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In reply to the discussion: This Fukushima Steam- are there any good sources? [View all]NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)BTW, what do you think of the radiation findings at beaches in Half Moon Bay, up by me?
http://www.hmbreview.com/news/health-officials-respond-to-beach-radiation-scare/article_8c7e7fb0-74de-11e3-9c9d-001a4bcf887a.html
I tend to think it very unlikely that the high readings would be Japanese in origin, and more likely of local, background, or some other effect.
Here's another from Scientific American about kelp off Long Beach.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=radioactive-iodine-from-from-fukushima-found-in-california-kelp
Levels of radioactive iodine were 250 times normal but kelp biomagnifies levels by 10,000 times.
The stuff is reaching us, but the significance of it's effects is misunderstood and definitely misreported.
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