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Hawaii milk samples showed radiation 800% above normal for Cesium-134, 633% for Cesium-137, and 600% for Iodine-131. Water contamination measured over 20 times acceptable levels. Mainland amounts are also rising, including in air, soil, grass, milk, spinach, strawberries, and other foods.
Milk is especially important as it suggests the health of the entire food supply because cows eat grass. When it's contaminated, so is everything grown in the same soil.
At least 14 US cities reported unsafe radiation amounts in drinking water. However, EPA is only testing for Iodine-131, not Cesium, Uranium or Plutonium, all emitted from Fukushima. Moreover, current readings were taken over two weeks ago, suggesting daily they increase.
Nonetheless, EPA has consistently downplayed the risks, suppressing the growing danger to millions. So has TEPCO, Japan's nuclear agencies, and government officials. In fact, no safe level of radiation exposure exists. According to Jeff Patterson, former president of Physicians for Social Responsibility:
"There is no safe level of radionuclide exposure, whether from food, water or other sources. Period. Exposure to radionuclides, such as Iodine-131 and Cesium-137, increases the risk of cancer. For this reason, every effort must be taken to minimize the radionuclide content in food and water."
Author and Common Cause Pennsylvania board member William Keisling's yardbird.com published "The Fukushima Experiment: A nuclear meltdown survival guide," accessed through the following link:
In it, he lists "rules for understanding nuclear meltdowns and why they happen," including:
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