Summer update (6/27/2012)

Submitted by bandstra on Wed, 2012-06-27 16:02

6/27/2012 (4:00pm): The summer is now well along, and we have been continuing our testing. Results will be out soon for some recent milk, seaweed, and ocean water samples. Work on a continuous air filter monitoring system is also continuing this summer.

Mark [BRAWM Team Member]

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Any insight

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2012-07-06 10:38.

Hi mark any word on your results are you seeing a pattern in test results or is it to soon to say.can you possibly chart a graph of results ,say milk?so your average end consumer could clearly see increase or decrease in levels of radiation from Japan over the past 16 months.

Mark- Thank you. Much respect

Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 2012-06-27 18:09.

Mark-

Thank you. Much respect to you and the team.

I would like to see wild Alaskan salmon (and halibut) tested. If this is outside your scope of interest, pleases advise and I will have it done at a commercial lab.

BC 6/27/12

I would also like to see some

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 2012-06-28 13:30.

I would also like to see some testing just for the halibut!

Yes, thanks Mark, amazing

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2012-06-29 22:38.

Yes, thanks Mark, amazing that you are still testing!
I second the need for Pacific seafood testing, especially this year, when all samples of California Yellowfin tuna tested were found to have Fukushima radiation (in the order of 2-4 Bq/kg).
Here in Canada, citizens have had to rely on their own resources to test various foods through labs. Will be sending a wild sockeye salmon sample to the labs. Last year, we didn't detect radiation in our salmon samples, but this year may be a different story, due to the salmon migration routes and times.

The serious effects of

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 2012-07-06 16:46.

The serious effects of radiation from Fukushima will not actually show up until the salmon runs of 2014 and beyond. those fish will have spent the majority of their lives in the affected waters since 2011 and will be returning to spawn. The salmon that returned this year have spent very little time in the affected areas as they were already returning and generally running ahead of the currents. Next year's salmon run will show a definite increase over this year but the 2014 harvest will be extremely interesting. They should be very 'hot'.
Salmon migrate in a somewhat circular manner from the US towards the center of the Pacific then return, over a lifetime of 4-6, as much as 10 years. So the 2014 run will need to be very carefully examined for contamination. As well all the subsequent runs from then on!