Who is drinking milk?

Hello,

My husband is somewhat lactose intolerant so it hasn't been too big a deal switching up to Almond Milk. For me though I miss dairy products such as cheeses, cottage cheese, yoghurts etc. I am holding off on those dairy products including milk until the end of the year or whenever the results are showing pre-Fukushima levels. Today though I had some chocolate popsicles that are made with dairy milk and cream that are Wal-Mart brand-I am over 40 years old so figure I can 'gamble' a little with a small indiscretion here and there including commercially produced Pizza (yeah, yeah, I know, soft cheese carries with it the potential for higher levels of fallout since Mozarella made from USA milk likely has those levels because it has a short fermentation time vs. old, hard foreign cheeses such as Parmesan.)

IF HOWEVER I had children, definitely being a 'boomer' having grown up during the post atomic testing era and hearing of many cases of children with strontium 90 for example I would be doing everything possible to ensure food safety and minimizing potential absorption by eliminating known high accumulators such as dairy, dark green leafy veggies, non-hothouse grown mushrooms etc. See my earlier post to the other thread pasted below that someone titled 'My Safe Foods List' It is children whose GROWING bodies and bone marrow are much more vulnerable to radiaoactive fallout/hot particles. Also, we women who are still menstruating, guess what? Our breast tissue acts alot like fetal tissue rising and falling, growing and receding throughout our cycles and this is what makes this tissue vulnerable in ways similar to children in terms of contracting cancers.
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My "safe" foods list/Just found this:
Submitted by HotCaviar (not verified) on Sun, 2011-04-24 04:30.
'My "safe" foods list thread originator: Your foods are similar to our food choices excepting the dairy stuff (for now).

Here's something I just found, take it or leave as possible good ideas for 'sourcing' foods and some respondents at the link mention New Zealand as a good source for frozen meats:

http://enenews.com/fukushima-forecast-series-radiation-clouds-hit-west-c...
(SEE LINK FOR EVERYTHING)

Noah
April 21, 2011 at 3:47 am · Reply
AREAS WHOSE FOOD PRODUCTS MAY NOW CARRY RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT
Helpful Quote from Vesica.org

The Entirety of the Northern Hemisphere around the world is affected by fallout, as well as the Pacific Ocean.

Most Serious: Japan, Pacific Ocean, and Pacific Rim States

Most Contaminated food areas of North America (based on fallout wind spread patterns charted by European scientific research agencies) in order of likely intensity of contamination, starting with the most contaminated:

Entire Pacific Coast (note that much of the produce in North America comes from this region, especially California)
Northern U.S. States close to Canada, and Canadian areas close to the U.S. (including Toronto etc.)
Eastern States
Central States of the U.S., and Far Northern areas of Canada

SAFEST AREAS OF ORIGIN FOR FOOD PRODUCTS

The majority of contamination is in the northern hemisphere and the Pacific Ocean region. Most of the Southern Hemisphere has little to no fallout (the exception is the Southern Hemisphere in the Pacific; Australia for example is finding radioactive fish in the ocean, so although they may not get much atmospheric fallout they are affected by the massive contamination of the Pacific Ocean.)

Also note that radioactive contamination is being found on non-food products being imported from Japan.

Safest Areas of Origin for food products:
Central America (avoid items from the Pacific Coast area of Mexico)
South America
Africa

Europe is also far less contaminated that North America, although it is also experiencing significant fallout; so it is a better source for products than North America, however not as good as Southern Hemisphere sources. (However some South American produce may contain high levels of pesticides not allowed to be used in the U.S. or Canada.)

ITEMS OF SPECIAL CONCERN FROM AFFECTED AREAS

Most affected:

All Ocean-Derived Products from the Pacific Ocean: the Fukushima accident dumped millions of times the normal background levels of radiation into the Pacific, where it is affecting the entire ocean (most toxic near Japan and bordering areas, but now reaching to the US West Coast: debris from the Tsunami in Japan is also expected to start washing up on the West Coast in the near future.) There are already reports of Pacific Fish showing radioactive contamination.
This indicates a need to be cautious regarding:
All Pacific Ocean Fish
Sea Salt or Ocean Minerals derived from the Pacific
All Pacific Seaweed and Sea Vegetables (order Atlantic Ocean seaweed at http://www.theseaweedman.com )

Milk and all Dairy Products (butter, cheese etc.) from all animals: Cows, Goats, and Sheep (Dairy products have the most intense immediate absorption of radiation from fallout). Radioactive contamination of milk has been found throughout the United States, especially on the West Coast.

Any plant with a large surface area exposed to the air while growing: The most intense radiation absorption in plants is through rain falling directly on the leaves of the plant, where it is directly absorbed. Rainwater absorbed through the earth into the plant is already of much lower radiation intensity due to the filtering affect of the soil.
All broad leaf plants and plants with large surface areas grown in the open air (rather than in greenhouses) are the most contaminated, for instance Salad Greens, Spinach, Cabbage etc. Contaminated crops in California (carrying radioactive iodine and cesium) have already been confirmed by UC Berkeley.
[Carrots and other root vegetables are less contaminated due to growing underground.]

Water from Rainwater or Open Lake type catchments: instead drink bottled water, or water from underground wells or other underground sources (radiation is greatly reduced when the particles have to travel through the ground.)

PREGNANT (OR BREASTFEEDING) WOMEN AND YOUNG CHILDREN SHOULD ESPECIALLY BE CAREFUL REGARDING THESE ITEMS COMING FROM FALLOUT AFFECTED AREAS

-Off my menu: All Seafoods because the oceans really are a military and industrial sewer! Yes, I will miss Anchovies on my pizza, fishsticks, red snapper, tuna (even 'chicken of the sea' is no longer 'worthy,'crab, fake crab (made with Pollock, an ocean fish), clam chowder, Nori Seaweed,Caviar etc... See: http://pstuph.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/can-ocean-currents-transport-radi...