[ RadSafe ] Scientists: Test West Coast for Fukushima radiation

[Brad Keck]

Apparently some "scientists" are crowd-sourcing the samples from volunteers along the west coast, according to the report. 

  What could possibly go wrong?  

Bradly D Keck 


> On Mar 10, 2014, at 10:31 AM, Jim Darrough <darrougj at onid.orst.edu> wrote:
> 
> Gosh I hate when they make misstatements like that. A lot of my friends ask
> me questions about it when this happens. 
> 
> Jim Darrough
> Oregon State University
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Joel C.
> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 9:59 PM
> To: radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Scientists: Test West Coast for Fukushima radiation
> 
> 
> USA Today has a piece on Fukushima contamination.  Here's a sample:
> "In Oregon, state park rangers take quarterly samples of surf water and sand
> at three locations along the coast. The water is analyzed for Cesium 137 and
> iodine 131. Both of those already exist in the ocean at low levels from
> nuclear testing decades ago."
> Boy, that I-131 is sure persistent!
> 
> 
> --- Joel I. Cehn
> joelc at alum.wpi.edu
> Radiation Info
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