A thread to track radioactive contamination.

[The Great Aztec Joe]

I decided we needed a thread just to track radioactive contamination. I will start it with my hometown of San Diego, but reports from anywhere are appreaciated, especially if they show the degree of contamination of the Japanese countryside and the ocean.

In San Diego we have seen only a very small increase in Beta radiation, which means we have Beta Emitters blowing across the ocean from somewhere. Otherwise, only very small increases in radiation lately. Essentially of no concern unless you are breathing a lot of beta emitters.

www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sandiego-bg.html

All of the USA from the EPA. Click on the site and you will get the readings for the past few weeks.

Sadly, for you in Wyoming, that state is not covered.

www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-data-map.html

[The Great Aztec Joe]

So I link to the EPA, and then find an article on a somewhat radical site that says the EPA wants to depart from reason.

www.collapsenet.com/free-resources/collapsenet-public-access/item/723-fallout

It makes for interesting reading.

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Here is another link that shows Counts Per Minute. That, the average person can understand.

www.radiationnetwork.com/

The count in the Fifties for Denver is usually two to three times the count for San Diego. They have more "background radiation" because of all of the granite and also due to more cosmic radiation because there is less atmosphere above their heads and thus less attenuation of cosmic rays.

Granite? It releases a lot of gamma radiation. The more granite the more background radiation. People who have granite in their house construction double their chances of having cancer over those people who do not have granite. Those old red or dark stone houses may look pretty, but they can kill you over time.

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Washington, California and NOW ARIZONA DETECTED RADIATION IN MILK

Over the past week, detectable amounts of radioactive iodine were found in samples of milk in Washington state and California.

On Thursday, health officials in Arizona confirmed the same, but they said there is nothing to worry about.”If there’s something you can’t see, feel, hear, touch, smell, if it’s something like that, it scares people,” said Will Humble, director of the Arizona Department of Health Services.

Radiation is all around us every day in small and harmless levels.

inforevolution.tumblr.com/post/4258913634/traces-of-radiation-found-in-arizona-milk

[The Great Aztec Joe]

As you can see the radiation is increasing and increasing and increasing. The Thirtieth and Thirtyfirst of March were very bad days.

Meanwhile Fukushima is releasing more and more and more and mroe radioactive particulate every day.

Remember, ANY increase in radiation above background is potentially cancer causing. You can cut your exposure by staying inside and for heaven's sake do not go out jogging.

[azson]

Thanks for the links Joe, much appreciated.

[azson]

Mar 26, 2011 8:34:30 GMT -8 The Great Aztec Joe said:

So I link to the EPA, and then find an article on a somewhat radical site that says the EPA wants to depart from reason.

www.collapsenet.com/free-resources/collapsenet-public-access/item/723-fallout

It makes for interesting reading.

<<all his PAGs work has been put on hold by the unfolding events in Japan. He has been consumed with trying to get the American government to deploy appropriate radiation monitors – which they do have, somewhere – into California to detect radioactive iodide from radioactive plumes possibly coming from Japan. No such deployment has occurred.>>

Surprise, surprise...

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Well, today's radioactive cloud appears to be decreasing. That is good for a while. There is more on the way.
www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sandiego-bg.html

[aztecwin]

Thanks for keeping this before our eyes.

I remember having to carry around a dosimeter many years ago and learning all the different levels of radiation and the types of radiation that we were exposed to at that time. I wonder how the level of tolerance has changed over the years.

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Apr 2, 2011 7:37:07 GMT -8 aztecwin said:

Thanks for keeping this before our eyes.

I remember having to carry around a dosimeter many years ago and learning all the different levels of radiation and the types of radiation that we were exposed to at that time. I wonder how the level of tolerance has changed over the years.

Level of Tolerance?? Well the low IQ people could care less. They are not afraid of anything that they can not see. That is the reason why there are always people who are willing to work in radiation hazard areas. Look at all of the volunteers in Chernobyl and now in Fukushima. After the end of World War II we detonated A-bombs on land and marched troops through the radioactive zone and proved to them that a A-bomb could not hurt them after it blew up. Almost all of those men died of Cancer. A few were smart enough to drink themselves to death before the cancer got them. At least they got to chose their manner of passing.

Human bodies do not tolerate radiation very well now as opposed to then. In 1945 about fifty percent of the people who were exposed to 400 REM of radiation died within 30 days.

Now, about fifty percent of the people who have been exposed to 400 REM (4 Sieverts) of radiation die within 30 days.

Same numbers. Same number of deaths.

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Another spike in radiation in San Diego today to about three times normal. Not to worry. The EPA says it is insignificant unless you get cancer in a few years.

www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sandiego-bg.html

[AztecBill]

Apr 4, 2011 19:53:16 GMT -8 The Great Aztec Joe said:

Another spike in radiation in San Diego today to about three times normal. Not to worry. The EPA says it is insignificant unless you get cancer in a few years.

www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sandiego-bg.html

For a little while we will have the radiation that Denver has all the time.

Here is Denver:



Here is San Diego:



Our current amount is about equal to Denver's usual amount.

The 30 minute dose is equal to eating a banana.

The daily dose is about 8 times less than the radiation one gets crossing the US by plane.

The daily dose is about 600 times less than from a mammogram.

The yearly dose is 56 times less than than the minimum dose linked to any increase in cancer.

The daily dose is 80,000 times less than a dose needed to cause any ratiation sickness.

[azson]

Curious what you think of this article Joe:

www.naturalnews.com/031963_radiation_exposure.html

[azson]

And a well written ed-op:

truthout.org/waking-nuclear-nightmare

[azson]

"No safe levels' of radiation in Japan"

english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/04/20114219250664111.html#

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Apr 5, 2011 9:49:07 GMT -8 azson said:

"No safe levels' of radiation in Japan"

english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/04/20114219250664111.html#

Any increase in radiation is potentially damaging to your health. Slight increases have a probability of almost none, but a probability still exists.

So, it is best to avoid exposure that is not necessary.

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Another day with three times the normal Beta Radiation for San Diego. Keep your mouth and nose shut when you breath.

Oops, to avoid snorting Beta Emitters use a fine grain paper mask like the Japanese and Chinese do.

And for heaven sake, do not jog on high particulate days.

www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sandiego-bg.html

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Apr 5, 2011 9:11:35 GMT -8 azson said:

Curious what you think of this article Joe:

www.naturalnews.com/031963_radiation_exposure.html

I think it was a political decision so as to not offend our ally, Japan.

When you get right down to it, what the hell is a limit. It is as if somewhere there is a magic number. If you cross it you will die and your children will all look funny with two noses and one eye and stuff like that. The reality is that any excess exposure is potentially injurious to your health.

Will 50 counts per minute give you cancer while 15 counts per minute is nothing to worry about? I have read numerous studies some of which say that people living in Denver have a slightly higher incidence of cancer than people living in San Diego and other reports that say the difference is insignificant, just a variance within the tolerance accuracy limit for the study. At that low rate of exposure one would expect to see almost no difference, but for those people who lived in Hiroshima as opposed to Tokyo the difference in cancer rates is profound for the past half century.

Somewhere there is a gradual scale that lets you know how greatly you are at risk from radiation exposure. The truth remains, "Avoid unnecessary exposure regardless of what the limits are."

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Up briefly today, but almost back to normal now. That is good. If you want, go out jogging now if you are in San Diego.

www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sandiego-bg.html

[The Great Aztec Joe]

Holy sheet! wear respirators. Look at how bad it is today.
www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sandiego-bg.html