tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post4788543846850561137..comments2024-02-29T00:46:38.800-08:00Comments on Washingtons Blog: EPA: Radioactive Iodine Exceeding Maximum Contaminant Levels for Drinking Water Found in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts ... But It's SafeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-17484199604637148702011-04-08T15:48:20.714-07:002011-04-08T15:48:20.714-07:00The reason that the Iodine-131 level in drinking w...The reason that the Iodine-131 level in drinking water does not exceed the maximum EPA amount is that the EPA does NOT have a specific level for Iodine-131 in drinking water.The Lone Screederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566000115244169615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-78191994413806939442011-04-08T15:46:21.478-07:002011-04-08T15:46:21.478-07:00The radioactivity of I-131 in drinking water does ...The radioactivity of I-131 in drinking water does not exceed EPA limits-because the EPA does NOT HAVE specific limits for I-131. Go back to sleep now.The Lone Screederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566000115244169615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-30972889857094180362011-04-04T18:46:18.479-07:002011-04-04T18:46:18.479-07:00Look above. A bunch of assholes are doing destruct...Look above. A bunch of assholes are doing destructive shit all over the world and you're talking about milk. Stand up at attention. Milk is not the answer. Good to ward off radiation with blood chemistry in bones. You are being attacked. GE considered tsunamis when they built this plant. The Stuxnet virus hit as well. WAKE UP.Howard T. Lewis IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510799883857981986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-87405979844418112602011-04-04T18:39:42.775-07:002011-04-04T18:39:42.775-07:00I'm glad you guys are here to document this. ...I'm glad you guys are here to document this. This shit does not have to happen. Face your attacker and destroy him before he destroys you. They've been busy lately. GE considered the affects of a tsunami when they built this thing. Wake the fuck up. You are no builder.Howard T. Lewis IIIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510799883857981986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-8951993562033752082011-04-04T09:28:31.386-07:002011-04-04T09:28:31.386-07:00Horizon organic milk will last about 2 months from...Horizon organic milk will last about 2 months from the date it is drawn... Just saying. If I buy it now, it will taste exactly the same in 2 weeks. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-71559012904537837152011-04-01T14:22:45.633-07:002011-04-01T14:22:45.633-07:00I stocked up on some radioactive milk and let it s...I stocked up on some radioactive milk and let it set in my fridge for two weeks. I was then ready for a nice refreshing drink.... of sour cream!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459778996568984562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-66869507505272043712011-04-01T11:03:28.470-07:002011-04-01T11:03:28.470-07:00btw, NPR's program "Science Friday" ...btw, NPR's program "Science Friday" is about radiation risks!<br /><br />Just a heads up.<br /><br />I hope you listen, and I hope you engage me in a discussion. I'm always hoping to talk with people that stimulate thinking. Last weekend I spent an hour at a fun party discussing the economy with a PhD physics guy from eastern Europe working in finance for example (so that I missed other fun for a while). The more discussion, the more progress we make to being able to do more than only suggesting stuff from the sidelines. We could develop more convincing arguments, that are not easily shot down.Hal Horvathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851897967853698214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-40099823286553469442011-04-01T10:48:56.020-07:002011-04-01T10:48:56.020-07:00"If you trust the EPA to tell you if radiatio..."If you trust the EPA to tell you if radiation levels are unsafe, then carry on.<br /><br />"But if you do not trust the government to tell you the truth, and if you are afraid of radioactive exposure, you might consider stocking up on a little extra milk and water, and then letting each container of fluids sit for a couple of weeks on a shelf or in your refrigerator before drinking."<br /><br /><br />Before I read your post and learned this new fact of I-131 reaching the level such that continuing to ingest that level for 70 years would noticeably raise my cancer risk (which is to say, in my case, not at all), I had already planned:<br /><br />To reduce milk use for my 4-yr old, and let milk age in the refrigerator just as you suggest.<br /><br />But.....I *do* trust the EPA in this instance to give reasonably accurate, if very cautious and conservative information.<br /><br />What gives?<br /><br />I'm just a very cautious fellow.<br /><br />And I would not hesitate to drink milk where 1 glass would raise my cancer risk by an order of magnitude somewhat above 1/100,000 roughly, as in the milk first discarded in Japan, if that was the milk I had and I wanted some milk.<br /><br />I'm cautious, but also the statistics actually mean real things in my opinion.<br /><br />Still, I'm cautious. I understand the risk to a 4-yr old for a given amount of I-131 is much, much higher than for a 45 yr old.<br /><br />I drive cautiously. People honk.<br /><br />And...I would not hesitate to buy a house within 10 miles of a nuclear reactor here in the states, unless it was a reactor with a history of cover ups. And that's something you can research. There was a great piece on Terry Gross (NPR) the other day (Fresh Air) with a reporter of the NYTimes, Wald.<br /><br />So, from my viewpoint, and I think you should try to converse with me, you seem to be alarmist here. That's subjective. And I have a question: what level of risk is too much for you, in terms of numbers. Would you accept a 1/500,000 risk in order to go to work?Hal Horvathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10851897967853698214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-57105698066372611312011-04-01T07:06:46.771-07:002011-04-01T07:06:46.771-07:00If government regulation of capital levels in our ...If government regulation of capital levels in our financial system helps to inform our understanding of government decrees about acceptable levels of radiation, we could have something to worry about.Bill Bergmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17066440544129368326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53246864840716464.post-47403643549312922462011-04-01T03:02:05.381-07:002011-04-01T03:02:05.381-07:00Milk might go sour after 8 days and certainly afte...Milk might go sour after 8 days and certainly after 16 days. I would guess that freezing does not affect the half life so you can freeze your milk for 2 or 3 weeks. We freeze milk all the time because we do not use up a gallon before it goes sour but do not want to pay more for quarts. Unfrozen milk to me tastes no different than fresh milk.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267898348008993158noreply@blogger.com