pregnant women - hazard to a fetus?

I am the mom who posted above. The thought of moving is a tempting one, however, when you are pregnant you have to weigh in health care, plane flights and that radiation compared to the risks here, where the baby is born, isolation from family, etc. No doubt it is a personal decision. Perhaps there is a safer place to be in the U.S. than where you are right now, I don't know where that is...somebody asked about safe places on another thread. And even so you may want to avoid certain foods here. (Please chk the topic about safe foods ) However, it does not hurt to have a plan if things get worse. I wish I had better answers than this and could reassure you more, however we are all asking the same questions as to safe levels of radiation for our children.

but right now the science is kind of uncertain.

I believe the thread on safe foods is a great assistance, but with respect to what plants are safest, I can only say that I would tend to buy crops from the southern hemisphere rather than florida or california and buy frozen veggies now that were poackaged before the crisis began.

I appreciate your kind supportive words and honestly suspect there is very little we will be able to do ultimately to be very certain about the safety of the food from these contaminants. As many people have said and many studies have shown, the atomic age has resulted in global contamination and only extensive research will tell us which plants are the most or least likley to be heavy bioaccumulators and so I am hoping this BRAWM team will contnue to follow and test and report on many plants.

But with the EPA halting ongoing testing and few others reporting rresearch such as the BRAWM team is, I am feeling that we must primarily focus on such things as concentrating on researching for ourselves the best ways of cleansing the body of radionuclides and free radicals. Trumeric, garlic and many other plamts such as blueberries and autumn olives are high in phytochemicals which battle radiation damage and attack free radicals (those elements which damage our cells and dna).

But even these may come from contaminated sources, so one must weigh the cost/benefit of such foods --- I tend to come down on the side of consuming them and trying hard to find the safest sources (organic, sourthen hemisphere, greenhouse grown, etc..

I also suspect, but am not sure, that things like oranges and other fruits (apples, pears, etc) with deep root systes will be less likely to bioaccumulate cesium or strontium in the fruit itslef which does not apparently sink very deeply into the soil. Strawberries and other plants with shallow roots (perhaps raspberries) will probably be more likley to bioaccumulate radionuclides in the fruit. This is an eduicated guess but is relatively confirmed by the BRAWM strawberry tests and grass and topsoil and mushroom results.

So I hope this helps. The best advice I can give is to try to find research online for foods, herbs, medicinal plants, etc which are powerful anticancer foods and which are "radioprotective" (help eliminate or flush radiation or prevent its absorption such as potassium, calcium and iodine -- for cesium, strontium and radioiodine).

Thanks for asking and I pray for us all every day. Healthy eating and living is the best protection, but learning how to do that takes some work. Keep the faith.