Fukushima radiation found in California kelp

[nadinbrzezinski]

17. Iodine 131 has a half life of eight days

It was there, it was gone. The dose is actually NOT that high... but significant since it has a half life of eight days.

There are other things that have a half life measured in decades coughstrontiumcough, coughcesiumcough, but no, the ocean is not going to glow. But they are making their way to... the food chain as little fish are eaten by larger fish and get concentrated in muscle... and will remain in the food chain for decades to come. Doses, IN GENERAL, should remain low, but the old adage applies... why region of origin kind of matters.

That said, I am all but shocked or surprised it made it all the way to here given the amounts that were leaked, from there in ocean currents... also kelp (and blueberries and cows) absorb it like crazee. Why we did not drink milk off shelf for a few months, and quite brutally honest, these days I still buy shelf stable... it's nice NOT to have to shop for milk every third day.

Oh and life is amazing. There is a type of mushroom that has already adapted to the crazy levels of radiation around Chernobyl. The little thing does not glow, but do not put a dosimeter by it... goes crazee.