April 2013

             A few days ago, I posted a blog entry about a Chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission named Gregory Jaczko who just resigned. There was a controversy about his resignation with claims that he was essentially driven out of his position by supporters of the nuclear industry because of his criticism of the NRC regulatory process being too lenient with the industry.

Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on April 15, 2013

Ambient office = .073 microsieverts per hour

Ambient outside = .072 microsieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain = .109 microsieverts per hour

Jonagold apple from local grocery store = .100 microsieverts per hour

Tap water = .072 microsieverts per hour

Filtered water = .059 microsieverts per hour

Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on April 143, 2013

Ambient office = .073 microsieverts per hour

Ambient outside = .072 microsieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain = .109 microsieverts per hour

Sliced Crimini mushroom from local grocery store =100 microsieverts per hour

Tap water = .072 microsieverts per hour

Filtered water = .059 microsieverts per hour

Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on April 13, 2013

Ambient office = .104 microsieverts per hour

Ambient outside = .083 microsieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain = .088 microsieverts per hour

Romaine lettuce from local grocery store = .087 microsieverts per hour

Tap water = .089 microsieverts per hour

Filtered water = .056 microsieverts per hour

900-mile-long “front” of most contaminated water from Fukushima Daiichi moving across Pacific toward Pacific Northwest. enenews.com

           The Constitution says that the Federal Government is charged with the task of taking care of the public welfare. Top on the list of definitions for welfare is health. The EPA is the division of the U.S. Government that is supposed to be watching out  the environment for possible threats to human health. As such, the issue of radioactive contamination from a nuclear accident or deliberate incident is definitely within their purview.

Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on April 11, 2013

Ambient office = .070 microsieverts per hour

Ambient outside = .059 microsieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain = .068 microsieverts per hour

Bartlett pear from local grocery store = .083 microsieverts per hour

Tap water = .134 microsieverts per hour

Filtered water = .117 microsieverts per hour

The company that runs a Japanese nuclear power plant destroyed by a tsunami two years ago said on Tuesday it was losing faith in temporary storage pits for radioactive water - but it doesn't have anywhere else to put it. newsdaily.com

Geiger Counter Readings in Seattle, WA on April 10, 2013

Ambient office = .116 microsieverts per hour

Ambient outside = .109 microsieverts per hour

Soil exposed to rain = .107 microsieverts per hour

Bartlett pear from local grocery store = .117 microsieverts per hour

Tap water = .088 microsieverts per hour

Filtered water = .070 microsieverts per hour