[ RadSafe ] RadSafe Digest, Vol 2010, Issue 1
Brennan, Mike (DOH)
Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV
Wed Feb 3 11:36:08 CST 2016
Hi, Brad.
One of the things I have always found fascinating is how very different the different parts of the rad biz are. I have seen people cry at public meetings over the risk from 1 pCi/g in desert sand, 20 miles from the nearest home, yet be utterly uninterested in testing their home for radon (even though they live in an area where the levels could easily be over 20 pCi/l). There is an activist I know who thinks nothing of flying between Washington State and Washington D.C. several times a month, but describes spent fuel on a train as "random acts of murder" against people within 10 miles of the tracks.
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I wonder how many "Fukushima equivalents " are represented by a single New York hyperthyroid treatment?
Brad
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> On Feb 2, 2016, at 2:50 PM, Brennan, Mike (DOH) <Mike.Brennan at DOH.WA.GOV> wrote:
>
> micro Bq/m3!?! I don't know that I've ever seen activity measured that small. A uBq is like one decay every eleven and a half days.
>
> All of these numbers are well below the average outdoor radon level. The difference being that the I-131 from an event has decayed away in a couple of months, while radon has a continuous source.
>
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> [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Kitto,
> Michael (HEALTH)
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2016 10:56 AM
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> Below are MAXIMUM activities (micro Bq/m3) measured across New York State due to Fukushima. Yes, 3000 is a large number but microBq/m3 is extremely little. - Mike Kitto
>
> Maximum airborne activities (microBq/m3) from sampling sites in New
> York State
>
> Site 131I (particle) 134Cs 137Cs 7Be 131I (gas)
> A ALB 1,190 77 120 4,520 3,030
> E OSW 1,140 120 75 4,270 2,690
> D SAR 860 160 160 5,180 2,990
> G SUF 840 53 73 3,540 N/A
> F WAY 1,260 130 150 4,750 3,420
> B WES 440 67 60 3,120 1,880
> C GL 1,460 200 240 4,740 3,360
> A* WAD 360 29 29 1,270 510
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> Today's Topics:
>
> 1. Claim that Fukushima iodine 131 risk hidden from us!
> Flint Michigan (Roger Helbig)
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> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 01:11:56 -0800
> From: Roger Helbig <rwhelbig at gmail.com>
> To: RADSAFE <radsafe at health.phys.iit.edu>
> Subject: [ RadSafe ] Claim that Fukushima iodine 131 risk hidden from
> us! Same as Flint Michigan
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> How scientifically credible is CRIIRAD, alleged French research body on radioactivity. The alleged NGO advised pregnant women and infants against "risky behaviour," such as consuming fresh milk or vegetables with large leaves in April 2011. Now the anti-nukes are trying to tie this alleged warning into the coverup of the effects of lead leached out of the pipes into the drinking water in Flint Michigan.
>
> Roger Helbig
>
> arclight2011part2 posted: " Posted on February 2, 2016 by
> arclight2011part2 Article posted by Shaun McGee posted to
> www.europeannewsweekly.wordpress.com Given the fact that Racheal
> Maddow who in a recent report mentioned that the Authorities in Flint Michigan, who let people k"
>
> Fukushima iodine 131 risk hidden from us! Same as Flint Michigan
>
> by arclight2011part2
> Posted on February 2, 2016 by arclight2011part2
>
> Article posted by Shaun McGee
>
> posted to www.europeannewsweekly.wordpress.com (this is not actually
> a news service)
>
> Given the fact that Racheal Maddow who in a recent report mentioned that the Authorities in Flint Michigan, who let people know that the drinking water of the city was full of chemicals and Lead Pb in October 2015 (because of local activism and pressure), had actually warned the government staff in Flint of this and even delivered clean water sources to the offices a whole year before the public statement.
> (recent levels peaked at 4000 parts per million and the actionable
> limit is 15 parts per million)
>
> ?does not meet treatment requirements? for state employees to drink, even as the Snyder administration was assuring Flint residents about the integrity of their water.
>
> MOX fueled reactor 3 Explosion sends Iodine 131 to USA and Europe
>
> I want to draw attention to a similar situation in the USA after the Fukushima nuclear disaster when high levels of Iodine 131 and other radionuclides were wafting their way to Europe. In Europe CRIIRAD had issued a warning on possible health effects in France and advised that children and Pregnant women should refrain from drinking milk and eating leafy vegetables. CRIIRAD also stated that the USA had ten times the level of radiation than France. The European Media did not run with the story nor did the US media, thus putting young children and Pregnant women at risk of increaing the amounts of iodine 131 they might have ingested or inhaled.
>
> There are similar issues with the BP Gulf Oil disaster also covered by
> Charles Williams Digges, Maureen Dauphinee, Scott Porter and Trisha
> Springstead
>
> DID YOUR CHILD DRINK MILK IN 2011??
>
> Case n?F-2014-20439 doc N? C05780602 date 01/29/2016 This is an email
> from Edelman Martin to Mills Cheryl, D
>
> Below is a document sent internaly by authorities in the USA to
> friends warning them of the problem and offering some practical steps
> to minimise the health risks;
>
> ?Radiation leak from the Fukushima reactor____(redacted)___Stay indoors if at all possible.??The stuff travels far, very far?
>
> ?There is nothing, no events, no parties, sports, movies, etc that are worth getting exposure to radiation.?
>
> ?Wear a mask, and a hat if possible. Take a shower immediately after you return home and wash your clothes. Radioactive steam was released yesterday and continues today. It will likely be in the area now.?
>
> ?I won?t be going outdoors for awhile.?
>
>
> Case n?F-2014-20439 doc N? C05780602 date 01/29/2016 This is an email
> from Edelman Martin to Mills Cheryl, D
>
> the source for these documents can be found here;
>
> https://foia.state.gov/Search/Results.aspx
>
> H/t
> https://www.facebook.com/RadChick-Radiation-Research-Mitigation-260610
> 960640885/?fref=photo
>
> h/t D`un Renard for confirmation
>
> h/t Rob Soltsik for link to FOIA website
>
> arclight2011part2 | February 2, 2016 at 5:30 am | URL:
> http://wp.me/phgse-lQd
>
> http://nuclear-news.net/2016/02/02/fukushima-iodine-131-risk-hidden-fr
> om-us-same-as-flint-michigan/
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