No Worries: Fukushima Radiation Didn't Make it to L.A. Beaches [View all]

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Despite some dire predictions that had us wondering if all surfboards and wetsuits would one day be glowing with neon-green atomic activity, radiation from the Fukushima nuclear power plant doesn't appear to have reached the shores of Los Angeles.

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Sites in Hawaii and Guam also turned up negative.

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While you might have been worried about Fukushima water turning up at Surfrider State Beach, Venice, or El Porto, the real areas of concern are the coasts of Alaska and Washington state, where Pacific currents would have first brought any Japanese radiation.

It isn't happening, though, the researchers say.

"The tell-tale isotopic signature of Fukushima, Cs-134, was not seen, even at ... incredibly low detection limits," Manley said.


http://www.laweekly.com/informer/2014/05/08/no-worries-fukushima-radiation-didnt-make-it-to-la-beaches