RADIOACTIVE IODINE Found In Philly DRINKING WATER as EPA raises limits!

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*EPA to raise limits for radiation exposure while Canada turns off fallout detectors* ! ! ! ! ! THE EFFECTS OF RADIATION EXPOSURE IS ACCUMULATIVE ! ! ! ! ! That's why regulatory agencies set yearly thresholds of acceptable exposure for employees who regularly work around radioactive material. The mass radioactive contamination of our planet is now under way thanks to the astonishing actions taking place at the Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan. As of last night, TEPCO announced it is releasing 10,000 tons of radioactive water directly into the Pacific Ocean. That 2.4 million gallons of planetary poison being dumped directly into the ocean. This water is being released because they have run out of places to keep it on land. It's too deadly to transport anywhere else, and all the storage pools around Fukushima are already overflowing. So they're dumping it into the ocean, then calling it "safe" because they claim the ocean will "disperse" all the radiation and make it harmless. But because there's more radioactive water being produced every day at Fukushima, this process of releasing radioactive water into the ocean could theoretically continue for years, easily making Fukushima the worst nuclear disaster in the history of our world. The EPA maintains a set of so-called "Protective Action Guides" (PAGs). These PAGs are being quickly revised to radically increase the allowable levels of iodine-131 (a radioactive isotope) to anywhere from 3,000 to 100,000 times the currently allowable levels. READ MORE: http://www.naturalnews.com/031963_radiation_exposure.html New data released by the EPA show three of the five highest readings for radioactive iodine in the U.S. are in the Philadelphia drinking water supply. A blogger on Forbes first spotted the data on Sunday in a database of water tests posted on the EPA Web site. Read All Findings at: www.epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-sampling-data.html#water The EPA site shows the effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident on American supplies of milk and water. The EPA said in a previous statement "detections in air, precipitation, and milk were expected, and the levels detected have been far below levels of public-health concern." However, some scientists don't agree with the EPA guidelines on radiation. The Physicians for Social Responsibility, a prominent anti-nuclear group, believes there is no safe level of exposure to radiation . The EPA says the most common source of Iodine-131 from the "fission of uranium atoms during operation of nuclear reactors and by plutonium (or uranium) in the detonation of nuclear weapons." The newest data release has samples from 66 sites across the U.S. and 21 sites picked up traces of Iodine-131 in the water supply. The sample from Philadelphia's Queen Lane Treatment Plant showed 2.2 picoCuries per liter—the highest drinking-water level shown in the U.S. after the Fukushima accident. http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/radioactive-iodine-in-philly-water-supply-041011 Dr. Mike: Iodine 131 In Philly's Water http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/good_day_philadelphia/doctor_mike/Radioactive_Iodine_131_Philadelphia_Water_Samples_041211 **FAIR USE NOTICE** These Videos May Contain Copyrighted (© ) Material. The Use of Which Has Not Always Been Specifically Authorized by The Copyright Owner. Such Material is Made Available to Advance Understanding of Ecological, Political, Human Rights, Economic, Democracy, Scientific, Moral, Ethical, Social Justice Issues, Teaching, and Research. It is believed that this Constitutes a ''Fair Use'' of Any Such Copyrighted Material as Provided For in Section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In Accordance With Title - 17 U.S.C. Section 107, This Material is Distributed Without PROFIT to Those Who Have Expressed a Prior General Interest in Receiving Similar Information For Research and Educational Purposes.