Latest Ca. Health Dept Report-Hey, why only report on Iodine results?
Here is the latest report from the Ca Dept of Health. Of course, all is reassuring, as usual. But note, they do not seem to mention anything beyond non-detects for iodine!
http://www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/Documents/CDPH-RHB-RadReport-2011-06-21.pdf
More discussion about the report on another thread
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node/4561
Also, to my knowledge, the CDPH has never detected cesium in their air samples. The only other radionuclide they've reported in air other than iodine-131 was tellurium-132 in their first two reports in Livermore and San Luis Obispo. And the last report of iodine-131 was in their 4/12 report. I believe their first report of cesium in milk was in the 5/20 report.
A little bit of info on why they are not seeing anything in the air, but the BRAWM team is. The links to their raw data are not working in the 6/21 report. But, looking at the 5/27 report, I see the following MDA's:
I-131: 0.0195 pCi/M3 or 7.22E-7 Bq/L (BRAWM latest detection MDA 2.2E-9 Bq/L)
Cs-134: 0.0214 pCi/M3 or 7.93E-7 Bq/L(BRAWM latest detection MDA 1.5E-9 Bq/L)
Cs-137: 0.0206 pCi/M3 or 7.63E-7 Bq/L(BRAWM latest detection MDA 1.1E-9 Bq/L)
As you can see, the BRAWM team has lower MDA's. So, they can continue to detect the radionuclides.
The last detections by the CDPH were iodine-131 ranging from 0.06-0.12 Bq/L. Which was starting to get close to their MDA. After that the levels detected were below their MDA/fell within their margin of error
Typo In my last CDPH air detections
The last paragraph should have read:
"The last detections by the CDPH were iodine-131 ranging from 0.06-0.12 pCi/M3 or 2.22E-6 Bq/L to 4.44E-6 Bq/L. Which was starting to get close to their MDA. After that the levels detected were below their MDA/fell within their margin of error"
Keep scrolling down, there
Keep scrolling down, there is CS-134 and Cs-137 detected in milk, I guess they just didn't bother to check the air for anything but I-131?