Is Iodine-131 Killing Babies In Philly?
http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/is-iodine-131-killing-bab...
A researcher says the death rate among babies is up 48 percent since Iodine-131 was found in Philadelphia’s drinking water
Joseph Mangano is is the executive director of the Radiation And Public Health Project in New York, which is made of up scientists and health professionals.
there has been a recent spike, in infant deaths in Philadelphia, and Mangano says radioactive levels, in our water could be to blame.
Link to EPA Air filter Analasis data state n city
http://iaspub.epa.gov/enviro/erams_query_v2.simple_query
Whoa
Location Medium Sample Date Procedure Name Nuclides/Radiation Result Combined Standard Uncertainty MDC Unit
HARRISBURG, PA PRECIPITATION 31-MAR-11 Gamma Spectrometry Iodine-131 5.9 1.5 --- pCi/L
Looking at data Philly has an iodine 131 problem far before fuku
http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/erams_query_v2.simple_output?Llocation=Stat...
Going back to at least around 2007
http://articles.philly.com/2011-05-09/news/29525373_1_drinking-water-wat...
I read some place else that the EPA found it in Philadelphia drinking water in 2005 too. They've had it for a while.
Thanks
Ty for researching this seems like something the reporters who write theses story's could have fact checked allthough i think that type of reporter does not exist anymore.
One year extra for no extra cost :-)
It's actually 12 years of data/11 prior years :-)
Also, just for clarification, the 10 week period numbers are for Philadelphia, Pa. I just used the same 10 week period that was used in the same type of article about the west coast since no dates were given in the Philadelphia, Pa. article.
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I would be curious to hear
I would be curious to hear from Mark, or someone trained in statistics.
If the numbers cited for Philadelphia were analyzed by Poisson statistics would they still be statistically significant?
there were news stories
there were news stories recently that claimed the high level was because a hospital was dumping post-chemo-treatment fluids directly into the river. i can't believe they didn't even mention that in the article. i don't know what to believe anymore. this is awful.
I don't think they denied
I don't think they denied that. This report was in reference to the recent (post Fukushima)spikes.
"Mangano said radiation combined with higher levels of iodine the EPAQ found in Philadelphia’s water two months ago may be killing young babies here."
Here's a link to the story you're talking about.
http://articles.philly.com/2011-05-09/news/29525373_1_drinking-water-wat...
Q: There are reports of a
Q: There are reports of a plume of radiation headed for the United States that is expected to hit California on Friday. What is the danger to people on the West Coast?
The short answer is, essentially none. There is no such thing as zero risk, but the risk from the radiation from Japan is orders of magnitude from being dangerous, by any definition.
To put it into perspective, I live in the hills above the stadium, which is at a higher elevation than the campus and gets more radiation from cosmic rays. The difference between the radiation I receive in my office down on campus and what I receive at my house is many times more than you’d get from this plume. -
Epidemiologist Kirk Smith, a professor of global environmental health in UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ok professor,
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA ok professor, go toke another bowl.
Smith said the situation in
Smith said the situation in Japan is quite a bit different. “This is a very different business,” he said. “In the Chernobyl accident, there was no containment and the fuel that burned along with the graphite core that was actually flammable sent a plume of highly radioactive material up into the stratosphere, where it got picked up by the jet stream. That’s why we measured it so far away.”
That came from an interview March 20, he was obviously pretty much dead wrong.
March 17, 2011
http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/03/17/radiation-fears-unfounded-camp...
Q: Some people have been buying potassium iodide tablets as protection against possible radioactive iodine in the plume. Is that advisable?
A: That is a really bad idea. Like any medication, potassium iodide has side effects. They can be as mild but unpleasant as nausea, but you also can die from potassium iodide side effects, though it is rare. If you live near a nuclear reactor and something happens, yes, take potassium iodide to protect yourself from radioactive iodine. But we are 8,000 kilometers away from the Japanese reactors, and by the time any radiation gets to us, there will be no radioactive iodine. It will have decayed – its half life is only eight days – or dissolved in water and fallen into the ocean.
WRONGO!
Experts
This tragedy has caused many expert to be wrong.like someone pointed out this was all said before seriousness of situation was ever known!!! it's remarkable for experts to predict before the facts are out now the cores are in some form of ex vessel.many expert said with certainty containment couldn't be breached
Correct, just like they
Correct, just like they couldn't be more wrong about cosmic rays and ionizing airline radiation as an equivalent to ingesting big ass radioactive atomic weight particles. Then again, Ben Bernanke did get a 1600 SAT and was the head of the economics department at Princeton. I wouldn't trust someone who draws their conclusions from a calculator to give medical advice either. They are pissing away any credibility they have IMO.
that's funny. thank goodness
that's funny. thank goodness for the internet.
Many experts believe a
Many experts believe a higher % of "SIDS" is actually infanticide. Given the current state of the economy, especially around Philadelphia, you might be seeing an increased rate of neglect. You really need to compare population-adjusted statistics in the region during economic downturns to rule that out before making the link to iodine131, but this is still rather intriguing.
Have u seen the EPA data
Have u seen the EPA data base for iodine x131 in philly there's a lot dating back as well