[ RadSafe ] Iodine-131 at Fukushima

[Roger Helbig]

Since Iodine-131 has a short half life - would making cheese out of the milk
render it essentially harmless by the time that the cheese was brought to
market?  Cheese could be stored under refrigeration for years before being
eaten.  Is there any way to filter the iodine out of the milk.  It just
pains me, son of a milkman and cheesemaker, to see milk go down the drain
and the farmer's livelihood as well.

Roger