[ RadSafe ] FYI, Researchers find Amchitka seafood safe for now

[jjcohen at prodigy.net]

Does anyone have any idea of what this whole boondoggle will cost the US
taxpayers?
A review of  information on the CRESP website indicates the value of the
knowledge to be gained is likely to be pretty close to zero.
Jerry Cohen


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From: "Herren, Roy WS." <Roy.Herren at va.gov>
To: <radsafe at radlab.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 10:12 AM
Subject: [ RadSafe ] FYI, Researchers find Amchitka seafood safe for now


Public release date: 2-Aug-2005


Contact: Charles W. Powers
cwpowers at eohsi.rutgers.edu
201-214-4937
Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
Researchers find Amchitka seafood safe for now
Clarify concerns about the future
Anchorage Alaska - An independent consortium of university-based
environmental scientists announced today the results from three 2004
expeditions to Amchitka Island in the western Aleutians to assess
radionuclides in that marine environment. Three nuclear test shots were
set off under Amchitka by the U.S. Government during a six-year period
beginning in 1965. The study can be found at www.cresp.org Seafood
Safety
"The findings should provide assurance to both those who depend on the
Island's marine environment for subsistence food and for the significant
commercial fishing interests of the region," said Charles W. Powers,
principal investigator for the consortium. He noted that expediti