Should we worry about

those radioactive tuna off California?
Should we raise radiation limits like EPA is proposing?

J. D. Heyes wrote for NaturalNews 30 May 2012,

Fukushima radiation now detected in the U.S. food supply,

“I wouldn’t tell anyone what’s safe to eat or what’s not safe to
eat,” Madigan told Reuters. “It’s become clear that some people feel
that any amount of radioactivity, in their minds, is bad and they’d
like to avoid it. But compared to what’s there naturally […] and
what’s established as safety limits, it’s not a large amount at
all.”

PR from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility 8 April 2013,

WHITE HOUSE APPROVES RADICAL RADIATION CLEANUP ROLLBACK:
Civilian Cancer Deaths Expected to Skyrocket Following Radiological Incidents,

The White House has given final approval for dramatically raising
permissible radioactive levels in drinking water and soil following
“radiological incidents,” such as nuclear power-plant
accidents and dirty bombs. The final version, slated for Federal
Register publication as soon as today, is a win for the nuclear
industry which seeks what its proponents call a “new
normal” for radiation exposure among the U.S population,
according Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).

Issued by the Environmental Protection Agency, the radiation guides
(called Protective Action Guides or PAGs) allow cleanup many times
more lax than anything EPA has ever before accepted. These guides
govern evacuations, shelter-in-place orders, food restrictions and
other actions following a wide range of “radiological
emergencies.” The Obama administration blocked a version of
these PAGs from going into effect during its first days in office.
The version given approval late last Friday is substantially similar
to those proposed under Bush but duck some of the most controversial
aspects:

In soil, the PAGs allow long-term public exposure to radiation in
amounts as high as 2,000 millirems. This would, in effect, increase
a longstanding 1 in 10,000 person cancer rate to a rate of 1 in 23
persons exposed over a 30-year period;

EPA has

extended the comment period
until 16 September 2013.

-jsq