question about the various kind of foods and how they may be affected
I was wondering whether anybody knows how various kind of fruits and vegetables will be affected.
I have been eating pease, beans, rice, artichokes and tomatoes, oranges from florida but I am wondering whether those veggies are equally affected like spinach etc.
Is there a guideline from which to chose the fruits/veggies or can we assume that all fresh food is unsafe? If the latter was the same, then we would have to go with produce from south America which is not alwyas easy to find in the store.
I still see people drink milk everywhere- I got a feeling that the majority of Americans is not informed about the food contamination.
How safe is Orange juice and grapefruit juice from Florida?
Can we assume that produce from Florida is equally contaminated?
Thanks for any feedback.
Some Research:
***Organic Valley says they'll test their dairy products for radiation:
http://www.organicvalley.coop/newsroom/japanese-radiation-events/
***Citrus requires a lot of water and so does rice, so unless they're watered with radiation-free water, they'll absorb it. Plus Cesium 137 likes dirt, so the soil that crops are grown in needs to be contamination-free. I don't know if any food companies are going to go through the trouble or expense since we're told the radiation is low.
***I was thinking about Maple Syrup. Since Cesium 137 was found in Vermont, will we be able to get radiation-free syrup anymore?
***They're still finding cesium from Chernobyl in animals in Europe (lambs and goats in Scotland/wild boars in Southern Germany). Large leaf veggies like lettuce, spinach, kale, cabbage absorb the most. Some mushrooms in Germany still have cesium 137 from Chernobyl. Also, cesium concentrates in goats milk more than cows milk.
***I personally, and this is just my opinion, am hesitant about anything from Florida right now because I don't know of any INDEPENDENT testing being done on their water/milk/veggies/air. According to the EPA, cesium 137 was found in Orlando air and Jacksonville air but no radiation was detected in Plant City milk. However, the RADnet monitors for Florida were not giving data for much of this mess and EPA's data is skimpy, so I've just made that personal choice until I get more information. You'll need to decide for yourself.
***This is a very interesting link explaining that Florida apparently already has high levels of cesium 137 because of experiments the USA did back in the 1950's and 1960's. When you read it, keep in mind they're talking about the 1960's.
http://nuclearhistory.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/cesium-137-and-strontium-...
***Here's a short abstract on laboratory removal of strontium and cesium which shows that radiation can be removed from food...
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1979.tb06469.x/ab...
***Here are tips for an “Anti-radiation Diet” from http://meditationexpert.com/RadiationDetoxDraft.pdf --- (don't know if it will work, but the author did a lot of research)---
“An anti-radiation diet will focus on the following food factors:
Avoid sugars and sweets and wheat!
Miso soup
Spirulina, chlorella and the algaes (kelp, etc.)
Brassica vegetables and high beta carotene vegetables
Beans and lentils
A potassium, calcium and mineral rich diet
High nucleotide content foods for repair including spirulina, chlorella, algae, yeast, sardines, liver, anchovies and mackerel
Cod liver oil and olive oil
A good multivitamin/multimineral supplement; thiol antioxidants
SeaCure or SeaVive”
I think if a company offered radiation-free water and food, they'd make a fortune!
I would like to know this
I would like to know this too, any data from Chernobyl would be valuable as a model to help predict what foods absorb radiation more than others.