Saturday, April 13, 2013

EPA Dramatically Increases Allowable Levels of Radiation During Accidents and Attacks


On April 10, Bobby1 ran an excellent analysis of the EPA's new guidelines for radiation contamination: EPA now allowing 27,000 times the previous limit of iodine-131 in drinking water.

I recommend reading his analysis of this move and the response by PEER. I'm posting another link on this decision by the EPA.

EPA Relaxes Public Health Guidelines For Radiological Attacks, Accidents April 8, 2013 By Douglas P. Guarino Global Security Newswire http://www.nti.org/gsn/article/epa-relaxes-public-health-guidelines-radiological-attacks-accidents/



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