They seem to be reliable and third party having students volunteer and being adamant about transparency to the public rather than hiding the results like the EPA/UN seems to be doing now.
The issue again of course is the isotopes coming in, so far the levels are very low but I am still keeping an eye because this stuff is going to be incoming for weeks.
It also is concerning to me that there it's hard to get info on any areas closer to where I live, in Arizona(Southwestern US), according to this article: http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=14301518 the University of Arizona which is in the same city I live in is doing some tests but I can't find the results posted anywhere. There is a local government monitoring isotopes in Pheonix, but only seems to detect Iodine isotopes.
I find it worrisome that none of these detectors are designed to pick up Plutonium particles, which would be the most dangerous. The testing place in Berkeley may be getting alpha particle detectors soon. Alpha particles are not dangerous externally but can be pretty dangerous inside the body being emitted from radionuclides inhaled, digested, or incorporated into tissue. Thankfully Plutonium is really heavy compared to Cesium-137, which is also worrisome due to a half-life of 30 years.
I know that radioactive particles are everywhere in tiny amounts nowadays. Even coal power plants are known to spew particles of uranium locally, nuclear bomb tests and accidents such as 3 Mile Island and an incident in Simi Valley in the 50s have thrown a lot of Cs-137 and Iodine radioactive isotopes. Radioactive pollonium is found in cigerattes, radioactive potassium is found in very trace amounts in bananas.
I understand sites like the one I posted and another known as Idealist.ws sounding the alarm are very concerned, and I know they may be exaggerating things from fear. Perhaps toward a backlash at the other extreme which is the apathetic "oh it's all alright" nuclear industry, kinda like big agra and vegans. They say that there is no safe dose of radiation, which ignores that humans have evolved to cope with traces of uranium in the environment, however on the other hand plutonium is much more dangerous than uranium and added isotopes of other radionuclides can increase the risk a bit.
Right now, the levels seem to be rather low, even in rain. The isotopes so far detected have been already migrating all around the US including the East coast. What we can hope for now is that the levels stay low and also if our food, especailly milk can be tested.
Right now I am looking at this site: http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/ucbairsampling
They seem to be reliable and third party having students volunteer and being adamant about transparency to the public rather than hiding the results like the EPA/UN seems to be doing now.
The issue again of course is the isotopes coming in, so far the levels are very low but I am still keeping an eye because this stuff is going to be incoming for weeks.
It also is concerning to me that there it's hard to get info on any areas closer to where I live, in Arizona(Southwestern US), according to this article: http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=14301518 the University of Arizona which is in the same city I live in is doing some tests but I can't find the results posted anywhere. There is a local government monitoring isotopes in Pheonix, but only seems to detect Iodine isotopes.
I find it worrisome that none of these detectors are designed to pick up Plutonium particles, which would be the most dangerous. The testing place in Berkeley may be getting alpha particle detectors soon. Alpha particles are not dangerous externally but can be pretty dangerous inside the body being emitted from radionuclides inhaled, digested, or incorporated into tissue. Thankfully Plutonium is really heavy compared to Cesium-137, which is also worrisome due to a half-life of 30 years.
I know that radioactive particles are everywhere in tiny amounts nowadays. Even coal power plants are known to spew particles of uranium locally, nuclear bomb tests and accidents such as 3 Mile Island and an incident in Simi Valley in the 50s have thrown a lot of Cs-137 and Iodine radioactive isotopes. Radioactive pollonium is found in cigerattes, radioactive potassium is found in very trace amounts in bananas.
I understand sites like the one I posted and another known as Idealist.ws sounding the alarm are very concerned, and I know they may be exaggerating things from fear. Perhaps toward a backlash at the other extreme which is the apathetic "oh it's all alright" nuclear industry, kinda like big agra and vegans. They say that there is no safe dose of radiation, which ignores that humans have evolved to cope with traces of uranium in the environment, however on the other hand plutonium is much more dangerous than uranium and added isotopes of other radionuclides can increase the risk a bit.
Right now, the levels seem to be rather low, even in rain. The isotopes so far detected have been already migrating all around the US including the East coast. What we can hope for now is that the levels stay low and also if our food, especailly milk can be tested.
Where do you live anyway?
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