boiling udon noodles removes cesium?

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2012-10-30 12:27

This recently published on cesium contamination:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23043831

I haven't pulled the whole study but it raises a multitude of questions in my mind: first off -- what do you do with the water once you've used it.

But also:

has anyone tested boiling to remove cesium from fish? I couldn't find a study in pub med but wondered if anyone on this list might know.

I raise this because a few months back octopus and snail had been caught for sampling off Fukushima. they boiled the samples in order to "preserve" them, then they measured the cesium content and claimed it was below limits.

Could other forms of heating, like, say, ashing a sample to test for radiation, remove cesium as well? It would be going to air in this case, I guess, so no interaction with water.

Please let me have any thoughts, feedback, etc.
Cindy Folkers, Radiation & Health Specialist, Beyond Nuclear (yes, we are anti-nuclear power) cindy@beyondnuclear.org or just respond here. I for my part, am interested in keeping internal contamination from radionuclides as low as possible, especially in the case of kids)

Thanks.

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Another Example

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2012-10-30 16:24.

Food Safety was blogged extensively on this site. Some erronious notions were debunked. This is not an endorsement, just an example of the discussions.

http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node/3361

My "safe" foods list

Example

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2012-10-30 13:14.

http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node/5651

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Hold the Cesium, Please

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Nouveau Nippon Cooking Lessons - Please hold the cesium

Kunikazu Noguchi, lecturer at Nihon University, says that radiation, though invisible and odorless, can be treated and cleaned up like a stain, noting that by rinsing the food well before cooking, preferably with hot water, and/or boiling or stewing it, a large portion of radioactive elements can be removed.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fs20110920a2.html

The good news is, cesium can be easily dissolved in water. So the best way to prepare vegetables and fruits is to rinse them well before cooking. If possible, cut vegetables into small pieces and soak them in water for a while.

More radiation in spinach and other leafy vegetables can be removed if they are boiled. As for lettuces, throw away the outer leaf and rinse the rest well. Data from Chernobyl shows that rinsing lettuce can remove up to half of the cesium-134 and two thirds of the cesium-137. Cucumbers can be pickled with vinegar, which cuts radiation by up to 94 percent. Peeling carrots and boiling them with salted hot water would also help reduce cesium levels.

Protecting Your Family

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2012-10-30 13:26.

Family Radiation Protection
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 2011-09-26 08:28.
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Kunikazu Noguchi's book, "Hosha no Osen kara Kazoku wo Mamoru Tabekata no Anzen Manyuaru" ("The Safety Manual for Protecting Your Family from Radiation Contamination"), was published by Seishun Shuppansha in July, in Japanese only, priced at ¥1,000.

http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node/5651#comment-19147

NOT the heat

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2012-10-30 13:03.

It is the WATER!

It is the WATER and NOT the heat that reduces the cesium.

Some of the cesium disolves in the water and is poured down the drain.

Blanching reduces cesium with any vegetable or leafy produce.

Or meat for that matter.

This was blogged about extensively on these BRAWM sites last year,