You may have heard the news last March that Americans had nothing to worry about from the Fukushima radiation disaster. Did you believe it? I did. I was lazy and I didn't do enough research. Well now I am wondering if, in my laziness, I allowed myself to once again be duped by a government who has time and time again shown itself to not be worthy of my trust. Just six days after the disastrous meltdowns struck four reactors at Fukushima on March 11, scientists detected the plume of toxic fallout had arrived over American shores.
Subsequent measurements by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found levels of radiation in air, water, and milk up to 200 times above normal across the U.S. The highest detected levels of Iodine-131 in precipitation in the U.S. were as follows (normal is about 2 picocuries I-131 per liter of water): Boise, ID (390); Kansas City (200); Salt Lake City (190); Jacksonville, FL (150); Olympia, WA (125); and Boston, MA (92). Still, the EPA told us there was nothing to be concerned about because the levels were too low to cause harm. They were wrong.
