Two Peaches in Greater Los Angeles found high in radiation
In Los Angeles, on Friday, July 8th, 2011, two peaches found at a local Santa Monica market were confirmed to have sustained radiation levels of 81 CPMs, or greater. The market's background radiation was said to be about 39 CPMs. The two peaches, thus, had significantly high radiation contamination equaling over two times site background levels.
http://www.enviroreporter.com/radiation-station-stats/
Another blogger noted that: "What makes this discovery especially significant is that the 2X background radioactivity detected in these peaches was likely significantly attenuated by their water content; when eaten the exposure rate may be significantly higher. Even worse, it is likely that the detected radioactivity is from a longer half life radionuclide; which when eaten, would irradiate a person from the inside out for potential years to come."
@Potrblog, July 10th, 2011, at 8:05 pm
http://www.enviroreporter.com/2011/03/enviroreporter-coms-radiation-stat...
Additionally, it appears the Greater Los Angeles Basin is continuing to get intermittent low level elevated radiation readings. That is, radiation levels less than 100 CPMs, but elevated relative to normal background levels for the geiger counter testing station).
http://www.enviroreporter.com/radiation-station-stats/
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Any other areas in California coming up with similar radiation findings?


Peaches
I worked on a farm here on Vancouver Island, B.C. - way north of Washington, and we grow peaches here.
You don't need hot hot weather to grow peaches.
The ones we grew were huge, and delicious.
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It brought it to my
It brought it to my attention. I didn't know about this, and I live in SoCal. Thankfully, I've not altered my "safe foods list", but this is concerning. I hope someone answers the OP's question.
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