WHEN CAN WE EXPECT NEW PRODUCE, MILK, SPINACH, TOPSOIL RESULTS? (Posted by Bill)

At this point the most important thing, to me, is to get a handle on what the total deposits and bio9logical uptakes are. How much is in or on the soil (can you test the top and then lower layers, for example to see how far it has "soaked in") and how much is in Spinach, Mushrooms, strawbaerries and other outdoor grown food products.

I would imagine the water sources for the produce matter too.

I do expect that radioiodine will be diminuishing at this point pretty steadily BUT I do expect that radioCesium (137) will be accumulating at higher rates in produce and milk (depending on the sources - and you need multiple sources to work out an "average" NOT just one sample of spinach or multiple plants from one location, but spinach and milk etc from multiple locations just like with the cows (although if the milk is homogenized that would work to give you a pretty decent average I would guess).

I DID read somewhere (think it was in that google book someone linked from the 1950's - anyon?) that Cesium takes a while to work through the cows system into the milk (maybe a week) but don't hold me to that. My point is that levels MIGHT rise even though the sources of radionuclides in grass etc may be diminishing, However if one goal here is to follow the radionuclides then you NEED new and varied grass and plant samples (amybe from the dairies you get the milk from) AND more spinach, lettuce, herbs, strawberries and whatever is growing.

You get my drift.

WHEN do you expect to have any more results. I literally check at least ten times a day because, other than the French results I posted on this forum, I have seen NO OTHER consistent effort anywhere to test samples of soil, veggies, grass AND milk.

You guys rock as far as that is concerned.

But I wish you rocked a little faster. It is planting time here in the east.

Cheers!