This is very topical, I decided yesterday to set up a real food testing lab for radiation.
There will be some fairly serious money involved, and I am just putting together the plan.
Current thinking is to use the Kickstarter Website which functions as a fund raising /crowd funding mechanism.
Those who donate $50 or more will then get the chance to send in a food sample and get a test report back with interpretation.
Its kind of exciting. I think it will go over very well. Details will follow, I have family in town and it is "festival season" so my time is limited for the next 3 weeks.
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A blog follower from Alaska sent some feedback from his food coop regarding radiation. It seems that they are getting it wrong at every level, even apparently (pHD) people who should know better, or at least know when they do not know enough.
I mentioned the food testing for radiation at the Co-op board meeting last week. The only seafood they purchase from outside AK is shrimp, so the General Manager will inquire about testing done by the State of WA.He wanted a counter argument, so I put together the following:
Angela Matz (PhD wildlife toxicologist) is on the board. She said that living organisms don't retain radiation, so salmon and other fish coming back to AK pose little risk, and testing so far is within background levels. (Rich Seifert noted that Doug Dasher of UAF is involved in the periodic testing of wildlife near Amchitka Island and that similar findings have been noted there also.) Food harvested in the exposure zone (western Pacific) could be of potential danger, which is why we are inquiring about the shrimp. The primary concern presently is shellfish and stationary marine foods along the west coast of the N.A.
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Dude, I can’t do too much today, but try this.
Living organisms do not just retain radiation, but they bioaccumulate
radiation, sometimes 100’s or 1000’s of time the ambient radiation.
Here is the most potent information that I have ever data mined, and it
pertains exactly to sealife in Alaska.
In June of 2011, government scientists were already scheduled to do
broad radiation testing of sealife in Alaska.
This was not related to Fukushima.
They found that the increase in radiation from Fukushima increased from
a low background to a super high level that was found after direct nuclear bomb
testing in Alaska in the 1960’s. Wrap
your head around that.
In particular, CS137
in lichen in Amchitka prior to Fukushima was around 2.5 Bq/kG dry
weight. After Fukushima, in June 2011,
before the process of biomagnification even got into full swing, the radiation
had rocketed up to 250 Bq/kG…..100 times higher, and certainly already at
unsafe levels. 30 Bq/kG has been shown
to be very damaging to animals.
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Considering the mass animal die-offs
of recent years, it would be irresponsible not to test food products, as
something big is going on.
Additional ideas submitted by captdd at my blog
Google any of these titles:
Here are lots of links about fish and or the Ocean issues...
Top Cancer Doctor: Irresponsible to say cesium in California bluefin tuna is nothing to worry about — You have radioactive material in fish, which is being eaten by people (VIDEO)
Pacific bluefin tuna transport Fukushima-derived radionuclides from Japan to California
BBC: Public health hazard from fish arriving in California waters? May be considerably more contaminated than radioactive tunas (VIDEO) + good comments
Radioactive Bluefin Tuna From Japan Caught Off California Coast
Impact to US West Coast from Fukushima disaster likely larger than anticipated, several reports indicate - Bellona
Japan Finds Radioactivity in More Foods From California: The California Radiation Report
Sea contamination of 3946 days later | Fukushima Diary
The Great Ocean Conveyer Belt
The Humboldt Current. « Paul Langley's Nuclear History Blog
Canada: Fish Eaters Threatened by Fukushima Radiation
SALMON Study Ottawa silences scientist over West Coast salmon study
Nobel: Radioactive contamination in Western US and Hawaii a concern — “Particularly in the water and milk sources” -CBS (VIDEO)
Mutated California Sunflowers July 2012 - EnviroReporter.com
No Place to Hide – Fukushima Fallout Findings Widespread - EnviroReporter.com
The Great Ocean Conveyer Belt
Treasure Island Radiation More Widespread than Reported | NBC Bay Area
BUCKYBALLS - UC Davis News & Information :: How sea water could corrode nuclear fuel
Radiation Poisoning Hot Particles & Measurement of Radioactivity (Arnie Gundersen & Marco Kaltofen)
US Particulate and Xenon Measurements Made Following the Fukushima Reactor Accident « Paul Langley's Nuclear History Blog
Here are lots of links about fish and or the Ocean issues...
Top Cancer Doctor: Irresponsible to say cesium in California bluefin tuna is nothing to worry about — You have radioactive material in fish, which is being eaten by people (VIDEO)
Pacific bluefin tuna transport Fukushima-derived radionuclides from Japan to California
BBC: Public health hazard from fish arriving in California waters? May be considerably more contaminated than radioactive tunas (VIDEO) + good comments
Radioactive Bluefin Tuna From Japan Caught Off California Coast
Impact to US West Coast from Fukushima disaster likely larger than anticipated, several reports indicate - Bellona
Japan Finds Radioactivity in More Foods From California: The California Radiation Report
Sea contamination of 3946 days later | Fukushima Diary
The Great Ocean Conveyer Belt
The Humboldt Current. « Paul Langley's Nuclear History Blog
Canada: Fish Eaters Threatened by Fukushima Radiation
SALMON Study Ottawa silences scientist over West Coast salmon study
Nobel: Radioactive contamination in Western US and Hawaii a concern — “Particularly in the water and milk sources” -CBS (VIDEO)
Mutated California Sunflowers July 2012 - EnviroReporter.com
No Place to Hide – Fukushima Fallout Findings Widespread - EnviroReporter.com
The Great Ocean Conveyer Belt
Treasure Island Radiation More Widespread than Reported | NBC Bay Area
BUCKYBALLS - UC Davis News & Information :: How sea water could corrode nuclear fuel
Radiation Poisoning Hot Particles & Measurement of Radioactivity (Arnie Gundersen & Marco Kaltofen)
US Particulate and Xenon Measurements Made Following the Fukushima Reactor Accident « Paul Langley's Nuclear History Blog