epa" radioactive iodine up 3300% in water"
3300% above legal limits. That was on the eastcoast. Japan reactors,three or more melting down, still not contained. Go to epa.gov. might be a little slow. We need to demand our KI pills, this is real. Surgeon general recommends being prepared with KI.


None of the links provided
None of the links provided on this thread show the information claimed by the original poster, that the concentration is 3,300% above some limit. All the data say the opposite, that it's much too low to be of concern. And I'd be the first to yell if there was something of concern.
Mentioned in the article is
Mentioned in the article is a federal drinking water limit of... which would equate to... 3 pCi/L of Iodine-131. 3300% of 3 pCi/L = 33 * 3 pCi/L = 99 pCi/L. One of the PA samples came in at 100 pCi/L.
EPA says the spikes are
EPA says the spikes are nothing to worry about. Unless they are sustained. Japan still lacks containment on at least 3 experimental reactors.
Could you provide a direct
Could you provide a direct link to that info. I went to the EPA's site but couldn't find anything you mentioned.
I read it here:
I read it here: http://enenews.com/radioactive-iodine-131-in-pennsylvania-rainwater-samp...
Thanks. That's a scary
Thanks. That's a scary number. The epa's dismissal of this data is more scary.
Just trying to figure out
Just trying to figure out the level of scary...I take it that on March 28, they found 40-100 pCi in Massachusetts water, so take 100 pCi - that's 33X over limit of 3 pCi - 3,300 percent. 20 Bq is 540 pCi, so on Wednesday March 23 Berkeley rain water was more than 180X over - 18,000 percent over the safety limit for temporary exposure, right? Perhaps we should have been more frightened last Wednesday. But apparently it's still a trace amount...not in drinking water yet...Wikipedia says we get 2.4 mSv a year average, and if you drank a liter of rain water with 125 pCi in it 4.65 Bq you would be adding .00008 mSv to that amount which is an additional .003 percent I believe - yes it's a concern since our bodies are under assault by all kinds of toxins and this adds another one to accumulate - we do need to up our protection by taking clay and eating chlorella etc. but they can spin headlines to produce extra fear which isn't healthy either. and I agree no level is safe but maybe it's time to focus on upping the body's defense, there are clays that when tested in reindeer prevented Cesium 137 from getting stuck in their bodies for example...
which clays?
can you give an example of clay, and where to get it? thanks
Epa.gov/cdx
Epa.gov/cdx