Milk update (8/1)
8/1 (10:36pm): Milk samples with dates of 7/28 and 8/4 were added to our Milk results. Cesium-134 was detected in both samples just above our detection limits, while Cs-137 was not detected. We will continue following milk levels until they are consistently below our detection limits.
Mark [BRAWM Team Member]
Have you considered testing
Have you considered testing honey and wine?
Honey harvesting starts as early as June/July.
Thank you very much.
Mark et al: any theories on why C134 and no detectable C137?
I would guess that somehow c134, with a much shorter half life, would be less likley to show up unless it is somehow more bioaccumulative.
This underscores the need for the testing of other veggies etc that you have not yet tested such as tomatoes, potatoes (especially), peppers and lettuce grown out of doors in soil where no remediation has taken place (commercial farms especially).
Why do you assume with no substantive evidence that this is not worth at least some testing?
I am grateful for this info as always but still want and need more. The silence on the fruit bearing and root crops is troubling since it really can't be that much trouble with the equipment you have to get samples and test them.
any comments or opinions or reasons for no food testing or further soil tests recently???
Hi Bill, It is puzzling to
Hi Bill,
It is puzzling to me that the Cs-134 is detectable but the Cs-137 is not. In the majority of our samples, the activities are approximately the same, which is what we expect given the production of the isotopes in the reactors. I am currently looking at the data to see if the problem lies in the analysis or somewhere else.
As for other samples, one reason we haven't done many is simply that we are down to one detector and haven't had much time to test samples besides milk, which we have been trying to follow in detail. We are currently testing various samples that we have received in recent weeks, such as soil from San Diego, which might provide a broader view of the fallout situation. I'll try to get some other samples in the queue, but I can't guarantee anything at this point.
Mark [BRAWM Team Member]
Mark - I too would like to
Mark - I too would like to echo the interest in having honey tested, as well as eggs. Sage and Wildflower honey in southern california is harvested in the spring.
I too would love to see
I too would love to see vegetables like carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, peaches and apples tested. These are the staples and we need to know it for our children. I am grateful for the milk results regardless what they show because it gives people choices they can make that are safe for them and that is critically important for us human beings. The lack of information is little alarming. Thanks BRAWN!
Thank you for the update,
Thank you for the update, BRAWM.
Yes, thank you, Mark for all
Yes, thank you, Mark for all your time and efforts!