US Nuclear Radiation Exposure Acceptable Levels Raised

Officials at UC Berkeley have tested rain water that turned out to be 181 times the limit for drinking water. This is happening at the same time that our corporate media is telling the sheeple that there is absolutely nothing to worry about. In the graph below, published by UC Berkeley, Iodine-131 peaked at 20.1 becquerels per liter, a measure of radioactivity, on the roof of Etcheverry Hall during heavy rains a week ago. The federal maximum level of iodine-131 allowed in drinking water is 0.111 becquerels per liter,” The Norwegian Institute of Air Research is also predicting that moderate levels of radiation will hit the U.S. west coast on April 5th and 6th. Meanwhile in Japan, 250 people protested TEPCO’s criminal cover up of one of the largest nuclear disasters in history. Demonstrators included longtime anti-nuclear activists, rappers, drummers, a guitarist and a female impersonator holding aloft a sign telling Japan’s government, “Shame on you.” They marched from TEPCO’s headquarters to the building that houses Japan’s Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Industry, about four blocks away.

The lack of experts who are coming forward and speaking the truth about this disaster is startling and without the few that are, the people of the world would be left to the mercy of their respective governments who have a long history of covering up disasters involving radiation. Arnie Gunderson of Fairewinds Associates and a nuclear expert is one of the few experts speaking that is speaking the truth. He reported today that evidence shows that a periodic chain reaction is occurring at Fukushima Unit 1. Although the questionable means by which the General Standards For Irradiated Food was ratified are enough cause for concern in and of themselves, the revision of Codex’s position presents an even bigger danger to the food supply than the original version.  This revised policy seems to be part of an ongoing disregard by federal agencies who are charged with protecting the public.  Just recently, the EPA proposed modifications to their Protective Action Guides for radiation exposure to Americans in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. The revised General Standard For Irradiated Food is remarkable because of its crafty use of technical wording to allow much higher, even limitless, amounts of irradiation in food. Prior to the change in 2003, the limits were set at 10 kGy, an amount of radiation that is the equivalent of 330 million chest x-rays, a procedure that is dangerous in and of itself when only done once. Radiation from Fukushima is undoubtedly being carried by wind and soon currents. So why the mass media “radiation cover up”?

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