EPA wants to raise “SAFE” radiation levels
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EPA to raise “safe” limits
The EPA is at it again, they now want to change the “safe” limits of exposure to humans. The EPA wants to raise “Protective Action Guides” (PAG’s) to levels vastly higher than those at which they are currently set allowing for more radioactive contamination of the environment and the general public.
“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.”
This is very disturbing and I wanted the readers of this amazing forum to know this info. Remember, these are the same people who said the air was safe to breath on 9/11.
Japan Also Raised Decontamination Levels
. On Monday 3/21/11, Japan raised the threshold for human decontamination from 6,000 counts per minute to 100,000 counts per minute; more than 16 times previous limits—They have raised other limits as they continue to create new truths. Then they announce how nearly 90,000 have been screened, and ONLY about 90 have tested above the 100,000 level “considered to be the Yardstick” for contamination. The increase from 6,000 is nowhere to be found. So, last week, if you got a reading of 7,000, you received a full wash down and new clothes. Today, you test at 90,000 and the aide worker tells them they are safe enough—move along and contaminate everyone in the shelter. Sadly, I said no one would remember the increase six months from now—looks like it took less than a week.
http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/80010.html
http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2011/03/81216.html
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