Published: April 6th, 2011 at 7:49 pm ET
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Universities come through in monitoring for radiation, Seattle Times, April 5, 2011:
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… Kai Vetter, UC Berkeley professor of nuclear engineering [said] “Many people realize this is the only source of hard data out there — which was a surprise to me.” …
It’s not that government agencies aren’t tracking the spread of radioactive materials. But they have so far released very little actual data on isotopes of concern to human health, including iodine-131 and cesium-137.
The Washington Department of Health posts only gross radiation levels, with no information on specific isotopes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which operates a nationwide network of air, rainwater and milk monitoring stations, has released a few batches of data, including two results from milk testing: a sample from Des Moines that showed no detectable radiation and one from Spokane with trace amounts of iodine-131. Scientists from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland shared some of the initial data from ultrasensitive instruments designed to detect fallout from nuclear tests, but have since declined to make other results public. …
“If a university professor and his students can collect samples and turn them around in a reasonable amount of time and report it, you would think government officials could do the same,” said Robert Alvarez, senior scholar at the liberal think tank Institute for Policy Studies and a former DOE deputy assistant secretary for national security. …
Read the report here.
Published: April 6th, 2011 at 7:49 pm ET
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By the strangest of coincidences, not only WA data for Richland but also Portland data provided by the EPA has also not been available for 4/1 to 4/4. See http://public.health.oregon.gov/Preparedness/CurrentHazards/Pages/AirMonitoring.aspx
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They don’t want people to know it is wide spread “as in everywhere and they do not want to release the highest numbers they have found.
They may asked some dairy’s to dump their milk. But what are they going to do about waters ?
It’s up to people to look for state vehicles in places where you don’t normally see them doing stuff, testing !
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Someone was good enough to drop this link to testings
Precipitation RadNet Laboratory Analysis
http://opendata.socrata.com/Government/Precipitation-RadNet-Laboratory-Analysis/e2xy-undq
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I think it’s important at a time like this NOT to panic, NOT to be lead to believe things that are NOT proven….NOT to believe everything that is released by the media. They want you to panic….they want you to read everything they submit and publish. Think for yourself and remain calm…..REMEMBER Al Gore and ‘global warming’?!! Remain calm and use your head.
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Big Bother Knows Best.(not)
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@ Kathy – yes, and his predictions are proving to be LESS than the actual numbers we are experiencing 5 years later
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Thailand sending two medical teams to Fukushima
Thai News Agency MCOT
The first team, consisting of one pediatrician and one nurse, will leave Thailand May 5 and stay in Japan until May 21, while the second team will be on mission from May 19 through June 4, said Mr Jurin. The minister said the Thai nationals will work …
http://www.mcot.net/cfcustom/cache_page/199290.html
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