EPA: Radioactive Iodine levels in rain exceed maximum contaminant level permitted in drinking water

[amerfayed]

http://enenews.com/alert-epa-radioactive-iodine-131-levels-in-rainwater-exceed-maximum-contaminant-level-permitted-in-drinking-water

[amerfayed]

1. “Verbal reports” of even higher levels of radiation

EPA: Expect More Radiation in Rainwater, Forbes Blog, March 28 2011:

… The levels exceed the maximum contaminant level (MCL) permitted in drinking water, but EPA continues to assure the public there is no need for alarm:

“It is important to note that the corresponding MCL for iodine-131 was calculated based on long-term chronic exposures over the course of a lifetime – 70 years. The levels seen in rainwater are expected to be relatively short in duration,” the states in a FAQ that accompanied yesterday’s brief news release. …

EPA said it is receiving “verbal reports” of higher levels of radiation in rainwater… “We continue to expect similar reports from state agencies and others across the nation given the nature and duration of the Japanese nuclear incident.” …

[Buzz Clik]

2. Well, this is the first important local report of contamination.

This will now translate into careful monitoring of drinking water.

Stay tuned.

[Angry Dragon]

3. No more eating the snow and singing in the rain

[Davis_X_Machina]

6. There's enough mercury in it..

...from coal-fired power plants for you to have long since stopped eating snow.

[madrchsod]

4. duct tape and plastic....

[abqmufc]

5. So long Mother Earth, it's been nice living here. n/t

[flamingdem]

7. I cannot find a link for this, anyone?

I googles forbes blog, forbes exceed, forbes drinking water...

[amerfayed]

8. link

http://blogs.forbes.com/jeffmcmahon/2011/03/28/epa-expect-more-radiation-in-rainwater/

[starroute]

9. Time to dig out Dylan's "It's a Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall"

And what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
And what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest dark forest

Where the people are many and their hands are all empty
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
And the executioner's face is always well hidden

Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number
And I'll tell it and speak it and think it and breathe it
And reflect from the mountain so all souls can see it

And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'
But I'll know my song well before I start singin'

And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall

[JDPriestly]

10. Why does the report focus on Pennsylvania and Ma?