Post by Ex_Nuke_Troop on Dec 30, 2013 8:08:17 GMT
I have emailed this to ALL my Congress Critters in the state of Georgia, please feel free to use, modify this at will.
Dear Congress member:
All children worldwide deserve equal protection. So please tell me why children in the US are allowed to eat at minimum 12 times more man-made radioactive poison in their food than children in Japan?
I am writing to demand, in the continuing wake of the Japan nuclear catastrophe, that FDA be required to lower the recommended amount of radioactive cesium allowed in our food to 5 Bq/kg. I also demand that you request widespread testing of the US food supply immediately. It is our RIGHT TO KNOW how contaminated our food is and our choice whether or not we eat it. Almost no mention is made of other radioactive substances released from this disaster. The main issues of concern are Radioactive Isotopes and the specific type of radiation they emit: alpha, beta and gamma particles, and the different radioactive element, whether natural or man made. All of these substances have been released and are known, measured since the event. The plutonium is of particular concern as it's source is the spent fuel, which was released during the initial event and explosions, and has been exposed to the atmosphere since the event. It is one of the most toxic substances in the world. All of these substances are dangerous though, and have particular effects on the body, and 'target' specific organs or cell types (bone, teeth etc). There are specific thresholds for all of them and this is dependent upon rate of exposure over time (dosage) and HOW the substance enters the body. Certain radioactive isotopes can pass all the way through the body in the air in the form of gamma rays as in a nuclear explosion - there really IS no safe level of this kind of exposure, though it may take decades to kill you, depending on many factors.
www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclides/plutonium.html
www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclides/americium.html
www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclides/cesium.html
www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclides/strontium.html
www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclides/iodine.html
Japan’s nuclear industry and government have lost control (once again) of its ruined nuclear power complex at Fukushima, a site that continues to leak massive quantities of radioactivity into the Pacific Ocean. This is adding to the existing toxic releases from atomic bomb tests and nuclear power over the past seven decades. Both the Japanese and American governments have assured us there is no danger to human health from this disaster, a statement that only the deliberately misinformed would believe. I believe this is an active and determined cover-up, waged to protect the Nuclear Industry, and other concerns.
The American Medical Association has called for testing of seafood. Canada is going to start testing its salmon in light of an historic low in salmon numbers. Korea has been testing imports from Japan, returning food with small amounts of cesium contamination. Bluefin tuna tested from off of the California coast has been contaminated with Fukushima cesium. Radioactive jam from Bulgaria labeled “organic” and discovered in Japan has since been recalled there. This same brand of preserves is now being sold on American grocery shelves. How am I supposed to protect my child’s health against internal contamination if I don’t know how contaminated our food is?
As members of Congress we are asking that you pass legislation to begin food testing immediately. The US FDA has a recommendation limit twelve times that of Japan at 1200 Bq/kg of cesium. Even with the continuing release of radioactivity into the Pacific, and food testing in other countries, the FDA stated to the press that it still sees no danger from man-made radiation in food even though children are more vulnerable to radiation damage.
Food testing is urgently needed. We demand that you take a stand and encourage your fellow congress members to do the same.
I don't however just voice my concerns about food-stuffs from the ocean. I'm concerned about radioactive particles falling upon our landmass in the form of rain/snow and blown across the Pacific in the atmosphere from continuing leakage of the spent fuel rods from Fukushima reactor #4. You and your staff may find the following site a useful resource for the beginnings of research:
www.enviroreporter.com/resources/
Also of grave concern to me is the plight of the crew-members of the USS Ronald Reagan and other ships of that fleet and their ongoing health concerns after the humanitarian efforts. This story has received some limited press and evidently the source of a lawsuit against TEPCO.
www.cbsnews.com/news/radiation-detected-on-us-warship-near-japan/
Sincerely,
Your name here
Dear Congress member:
All children worldwide deserve equal protection. So please tell me why children in the US are allowed to eat at minimum 12 times more man-made radioactive poison in their food than children in Japan?
I am writing to demand, in the continuing wake of the Japan nuclear catastrophe, that FDA be required to lower the recommended amount of radioactive cesium allowed in our food to 5 Bq/kg. I also demand that you request widespread testing of the US food supply immediately. It is our RIGHT TO KNOW how contaminated our food is and our choice whether or not we eat it. Almost no mention is made of other radioactive substances released from this disaster. The main issues of concern are Radioactive Isotopes and the specific type of radiation they emit: alpha, beta and gamma particles, and the different radioactive element, whether natural or man made. All of these substances have been released and are known, measured since the event. The plutonium is of particular concern as it's source is the spent fuel, which was released during the initial event and explosions, and has been exposed to the atmosphere since the event. It is one of the most toxic substances in the world. All of these substances are dangerous though, and have particular effects on the body, and 'target' specific organs or cell types (bone, teeth etc). There are specific thresholds for all of them and this is dependent upon rate of exposure over time (dosage) and HOW the substance enters the body. Certain radioactive isotopes can pass all the way through the body in the air in the form of gamma rays as in a nuclear explosion - there really IS no safe level of this kind of exposure, though it may take decades to kill you, depending on many factors.
www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclides/plutonium.html
www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclides/americium.html
www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclides/cesium.html
www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclides/strontium.html
www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclides/iodine.html
Japan’s nuclear industry and government have lost control (once again) of its ruined nuclear power complex at Fukushima, a site that continues to leak massive quantities of radioactivity into the Pacific Ocean. This is adding to the existing toxic releases from atomic bomb tests and nuclear power over the past seven decades. Both the Japanese and American governments have assured us there is no danger to human health from this disaster, a statement that only the deliberately misinformed would believe. I believe this is an active and determined cover-up, waged to protect the Nuclear Industry, and other concerns.
The American Medical Association has called for testing of seafood. Canada is going to start testing its salmon in light of an historic low in salmon numbers. Korea has been testing imports from Japan, returning food with small amounts of cesium contamination. Bluefin tuna tested from off of the California coast has been contaminated with Fukushima cesium. Radioactive jam from Bulgaria labeled “organic” and discovered in Japan has since been recalled there. This same brand of preserves is now being sold on American grocery shelves. How am I supposed to protect my child’s health against internal contamination if I don’t know how contaminated our food is?
As members of Congress we are asking that you pass legislation to begin food testing immediately. The US FDA has a recommendation limit twelve times that of Japan at 1200 Bq/kg of cesium. Even with the continuing release of radioactivity into the Pacific, and food testing in other countries, the FDA stated to the press that it still sees no danger from man-made radiation in food even though children are more vulnerable to radiation damage.
Food testing is urgently needed. We demand that you take a stand and encourage your fellow congress members to do the same.
I don't however just voice my concerns about food-stuffs from the ocean. I'm concerned about radioactive particles falling upon our landmass in the form of rain/snow and blown across the Pacific in the atmosphere from continuing leakage of the spent fuel rods from Fukushima reactor #4. You and your staff may find the following site a useful resource for the beginnings of research:
www.enviroreporter.com/resources/
Also of grave concern to me is the plight of the crew-members of the USS Ronald Reagan and other ships of that fleet and their ongoing health concerns after the humanitarian efforts. This story has received some limited press and evidently the source of a lawsuit against TEPCO.
www.cbsnews.com/news/radiation-detected-on-us-warship-near-japan/
Sincerely,
Your name here