Published: March 28th, 2011 at 5:03 pm ET
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Radiation detected in B.C. seaweed and rainwater not dangerous: researchers, Vancouver Sun, March 28, 2011 at 4:11 pm EDT:
A research team has detected an increased level of radiation in seaweed and rainwater samples gathered in B.C., and attribute the rise to the crippled Fukushima nuclear complex in Japan.
Nuclear physicist Kris Starosta of Simon Fraser University said… “As of now, the levels we’re seeing are not harmful to humans. … [W]e have not reached levels of elevated risk [of cancer].”
A press release sent by the university says that radiation from Japan is being carried to North America on the jet stream, but the most harmful radioactivity was scattered in the atmosphere. What radioactivity remains falls into the Pacific, and falls to land in the form of rain. …
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Published: March 28th, 2011 at 5:03 pm ET
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“As of now, the levels we’re seeing are not harmful to humans. … [W]e have not reached levels of elevated risk [of cancer].”
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The “levels” all these scientists are talking about are FLAWED AND ERRONEOUS. These so-called “levels” have been superceded by research documented over the past 30 years. This has been amply documented by Rosalie Bertell and Helen Caldicott. Anyone who isn’t taking precautions on the West Coast NOW is an idiot.
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Are they keeping the accumulative amounts as we move through this active fall out, over months, adding the totals week by week ?
I can not for there are..
No numbers publish on report !
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I might have missed it but I have not seen one single report to quantify what levels that are being found in the US. They just keep saying the levels detected are not dangerous. Well tell us the isotopes and measuremtns being found and we’ll decide for ourselves if it’s dangerous. Oh ya, I forgot – we’re not smart enough to decide for ourselves – which, unfortunately – for many of us this is true(thanks to our education system).
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Same thing EPA said about Twin Towers after 911 and the VOC’s in the gulf now over 40% of population that were surveyed reports having health problems !
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Some of the readings from EPA
Along the coast is less than 100 Beta Gross Count Rate
I don’t understand that?
https://cdxnode64.epa.gov/radnet-public/showMap.do
Fixed Monitor Location: CO: COLORADO SPRINGS
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 06:32:04 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 07:32:12 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 167
Gamma Energy Range 2 Gross(CPM): 4752
Gamma Energy Range 3 Gross(CPM): 2781
Gamma Energy Range 4 Gross(CPM): 841
Gamma Energy Range 5 Gross(CPM): 394
Gamma Energy Range 6 Gross(CPM): 265
Gamma Energy Range 7 Gross(CPM): 364
Gamma Energy Range 8 Gross(CPM): 114
Gamma Energy Range 9 Gross(CPM): 91
Gamma Energy Range 10 Gross(CPM): 134
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Fixed Monitor Location: AZ: TUCSON
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 04:12:58 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 04:56:55 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 156
Gamma Energy Range 2 Gross(CPM): 3232
Gamma Energy Range 3 Gross(CPM): 1966
Gamma Energy Range 4 Gross(CPM): 555
Gamma Energy Range 5 Gross(CPM): 295
Gamma Energy Range 6 Gross(CPM): 175
Gamma Energy Range 7 Gross(CPM): 218
Gamma Energy Range 8 Gross(CPM): 119
Gamma Energy Range 9 Gross(CPM): 48
Gamma Energy Range 10 Gross(CPM): 53
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Fixed Monitor Location: TX: SAN ANGELO
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 09:27:09 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 10:27:17 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 145
Gamma Energy Range 2 Gross(CPM): 1705
Gamma Energy Range 3 Gross(CPM): 1174
Gamma Energy Range 4 Gross(CPM): 330
Gamma Energy Range 5 Gross(CPM): 206
Gamma Energy Range 6 Gross(CPM): 102
Gamma Energy Range 7 Gross(CPM): 124
Gamma Energy Range 8 Gross(CPM): 81
Gamma Energy Range 9 Gross(CPM): 41
Gamma Energy Range 10 Gross(CPM): 47
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Fixed Monitor Location: TX: CORPUS CHRISTI
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 05:28:30 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 06:28:37 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 135
Gamma Energy Range 2 Gross(CPM): 1790
Gamma Energy Range 3 Gross(CPM): 1148
Gamma Energy Range 4 Gross(CPM): 352
Gamma Energy Range 5 Gross(CPM): 184
Gamma Energy Range 6 Gross(CPM): 104
Gamma Energy Range 7 Gross(CPM): 133
Gamma Energy Range 8 Gross(CPM): 76
Gamma Energy Range 9 Gross(CPM): 34
Gamma Energy Range 10 Gross(CPM): 44
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Fixed Monitor Location: TX: FT. WORTH
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 08:55:48 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 09:55:56 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 109
Gamma Energy Range 2 Gross(CPM): 2118
Gamma Energy Range 3 Gross(CPM): 1358
Gamma Energy Range 4 Gross(CPM): 399
Gamma Energy Range 5 Gross(CPM): 204
Gamma Energy Range 6 Gross(CPM): 122
Gamma Energy Range 7 Gross(CPM): 141
Gamma Energy Range 8 Gross(CPM): 86
Gamma Energy Range 9 Gross(CPM): 44
Gamma Energy Range 10 Gross(CPM): 61
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Fixed Monitor Location: CA: SAN FRANCISCO
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 09:28:54 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 10:29:02 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 15
Gamma Energy Range 2 Gross(CPM): 1668
Gamma Energy Range 3 Gross(CPM): 1087
Gamma Energy Range 4 Gross(CPM): 360
Gamma Energy Range 5 Gross(CPM): 194
Gamma Energy Range 6 Gross(CPM): 129
Gamma Energy Range 7 Gross(CPM): 152
Gamma Energy Range 8 Gross(CPM): 105
Gamma Energy Range 9 Gross(CPM): 30
Gamma Energy Range 10 Gross(CPM): 41
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Not harmful to people. Erm, what about plankton and the fish that eat it, and the bigger fish that eat the smaller fish? And the abalone and the sea otters? Just curious, you know, Mr. Physicist.
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Perhaps I was misunderstood in my earlier comment. The radiation findings being reported now are declared by scientists to be “insignificant” because they are relating these numbers to STANDARD LEVELS of “safety”. These standard levels which are used to determine the health risk are ALL OUT-OF-DATE. You can look at a list of numbers of rads, microsieverts, and millesieverts. Then you can only evaluate the strength of the radioactivity against the criteria supplied by the experts. BUT THE EXPERTS ARE MISINFORMED. And the nuclear industry is behind the deception. This has been documented for many years by Rosalie Bertell and Helen Caldicott, two tremendously knowledgeable researchers who have devoted their lives to discovering the truth about the effects of nuclear power and nuclear armaments… not only nuclear bombs, but the nuclear waste used now by the American military in the form of depleted uranium, now spread in “killing fields” all over Bosnia, all over Iraq, Afghanistan — and now Libya. Depleted uranium has also permanently disabled thousands of U.S., Canadian, British, French, and German soldiers.
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WHERE IS THE MEDIA???!!! I really don’t care about another goosed-up oil “war” in Libya when 4 nuclear reactors are melting down in much closer proximity…HELLO?!!!
CNN is far more focused on analyzing the polls for Obama and the stunning revelation of human rights violations in the Middle East… Well, if they continue to ignore the health and safety of millions of North Americans, then we have a pressing human rights issue right HERE!!!
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Ok, they are finally covering Japan’s nuclear meltdowns on CNN tonight…Last priority, apparently–??!
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Helena
Yes, I have a Son pulling multiple deployments, Spreed the word !
You go girl !
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There is no such thing as safe levels !
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**estimate based on 1.0uSv = 100 CPM conversion
Fixed Monitor Location: OR: PORTLAND
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/25/2011 05:28:05 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/25/2011 06:28:12 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 406 <<<
Gamma Energy Range 2 Gross(CPM): 2490
Gamma Energy Range 3 Gross(CPM): 1187
Gamma Energy Range 4 Gross(CPM): 357
Gamma Energy Range 5 Gross(CPM): 194
Gamma Energy Range 6 Gross(CPM): 122
Gamma Energy Range 7 Gross(CPM): 150
Gamma Energy Range 8 Gross(CPM): 98
Gamma Energy Range 9 Gross(CPM): 38
Gamma Energy Range 10 Gross(CPM): 57
Fixed Monitor Location: TX: LAREDO
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/25/2011 05:58:19 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/25/2011 06:58:26 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 104 <<<
Gamma Energy Range 2 Gross(CPM): 1948
Gamma Energy Range 3 Gross(CPM): 1213
Gamma Energy Range 4 Gross(CPM): 398
Gamma Energy Range 5 Gross(CPM): 192
Gamma Energy Range 6 Gross(CPM): 133
Gamma Energy Range 7 Gross(CPM): 166
Gamma Energy Range 8 Gross(CPM): 85
Gamma Energy Range 9 Gross(CPM): 38
Gamma Energy Range 10 Gross(CPM): 57
Fixed Monitor Location: CO: DENVER
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/25/2011 05:46:32 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/25/2011 06:46:41 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 90 <<<
Gamma Energy Range 2 Gross(CPM): 3405
Gamma Energy Range 3 Gross(CPM): 1726
Gamma Energy Range 4 Gross(CPM): 493
Gamma Energy Range 5 Gross(CPM): 294
Gamma Energy Range 6 Gross(CPM): 159
Gamma Energy Range 7 Gross(CPM): 192
Gamma Energy Range 8 Gross(CPM): 119
Gamma Energy Range 9 Gross(CPM): 50
Gamma Energy Range 10 Gross(CPM): 60
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Searching for treatment, the symptoms rage on
Monday, March 28, 2011
http://tri-parishtimes.com/articles/2011/03/23/page_1/283_50_searchingfortreatmentpg1.txt
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Much of Texas was above (CPM):150 today
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Helena totally nails it, Helen Caldicott was lightyears ahead of everything that is happening. Intellectually She rises to the top of the human heap and if the world listened to her (and Molly Ivins) 25 years ago our world would be a better place. BP and GE have destroyed the world they thought they owned and we are all completely fucked. In an interview last week on Australian radio Caldicott addressed the etiology about our nuclear/oil messes and says that it is not just a bunch of psychopathic males destroying the planet, these guys are hard wired to recklessly split atoms and drill to China for oil. Einstien was right, Two things are infinite; the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. Einstein and Caldicott need to be listened to.
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BTW Helena,should you remain with us, what precautions do you suggest we take out here on the west coast???
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I have posted links below for Part I and Part II of protocols for PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION.
Courtesy of Dr. Len Horowitz,
Hawaii.
TUESDAY UPDATE:
PROTECTION FROM RADIATION – ARTICLE IN 2 PARTS
by Dr. Len Horowitz
March 13, PART I:
http://www.healthyworldmessage.com/archive.php?id=134
March 16, PART II:
http://www.healthyworldmessage.com/archive.php?id=135
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Good Read..
A Call for Discipline in a World Out of Control
By John Haffner, Zhang Yue
March 28, 2011
http://www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/innovations/data/000188
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Fixed Monitor Location: TX: SAN ANGELO
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 11:24:44 AM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 12:24:52 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 236
Gamma Energy Range 2 Gross(CPM): 2194
Gamma Energy Range 3 Gross(CPM): 1454
Gamma Energy Range 4 Gross(CPM): 404
Gamma Energy Range 5 Gross(CPM): 224
Gamma Energy Range 6 Gross(CPM): 116
Gamma Energy Range 7 Gross(CPM): 145
Gamma Energy Range 8 Gross(CPM): 86
Gamma Energy Range 9 Gross(CPM): 39
Gamma Energy Range 10 Gross(CPM): 48
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EPA Radiation Monitor Readings
Submitted by The Wicked One on Mon, 03/28/2011 – 9:08am
These are today’s Radiation Air Monitor readings- very high. The Beta Gross Readings the ones to watch. I live in Texas. San Angelo reading before the Nuclear Crisis was 30 CPM- today it is 240 CPM…significantly higher. These only measure certain specific radition products. One that is the big worry from Japan reactors… MOX FUELS and Plutonium…for which the U.S. does not measure. These are way more toxic nd half lifes are thousands of yearsin the soil, water, and air.
https://cdxnode64.epa.gov/radnet-public/showMap.do
Fixed Monitor Location: CO: COLORADO SPRINGS
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 10:30:06 AM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 11:30:14 AM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 282
Fixed Monitor Location: CO: DENVER
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 12:00:33 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 01:00:41 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 269
Fixed Monitor Location: TX: SAN ANGELO
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 12:24:59 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 01:25:06 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 240
Fixed Monitor Location: SD: RAPID CITY
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 09:52:11 AM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 10:52:19 AM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 172
Fixed Monitor Location: AZ: TUCSON
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 12:12:03 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 01:12:10 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 162
Fixed Monitor Location: AZ: PHOENIX
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 12:24:49 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 01:24:57 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 135
Fixed Monitor Location: FL: TALLAHASSEE
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 12:29:27 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 01:29:35 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 130
http://www.steptalk.org/node/42956
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The level of radioactivity in the US and Europe caused by Fukushima is * below * the daily variation of radioactivity.
It’s nonsense to state that it’s not harmful. There is just no effect at all.
Animated map here:
http://sciences.blogs.liberation.fr/.a/6a00e5500b4a6488330147e385884e970b-pi
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WindorSolarPlease
Detection and Measurement of Radioactivity
http://dwb4.unl.edu/Chem/CHEM869K/CHEM869KLinks/www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/methods/radioisotopes/rad1.html
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Afu-
Your post is the non-sense! Don’t you see the readings posted above? 300+ CPM beta is not “below the daily variation of radioactivity.”
WTF are you trying to do with this kind of post?
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Those CPM (counts per mn) mean nothing.
What counts is Sievert.
That’s the unit that measures harm.
People who work in nuclear plants have a Sievert-measuring device.
The CPM are just fear-mongering crap.
There’s nothing in Tahiti, nothing in Quebec, nothing in Guadeloupe.
How can there be smth in the US?
You are just getting psychic about nothing.
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Fixed Monitor Location: SD: RAPID CITY
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 09:54:44 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 10:54:52 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 193
Gamma Energy Range 2 Gross(CPM): 2431
Gamma Energy Range 3 Gross(CPM): 1581
Gamma Energy Range 4 Gross(CPM): 469
Gamma Energy Range 5 Gross(CPM): 222
Gamma Energy Range 6 Gross(CPM): 132
Gamma Energy Range 7 Gross(CPM): 172
Gamma Energy Range 8 Gross(CPM): 87
Gamma Energy Range 9 Gross(CPM): 34
Gamma Energy Range 10 Gross(CPM): 40
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Fixed Monitor Location: SD: RAPID CITY
Measurement Start Date/Time: 03/28/2011 09:54:44 PM
Measurement End Date/Time: 03/28/2011 10:54:52 PM
Beta Gross Count Rate (CPM): 193
Gamma Energy Range 2 Gross(CPM): 2431
Gamma Energy Range 3 Gross(CPM): 1581
Gamma Energy Range 4 Gross(CPM): 469
Gamma Energy Range 5 Gross(CPM): 222
Gamma Energy Range 6 Gross(CPM): 132
Gamma Energy Range 7 Gross(CPM): 172
Gamma Energy Range 8 Gross(CPM): 87
Gamma Energy Range 9 Gross(CPM): 34
Gamma Energy Range 10 Gross(CPM): 40
https://cdxnode64.epa.gov/radnet-public/showMap.do
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Hi guys,
I’m not sure what the real situation is out there in the States, but I agree with Afu that the EPA data in CPMs are uselesss: they must be converted into some meaningful radiaction protection units like Sieverts/h or Rads/h.
Problem is: the CPM conversion radiation depends on the GM scale, and I just can’t find any meaningful information on the GM scales used by EPA. These data must be analyzed by some guy who knows their equipment to make any sense of all the EPA trash data…
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TUESDAY UPDATE:
PROTECTION FROM RADIATION – ARTICLE IN 2 PARTS
by Dr. Len Horowitz
March 13, PART I:
http://www.healthyworldmessage.com/archive.php?id=134
March 16, PART II:
http://www.healthyworldmessage.com/archive.php?id=135
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Just don’t spend a dime on those useless drugs advertized by Helena.
There is no radioactivity at all and no need for ingesting that snake oil thing.
Wash your hands with soap after going to the bathroom and put on a condom. This is Priority0 for your health and that of others. Avoid over-fat food, strong drinks, etc. Walk at least a continuous 15mn walk a day. Enjoy a good laugh at least once a day. The rest is BS.
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Fukushima nuclear plant’ radiation found at UK sites
29 March 2011
Low levels of radioactive iodine believed to be from the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have been detected in Glasgow and Oxfordshire.
Health protection officials said the concentration of iodine 131 detected in air samples …
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) said it had been informed that an air sampler in Glasgow, almost 6,000 miles from Japan, had recorded the presence of radioactive iodine.
The agency said the value reported was consistent…
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-12892383
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@AFU
Your comment “there is no radioacticity at all”
Where have you been. Go to california berkleys site. Go to norwegian air site, go to scottish epa, go to HPO inGlasgow.
There is radioactivity here from Japans reactors and it is still being released.
Please be responsible for your comments and base them on fact not your wishful thinking.
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A chart over differnces in measuring radiation.
http://www.stevequayle.com/ARAN/rad.conversion.html
and other implications, incl types of exposure.
http://www.ndt-ed.org/EducationResources/CommunityCollege/RadiationSafety/theory/Measures.htm
But remember it accumulates, and overtime, the exposure will be a risk.
Whatever the actions taken in Japan, its Time that matters. If this goes on for a perion of 6 – 12 mon. and maybe several years.
Then whatt.
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