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Latest from Japan, Tuesday, April 5 |
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Tuesday, 05 April 2011 11:36 |
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Although it continues to be ignored by the mainstream media, the situation in Japan continues to worsen. Today, the Japanese government reported that ocean water close to the stricken nuclear plant was found to have 7.5 million times more Iodine-131 than is legally allowed under Japanese law. Yesterday, the levels were only 5 million times the legal limit. However, ocean contamination is certain to get worse because Tokyo Electric is dumping 11 1/2 tons of radioactive water into the ocean in a "controlled release." They also said that this dumping may continue for many months. High levels of radioactive iodine and cesium have already started showing up in Japanese fish. Here on this side of the Pacific, the EPA is rapidly rewriting standards for radiation safety so that any fallout reaching us doesn't raise alarm. There is talk of making the allowable amount of Iodine-131 100,000 times greater than it currently is. Most US states, including states as far away as South Carolina and Florida, have reported fallout from Japan. In fact, elevated levels of Iodine-131 were found at nuclear plants in South Carolina and Florida, and it was quickly determined that it came from Japan and was not locally generated. Officially, no levels of radiation found here in the US have been high enough to warrant health concerns or preventative action. No one in the US has been advsied to take therapeutic iodine. As for me, I take a 12.5 mg Iodoral tablet every day, which I have been doing for years and will continue to do. I have not taken a high (100 mg) dose of iodine yet, but I am prepared to if conditions worsen.
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