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That said and honestly, I'm not so sure the company behind this story is that accurate either. Which gripes my butt to no end. The year is 2013; we hand 50% of our income over to taxes; you would think that accurate and timely radiation data and health risks is one thing the government could get right.
Noooo, they're too damn busy promoting global warming so their cronies can sell carbon credits, or destroying the best healthcare in the world so those cronies can charge exorbitant insurance and medical care rates.
Grrrrr.......
I live near Seattle and I have a detector.
So far, I can say there is most probably an increase.
But it has been very, very, very minimal.
Normal readings where I am came in at (these are all approximations) 30-60 CPM.
Lately, when I monitor, I generally come in with readings of 40-75 CPM.
A person in Seattle would get a worse exposure if he simply moved to Spokane - the avg background levels there being higher because of the Hanford Nuclear reservation complex.