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Fukushima fallout in the US
The post-Fukushima peak for I-131 in the U.S. appears to have been in the San Francisco Bay Area, where levels reached 19.85 Bq/l.http://enenews.com/san-francisco-bay-area-20000000-particles- -
Radioactive peaches in South California
7/08/11
4:00 pm INTERIOR spot reading in Santa Monica market with approximate background of 39 CPM - Two peaches sustained 81 CPM and above or over two times background (208% of site background).
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Contaminated milk in California
78 pCi/l of Iodine-131 found in raw milk from San Francisco Bay Area:
http://enenews.com/highest-78-pcil-iodine-131-found-raw-milk-san-francisco-bay-area -
Cesium-134 and 137 found in ORGANIC milk near San Francisco
The following are results for milk samples obtained from a Bay Area organic dairy where the farmers are encouraged to feed their cows local grass.
Best by date of April 16, 2011:
Cs-134 @ .10 Bq/L
Cs-137 @ .22 Bq/L
I-131 @ .22 Bq/L
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"Radiation from Japan rained on Berkeley during recent storms at levels that exceeded drinking water standards by 181 times and has been detected in multiple milk samples, but the U.S. government has still not published any official data on nuclear fallout here from the Fukushima disaster ( Read more... )