Radioactive Tuna in California
Radioactive Tuna in California
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The radiation levels presented by the increased cesium concentrations contribute to an overall 3% higher than natural background radiation level.
The FDA Derived Intervention Level (DIL) for radioactive cesium isotopes in food is 1200 Bq/kg... the detected levels were 5 Bq/kg
If you eat tuna at the DIL every day for a year, you are looking at an estimated 1/4,400 increased risk of cancer. So, if you eat the tuna with current cesium levels every single day for a year, you're looking at a risk somewhere in the range of one in a million (rough estimate)
http://www.reuters.com/article/2…
http://www.nuc.berkeley.edu/node…
http://healthphysics.georgetown.…