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Radioactive Iodine-131 in rainwater sample | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1253771  United States04/01/2011 11:21 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Can anyone else verify these numbers? Radioactive Iodine-131 in rainwater sample near San Francisco was 18,100% above federal drinking water standard Iodine-131 level in rainwater sample taken on the roof of Etcheverry Hall on UC Berkeley campus, March 23, 2011 from 9:06-18:00 PDT 20.1 Becquerel per liter (Bq/L) = 543 Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) Conversion calculator here. The federal drinking water standard for Iodine-131 is 3 pCi/L. (Source)  [link to enenews.com] [link to www.nuc.berkeley.edu] [link to enenews.com] |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1220192 United States04/01/2011 11:59 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There was a pinned thread on this yesterday.Yes it is bad.Do not drink it.Yes it will get into the municipal supply.Yes iodine has a half life of 8 days,so in 32 days it will only be 2500% above the legal limit.Yes there are worse radioactive isotopes they did not even mention(cesium,plutonium ect..).In short prep.The levels are only going to get worse from here on out until they get those reactors entombed. Stock up on food.Filter water(reverse osmosis followed by a pur filter for drinking or cooking).Stop eating produce in areas with rain falling at those high of levels.This is just common sense,but I guess they figure if they tell you it is safe they have less sheep to worry about. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1296248 United States04/01/2011 12:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Results Log 3/31 (8:00pm): Our first preliminary tap water samples have been analyzed. The only isotope we have detected besides background is I-131, at low significance: 0.024 ± 0.014 Becquerels per liter. This level is much lower than our rain water measurements by a factor of approximately 300, and lower than our milk measurement by a factor of 30. We will be continuing measurements of tap water to confirm this result; the level is so low it is approaching the threshold of detection. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1220192 United States04/01/2011 12:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Results Log Quoting: Anonymous Coward 12962483/31 (8:00pm): Our first preliminary tap water samples have been analyzed. The only isotope we have detected besides background is I-131, at low significance: 0.024 ± 0.014 Becquerels per liter. This level is much lower than our rain water measurements by a factor of approximately 300, and lower than our milk measurement by a factor of 30. We will be continuing measurements of tap water to confirm this result; the level is so low it is approaching the threshold of detection. So that rain is just going to magically never make it into the water supply? |
