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EPA to raise limits for
radiation exposure while Canada turns off fallout detectors
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
(NaturalNews)
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.
Quick, fudge the
numbers before anybody notices!
Fukushima, you see, is doing to the
Pacific Ocean what BP and the Deepwater Horizon did
to the Gulf of Mexico last summer. Except that in the case
of Fukushima, that radiation doesn't just disappear with the
help of millions of gallons of
toxic
chemicals. Nope, that radiation sticks around for decades.
So what to do? If you're the United States Environment
Protection Agency, there's only one option: Declare
radiation to be safe!
Yes indeed, friends, we have reached a moment of comedic
insanity at
the EPA,
where those in charge of protecting
the environment are hastily rewriting the definition of
"radioactive
contamination" in order to make sure that whatever
fallout reaches the United States falls under the new limits
of "safe" radiation.
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.
The group Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility (PEER) is all over this issue, having
obtained internal emails from a FOIA requests that
reveal some truly shocking revelations of the level of
back-stabbing betrayal happening inside the EPA. For
example, under the newly-revised PAGs, drinking just one
glass of water considered "safe" by the EPA could subject
you to the lifetime limit of radiation. (http://www.peer.org/news/news_id.ph...)
"In addition," PEER goes on to say, "it would allow
long-term cleanup limits thousands of times more lax than
anything EPA has ever before accepted. These new limits
would cause a cancer in as much as every fourth person
exposed."
These new PAGs would also vastly increase the allowable
levels of radiation in soil and
food,
too. That way, when the
radioactive fallout from Fukushima's massive release of
raw radioactive water begins to rain down upon the West
Coast, the EPA can officially announce that all the
radiation is "below accepted limits." That's very comforting
to many people, you see.
And why is it below the limits? Because the EPA just raised
the limits by as much as 100,000 times!
Truly, this is science at its most
delightful. When the facts don't fit your fairy tale, simply
rewrite the fairy tale to discard the facts! That's
science for you today, folks: There's nothing that can't be
denied, censored, oppressed or ignored if you just fudge the
numbers with enough determination and arrogance.
The U.S. government does the exact same thing with vitamin
D, of course. By lowering the definition of vitamin D
deficiency to mean only those with a blood level below 30,
the government magically and instantly transforms a wildly
deficient American population into a "sufficiently
nourished" population! It's magic, friends. Magic with
numbers.
But even the EPA's sleight-of-hand magic isn't fooling very
many people this time around. Even the most TV-obsessed,
CNN-watching news zombie has by now figured out that too
much radiation is bad for you. After all, the media has been
screaming at people about the dangers of sunlight
radiation for years, insisting that the mere act of
sunlight touching your
skin
could kill you from skin cancer.
And yet, thanks to the EPA's magically-morphing numbers,
even though sunlight radiation might kill you, Fukushima
radiation is perfectly safe for ya!
You have a front row
seat in this entertaining charade
Isn't it amazing? Watching the U.S.
government try to fudge its way out of the physical
realities of Fukushima probably beats the best stage magic
show you'll ever find in Vegas. Sure, in Vegas they can make
white tigers disappear right in front of your very eyes, but
with the help of the U.S. government, they can cause the
world's largest nuclear catastrophe to vanish by
simply redefining
radiation exposure limits.
You may wonder, dear readers, where the U.S. government
learned these amazing and fantastic tricks of fudging the
numbers. The answer, as regular
NaturalNews know all too well, is that they learned it
from the U.S. Treasury, where fudging the numbers is
an essential skill to keep things running. After all, if the
federal government can pretend that trillions of dollars in
toxic debt have no impact on the U.S. economy, it's a
no-brainer to also pretend that massive doses of radioactive
fallout have no impact on
environmental health, either.
That's the new mantra in Washington: We just wish it
away! It should be Obama's new campaign slogan,
actually: Are you ready to wish it all away? Watch the
distraction in my right hand while I steal the
money
out of your wallet with my left...
British scientists have
the solution: Spread it all around!
Getting back to the absolutely glowing
situation in Fukushima, if you can't believe the U.S. EPA,
then perhaps you can take comfort in the authoritative words
of a British newspaper, which assures us that:
"Scientists also confirmed that ocean currents will
swiftly dilute the radioactive iodine-131, eliminating risks
to human
health and the environment." (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/wor...)
Surely this logic is impeccable, no? Any amount of toxic
radiation can simply be declared safe by dumping it into the
ocean and watching the waves sweep it all away. By this same
logic, you could clean up a toxic chemical spill by swishing
it around with wet mops and then declaring the zone to be
safe again.
Didn't we try this already with pesticides, herbicides and
agricultural runoff? And didn't it create massive ocean
dead zones all around the planet? Now we're going to add
Chernobyl-sized radiation releases to that equation, too?
Fukushima is a massive
dirty bomb
I'm reminded that if an Islamic-looking
individual conducted such an act anywhere near a U.S.
shoreline, it would be considered an act of
terrorism. A dirty bomb, actually. And those
individuals would be shipped off the Guantanamo Bay to be
interrogated in a facility that President
Obama
once promised the
voters
would be closed down if he were elected. He was lying, of
course. But that's not even the news here. Everybody already
knows he was lying about Gitmo.
So why is unleashing a dirty bomb an act of terrorism if
you're Islamic-looking, but if you're Japanese suddenly it's
all officially safe? And by what contortions in its twisted
agenda of anti-public service does the EPA go to these
extraordinary lengths to redefine the very margins of
radiation
exposure? If Fukushima goes into a total meltdown, will
the EPA just add more zeroes to the end of its safety margin
numbers until we're all assured our food is U.S. government
approved 100% safe even while our hair falls out from eating
it?
Will the FDA soon tell us that radioactive
milk is
safe to drink, but RAW milk is deadly?
Ah, the fascination of watching this
tragic comedy of errors unfold in the U.S. government almost
cannot be exceeded. But Canada is sure trying. Its own
nuclear monitoring network has simply been shut off, and its
website now reads "Please note that as of March 25, 2011,
the frequency of data collection by NRCan using the mobile
surveys has been decreased due to the low levels of
radiation being detected."
Yep, since they're detecting low levels of radiation, this
is apparently justification for turning off the monitors
altogether, which of course is the kind of brilliant
early warning plan that could have only been dreamed up by a
brain-dead bureaucrat. It's as if these morons are sitting
around a table having a conversation that goes something
like this:
Bureaucratic Moron #1: Remember how we spent a hundred
million dollars installing a national network of radiation
detectors?
Bureaucratic Moron #2: Yeah.
Bureaucratic Moron #1: And remember how we started to detect
some of the radioactive fallout from Fukushima as it began
raining down upon Canada?
Bureaucratic Moron #2: Yeah.
Bureaucratic Moron #1: Well, I have a great idea. Let's turn
OFF all the detectors so that we stop detecting radiation!
Bureaucratic Moron #2: That's brilliant! You're a genius!
Bureaucratic Moron #1: I know I am. And we wouldn't want to
waste this expensive equipment, you know.
Bureaucratic Moron #2: Right, we want to save it for a
scenario when we might really need it, eh?
Bureaucratic Moron #1: Exactly! And we'll save millions of
dollars in operating fees, because the best way to save
money on radiation detectors is to not use them.
Bureaucratic Moron #2: You're a genius! You should run for
Prime Minister!
Yes there is a plan,
but you're not in it!
Obama, of course, is trying to best his
Canadian counterpart by simply urging the American people to
do nothing in the case of radioactive fallout. Don't
worry, my little consumer sheeple, you don't need to prepare
in any way whatsoever, Obama says from his nuclear fallout
shelter that's stocked with 10 years of food, water,
emergency medical supplies, government ammunition and
military communications equipment. It's okay for the
President to prepare for emergencies, I guess. Just not YOU.
There is a plan, you see, for the government to survive
every disaster that comes our way. You're just not part of
it. The government feels that its own survival is far more
important than yours. And just to make sure you don't
interfere with its own plans, the government is going to
turn off the radiation detectors, raise the official EPA
limits of radioactive exposure, urge Americans to avoid
preparing for fallout, and then pretend absolutely nothing's
wrong. Keep on buying, consuming and paying your bills, all
you voters! Punch your time clock at your job if you still
have one, and don't ask any questions about radiation,
vaccines or the chemical additives they put in hot dogs.
Some food ingredients, you see, are only disclosed on a
need-to-know basis. And you don't need to know.
Run for the cure. Vote in the next election. Buy diet sodas
and watch lots of sports programs on
television with occasional interruptions from the news
programs now featuring "info babes" regurgitating scripted
mindless propaganda bracketed by flying news network logos.
Report suspicious activities at Wal-Mart (http://naturalnews.tv/v.asp?v=5A4B5...).
Call 911 on your Arab-looking neighbors just because they
look Arab-looking. Watch "Ow, My Balls!" on your television
set (http://www.naturalnews.com/021558_I...)
and stop
thinking about your future.
Your government already has your
future
planned for you. That's why there's no need for you to
expend any effort considering it yourself. Why bother
thinking when you can just passively consume
everything you're being spoon-fed by the State? And don't
worry about the radioactive fallout. It's all safe now. I've
been assured of that by the EPA.
_________________________
EPA helps mainstream
media obscure truth about radiation exposure
As
Americans focus on March Madness and Dancing With the
Stars instead of the radioactive plume spreading all
across the country, the US EPA (Environmental Protection
Agency) is attempting to make the mainstream media cover
up of the Fukushima cloud a bit easier.
The
agency now notorious for its
infamous claim that the air was safe to breathe
after 9/11 is now seeking to
raise the PAGs (Protective Action Guides) to levels
vastly higher than those at which they are currently set
allowing for more radioactive contamination of the
environment and the general public in the event of a
radioactive disaster.
PAGs
are policies established by
the EPA that guide the agency in enforcing the
various environmental laws such as the Clean Air and
Water Act in the invent of a radioactive emergency such
as a nuclear/dirty bomb or factory meltdown like that
occurring in Japan.
The
EPA had already established PAGs in this area in 1992.
They can be found
here. However, the agency now plans to amend and
revise these standards this year.
Because regulatory
agencies form their own policies (although they can be
directed by either the President or the Congress), there
is no requirement to
seek Congressional approval for these changes. All that
is required is that the agency place the proposed
changes in the Federal Register for public comment
before it finalizes its draft into legal policy.
According to
PEER (Public Employees for Environmental
Responsibility, the
new standards would drastically raise the levels of
radiation allowed in food, water, air, and the general
environment. PEER, a national organization of local,
state, and federal employees who had access to internal
EPA emails, claims that the new standards will result in
a “nearly 1000-fold increase for exposure to
strontium-90, a 3000 to 100,000-fold hike for exposure
to iodine-131; and an almost 25,000 rise for exposure to
radioactive nickel-63” in drinking water. This
information, as well as the emails themselves were
published by Collapsenet
on March 24.
In
addition to raising the level of permissible radiation
in the environment, PEER suggests that the
standards of cleanup
after a radioactive emergency will actually be reduced.
As a result, radioactive cleanup thresholds will be
vastly lowered and, by default, permissible levels of
radiation will be vastly increased in this manner as
well.
As
Michael Kane writes for
Collapsenet, the current EPA numbers, as well as
those generally agreed upon in the international
radiation assessment community, all point to the fact
that these increases in permissible levels would create
a level of radiation where approximately 1 in 4 people
would contract cancer from exposure to them.
The
changes to the 1992 PAGs are not a new attempt by the
EPA. The agency attempted similar changes in 2009 but
the revisions were stopped largely by a barrage of
FOIA requests and a lawsuit
filed by PEER. However, in 2009 there was no massive
radiation disaster the EPA needed to cover up as there
is at the current time. In 2009, the EPA could afford to
back off, regroup, and try again at a later date.
Unfortunately, it is not likely to react the same way
this time around.
As of
the time of this writing, a toxic cloud of radiation has
not only reached the US West Coast, but has spread all
the way across the country to states like
South Carolina,
North Carolina, Florida, and
Massachussetts. Both the US government and the
mainstream media have largely denied any risk associated
with the radiation and have actively engaged in covering
up the extent to which it has spread across the country.
In the
event of any real journalism, the revelation of the
danger and scale of the Japanese radiation cloud could
be disastrous for those who hide the truth from the
people who are sure to suffer the consequences. Indeed,
the revelation that a toxic cloud of cancer-causing
particles is littering the United States (especially in
real time) might even be too much for the average
television- and sports-obsessed American to handle.
However, the lowering of safety standards for radiation
contamination would be a major victory for those wishing
to cover it up. After all, the talking heads would then
be able to claim that the radiation levels are within
the safety range set by the EPA.
No
cause for worry.
Regardless of the motivation behind these new changes,
they must be actively opposed. We cannot allow the veil
to be pulled even further over the eyes of the American
people. At the very least, we cannot allow an agency
charged with protecting both the environment and the
people who live in it to set standards alleviating
itself of that responsibility.
Brandon Turbeville is an author out of Mullins, South
Carolina. He has a Bachelor’s Degree from Francis Marion
University where he earned the Pee Dee Electric
Scholar’s Award as an undergraduate. He has had numerous
articles published dealing with a wide variety of
subjects including health, economics, and civil
liberties. He also the author of
Codex Alimentarius - The End of Health Freedom.
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Nearly Half of U.S.
EPA's West Coast Radiation Monitors Not Working
We've been
telling you for almost two weeks
now that radiation from Japan
was headed our way, but not to
worry.
We are your
friend.
The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency
reported this week that trace
amounts of the Fukushima nuclear
power plant radiation was
detected in Orange and Riverside
Counties -- at levels "hundreds
of thousands to millions of
times below levels of concern."
Okay. But
here is a concern:
Eight of the
EPA's 18 West Coast monitors
might not be working!
The agency
announced this week that the
gizmos were "undergoing quality
review," according to an EPA
statement.
Reassuring.
Maybe this
isn't the best time to have our
radiation monitors conk out?
The agency
claims that it has more than
enough monitors, and that they
overlap.
So, um, to
summarize. Don't trip out,
because you won't be exposed to
harmful radiation. But nearly
half of the government's
monitors that measure that
radiation might not be working.
But stay
calm.
Still, just
to be on the safe side, you can
check in with Weekly
contributor Michael Collins
handy-dandy indie monitor in
Santa Monica.
Washington,
DC - March 30, 2011 – The
release of plutonium from at least one
of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear reactors
carries serious risks to public health
and the environment, according to
Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR).
Inhalation of a plutonium particle the
size of a speck of dust can lead to lung
cancer and death. The particle’s
extensive half-life also means it will
impact the environment for thousands of
years if released into the soil, air or
sea.
“The discovery of
plutonium in the area around the
Fukushima plant is another indication of
the seriousness of this accident,” said
Alan H. Lockwood, MD, a member of the
Board of Physicians for Social
Responsibility. “The dangers of such a
release, to public health and the
environment, cannot be overstated. If a
minute amount of plutonium is trapped in
the lung, it will deliver an intense
dose of radiation to a very small volume
of tissue for a very long time. This
makes it highly carcinogenic.”
“Japan’s government
and TEPCO must be completely transparent
about the facts of this situation,” said
Jeff Patterson, DO, immediate past
president of Physicians for Social
Responsibility. “In order to properly
protect the public and our precious
natural resources, it’s vital that they
give us a full accounting of what
they’ve discovered around the plant.”
There are two key
public health aspects associated with
the release of plutonium into the
environment:
Plutonium
Half-Life: Plutonium-239
has a half-life of 24,200 years. If
it is inhaled, it will stay lodged
in the body for decades.
Plutonium’s Alpha Particle:
Plutonium-239 emits an alpha
particle as it slowly decays. Alpha
particles have huge amounts of
energy, many times more than a gamma
photon for example. When the energy
of any source of radiation is
deposited absorbed by a cell, it can
cause damage to critical cell
functions and the cell’s DNA. The
higher the energy of that
radioactive decay, the more that
energy is converted into tissue
damage. If a cell absorbs an alpha
particle, the probability of it
damaging that cell is very high. A
microscopic speck of PU-239
sufficient to cause cancer.
Plutonium is one of
the most toxic substances known.
Virtually all plutonium is created as a
reactor operates and is present in all
radioactive spent fuel. The Fukushima
reactor #3 is of particular concern
because its fuel is a mixture of uranium
and plutonium oxides (MOX fuel) and the
reactor therefore contains much larger
quantities of plutonium than reactors
which use uranium fuel.
The risks associated
with plutonium are vastly different from
those associated with other
radionuclides so far released from the
Fukushima reactors. Iodine-131, for
example, has a half-life of 8 days and
can also be potentially blocked from
absorption into the thyroid by taking
potassium iodide. With plutonium, the
half-life is 24,200 years, and there is
no treatment option for blocking the
effects of exposure.
The plutonium from
the damaged fuel can be released into
the environment through steam releases,
explosive gas releases or the release of
contaminated water. It will primarily
have effects in the local area, but can
be carried away by the wind and water
and could travel outside of Japan.
“Although the latest
reports suggest that the amount of
plutonium released is very small, the
mere finding of its presence provides
further evidence of the extensive damage
to the reactor core and the elevated
risks posed to health by reactor
accidents,” said Ira Helfand, MD, a
member of the Board of Physicians for
Social Responsibility.
PSR reiterates its
support of the ALARA principle (As Low
As Reasonably Achievable), which states
that radiation exposure levels should be
kept as low as reasonably achievable.
ABOUT
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (PSR)
Founded in 1961 by
physicians concerned about the impact of
nuclear proliferation, PSR shared the
1985 Nobel Peace Prize with
International Physicians for the
Prevention of Nuclear War for building
public pressure to end the nuclear arms
race. Since 1991, when PSR formally
expanded its work by creating its
environment and health program, PSR has
addressed the issues of global warming
and the toxic degradation of our
environment. PSR educates and advocates
for policies to curb global warming,
ensure clean air, generate a sustainable
energy future, and prevent human
exposures to toxic substances.
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