly contaminated then the truth will come out. The logic being that by the time we find out we will feel hopeless and powerless
    to do anything about it because it’s too late. Then everyone will continue to work and spend money so as not to disturb the corporate bottom line and
    already deteriorating economy.

    The EPA is quietly starting to release numbers. They are breaking the horrifying truth to use slowly; at our own peril!
    http://www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sampling-data.html

    This is a, if not the, defining moment for us all as human beings. Who do you want to be? The time for watching and waiting is over. It’s time to draw the
    line, stand up and be heard.

    SILENCE = DEATH

    and now we can add to that

    COMPLACENCY = DEATH


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  • Anna

    Rant ahead:
    Can the Aluminatti please stop the #%^# chemtrailing?

    Radiation is quite enough to deal with.

    Who and where are these “Wizards of Oz” that play with our lives with chemtrailing, HAARP, GM foods, fluoride in the water, cell phone towers in our kids school yards AND on our town water storage tanks!

    ::Scream in frustration!::

    Innovative technology and life saving healing modalities are calculatingly squelched and buried every day.
    We won’t take to the streets in protest until it is too late.
    Well, not even that.
    It IS too late and, generally speaking, the American public is still just sucking their thumbs on all of these issues (actually, most are oblivious to the issues! and, um, also add the banking system to that list) while being mesmerized by watching shows like Dancing with the Stars.
    I share info with people everyday and no one gives a shit. It is as if they have had brain damage or as if their minds have been dulled.
    Did anyone see that movie called, “Idiocracy”? We are there! It is no longer fiction!
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nseyKfQX0ZI

    I was thinking, “Are we so accepting of the lack of data concerning almost EVERY State’s radioactivity readings? Amazing! What do our taxes actually pay for BESIDES the military budget?”

    Where is the data!?
    Stop the chemtrailing!
    Enough!!
    I went through Chernobyl with our young family and now again! We still have Strontium in us from the first round AND Cesium
    x: (


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  • John Pearce

    I’m not pro-nuke, but this discussion is full of alarmist nonsense. You link above to UC Berkeley’s radiation data, which no one reading this can understand, and don’t link to their conclusions, which are crystal clear: “we are observing extra radiation exposures to the public that are far, far smaller than the variations in background exposure that the public routinely accepts.” Please, everyone settle down, and stop spreading misinformation just to get your precious mouse clicks! Read the relevant conclusions here: http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node/2044, especially #8-#10 in the FAQ.


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  • Bluetek 25

    The Berkeley website gives no data. What it does give is outdated and misleading. The information reads like a nuclear engineering 101 textbook format, and the summary does nothing more than espouse the opinion that any radiation from this event is safe. Where is their data?? They discuss what they plan to do, their textbook collection and measurement methodologies, nothing more. There is NO DATA! The Nuclear Engineering Department at UC Berkeley is closely tied to the Nuclear Industry and most of their graduates clearly go on to work in the private or governmental nuclear industry. Again, this website provides NOTHING! when did they take samples, from where, what were the results. THis website professes to KNOW levels are low, but they publish NOTHING to prove it. They admit that they cannot measure Uranium or Plutonium. They indicate that what data they do have (which they do not publish on the website)is negligible and therefore no danger. They state that ALL radiation (if any) will subside completely by mid-April, which we know is not true. Here we are at mid-April and global map projections predict another large radiation episide within the next few days. They also state that the moment the earthquake hit Fukushima plant, TEPCO purposely shut the reactors down or scrammed them. This is in direct contradiction to all other reports, even those from TEPCO, that power was cut off by an electricity failure, which ultimately precipitated the explosions.
    Sorry, but this website is of very poor technical quality and indeed gives totally misleading and outdated information. TOTAL FAIL!!!


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    • John Pearce

      Bluetek 25: no data? Every link on this page has copious data: http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/UCBAirSampling. Data is what they do. You, on the other hand, provide no data or even links to support your vague assertions. Again, I’m not even pro-nuke, but please… The data you’ll find at the UCB’s FAQ page includes, by the way, this: given the measured radiation on spinach in the Bay Area, you would have to eat 900 pounds of it to get the same radiation you get on one flight from SF to DC. Sure there’s measurable radiation from Japan — but it’s simply a minuscule fraction of the background radiation all of us experience every day. But don’t let me stop you: panic away! Just know that there are much bigger issues in this world to worry about. And stay off airplanes. …And don’t breathe. …Or drink. …Or eat.


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  • John Wayne

    Like gravity, karma is so basic we often don’t even notice it. ~Sakyong Mipham


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  • just go vegan and let the water you water with sit in a charcoal filled pool then pour it on the plants. then drape plants with clear plastic, when it rains ,then you can make your produce safer,IT wont help with all contaminent’s but at least most of them.


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