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So Wormme performed the same EPA search yesterday that I performed today but today's values for the same locations, dates and Iodine 131 levels for pasteurized milk are much much larger?? Yesterday LA's value was .152 and today that same reading is 4.1 ?????

Wormme provided this link to EPA data for California showing Iodine-131 levels for California and wonders why it's lower than Fukushima levels received by France:

Note that EPA levels when Wormme checked were as follows:

LOS ANGELES, CA 28-MAR-11 >>>>>>> 0.106 Bq/L

LOS ANGELES, CA 13-APR-11 >>>>>>> 0.152 Bq/L

OAKLAND, CA 13-APR-11 >>>>>>> 0.139 Bq/L

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 28-MAR-11 >>>>>>> 0.111 Bq/L

Here's his link for his search: http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/erams_query_v2.simple_output?Llocation=State&subloc=CA&media=PASTEURIZED+MILK&radi=Iodine-131&Fromyear=2011&Toyear=2011&units=SI

After reading Wormme's post where he wonders why CA levels are lower than France's, I went to EPA site TODAY and performed the same search. The Iodine-131 levels for those same dates he searched on seem to have been revised upwards drastically:

LOS ANGELES, CA 28-MAR-11 >>>>>> 2.86 pCi/L

LOS ANGELES, CA 13-APR-11 >>>>>> 4.1 pCi/L

OAKLAND, CA 13-APR-11 >>>>>> 3.75 pCi/L

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 28-MAR-11 >>>>>> 3 pCi/L

Here's my search: http://oaspub.epa.gov/enviro/erams_query_v2.simple_output?Llocation=State&subloc=CA&media=PASTEURIZED+MILK&radi=Iodine-131&Fromyear=2011&Toyear=2011&units=Traditional

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AHA!!!!! DIfferent Units. Wormme is using Bql/Liter and my search was pCi/L.

I couldn’t believe the difference! Excuse the mistake!