{"id":5025,"date":"2013-08-07T08:00:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=5025"},"modified":"2013-08-06T16:44:12","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T20:44:12","slug":"epa-raising-radiation-limits-comment-period-still-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/epa-raising-radiation-limits-comment-period-still-open.html","title":{"rendered":"EPA raising radiation limits? Comment period still open"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nShould we worry about\r\n\r\nthose radioactive tuna off California<\/a>?\r\nShould we raise radiation limits like EPA is proposing?\r\n

\r\nJ. D. Heyes wrote for NaturalNews 30 May 2012,\r\n\r\nFukushima radiation now detected in the U.S. food supply<\/a>,\r\n

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\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n“I wouldn’t tell anyone what’s safe to eat or what’s not safe to\r\neat,” Madigan told Reuters. “It’s become clear that some people feel\r\nthat any amount of radioactivity, in their minds, is bad and they’d\r\nlike to avoid it. But compared to what’s there naturally […] and\r\nwhat’s established as safety limits, it’s not a large amount at\r\nall.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\nPR from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility 8 April 2013,\r\n\r\nWHITE HOUSE APPROVES RADICAL RADIATION CLEANUP ROLLBACK:\r\nCivilian Cancer Deaths Expected to Skyrocket Following Radiological Incidents<\/a>,\r\n

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\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nThe White House has given final approval for dramatically raising\r\npermissible radioactive levels in drinking water and soil following\r\n“radiological incidents,” such as nuclear power-plant\r\naccidents and dirty bombs. The final version, slated for Federal\r\nRegister publication as soon as today, is a win for the nuclear\r\nindustry which seeks what its proponents call a “new\r\nnormal” for radiation exposure among the U.S population,\r\naccording Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nIssued by the Environmental Protection Agency, the radiation guides\r\n(called Protective Action Guides or PAGs) allow cleanup many times\r\nmore lax than anything EPA has ever before accepted. These guides\r\ngovern evacuations, shelter-in-place orders, food restrictions and\r\nother actions following a wide range of “radiological\r\nemergencies.” The Obama administration blocked a version of\r\nthese PAGs from going into effect during its first days in office.\r\nThe version given approval late last Friday is substantially similar\r\nto those proposed under Bush but duck some of the most controversial\r\naspects:\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nIn soil, the PAGs allow long-term public exposure to radiation in\r\namounts as high as 2,000 millirems. This would, in effect, increase\r\na longstanding 1 in 10,000 person cancer rate to a rate of 1 in 23\r\npersons exposed over a 30-year period;\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\nEPA has\r\n\r\nextended the comment period<\/a>\r\nuntil 16 September 2013.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

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