There are many different ways that a person can be exposed to ionizing radiation in the world we live in. Some possibilities are food and meat grown in an area polluted by radioactive materials, medical diagnostic procedures, medical treatment, fallout from nuclear accidents, fallout from terrorist dirty bombs, fallout and direct radiation from nuclear weapons, and even naturally occurring sources such as radon gas from the soil.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on June 24, 2013
Ambient office = .125 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .115 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .082 microsieverts per hour
Iceberg lettuce from local grocery store = .092 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .081 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .067 microsieverts per hour
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on June 23, 2013
Ambient office = .080 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .077 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .067 microsieverts per hour
Iceberg lettuce from local grocery store = .100 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .073 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .065 microsieverts per hour
I have mentioned Duke Energy in several past posts. The headquarters of Duke Energy is located in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is the biggest electric power holding company in the United States and it also has assets in Canada and Latin America. The fifty eight thousand megawatts that it generates is distributed to seven million customers in a territory of over one hundred thousand square miles. Duke generates electricity from hydro, oil, natural gas, coal and nuclear energy.
Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on June 22, 2013
Ambient office = .095 microsieverts per hour
Ambient outside = .094 microsieverts per hour
Soil exposed to rain water = .094 microsieverts per hour
Iceberg lettuce from local grocery store = .089 microsieverts per hour
Tap water = .118 microsieverts per hour
Filtered water = .084 microsieverts per hour
I have posted a number of articles about the situation at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Eastern Washington. For decades, the U.S. government has been trying to clean up the mess left over from processing nuclear materials for our nuclear weapons arsenal. A variety of nuclear materials were placed in single wall tanks and buried for disposal.
