Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Sun, 2011-04-24 22:27.
I can't find any results (positive or negative) for cesium
in drinking water to date. The web site says that if the
field is blank, "further analysis is pending".
"EPA tests air, milk, precipitation and drinking water samples to determine radiation levels across the United States. In the data reports below, "ND" or "Non-detect" indicates that the radionuclide in question was not detected in EPA's analysis. If a cell is blank, further analysis is pending"
No, it's not true
They have reported cesium in a number of samples.
You can see this in the following EPA link for
all results posted to date.
http://www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sampling-data.html#all
It seems that with tap water
It seems that with tap water they are only testing for Iodine, not cesium (or anything else). It's ridiculous.
Although apparently not in drinking water
I can't find any results (positive or negative) for cesium
in drinking water to date. The web site says that if the
field is blank, "further analysis is pending".
"EPA tests air, milk, precipitation and drinking water samples to determine radiation levels across the United States. In the data reports below, "ND" or "Non-detect" indicates that the radionuclide in question was not detected in EPA's analysis. If a cell is blank, further analysis is pending"