Food contamination in California

Cesium-137 Found in Strawberries, Mushrooms And More In Northern California–Including Baby Food!

Live Free Natural,

28 December, 2013

Wow– take a look at what they found in the food in California.  This is certainly not surprising but is still a real wake-up call.  Even if you do not live in California, a good portion of your produce may come from there.  These food items are shipped all over the US and probably exported, as well.  They have already discovered that all the bluefin tuna caught in California is radioactive.  There are a lot of foods that are not even being tested.  We cannot depend on the government or any other organization to make our food choices.  We have to take matters into our own hands.  It seems, right now, that the only safe way to eat, if you choose to live in the US, and particularly the West Coast, is to grow your own with organic soil in a protected greenhouse or even underground (see here for instructions how to build one).  

This is very important information.  Please pass this on.

Here are the results of a small sample food testing done at the University of California Berkeley:

UCB Food Chain Sampling Results, University of California, Berkeley Department of Nuclear Engineering:

Six items were tested: spinach, strawberries, cilantro, topsoil, grass, and mushrooms. Measured in Becquerel per kilogram.

Wild Mushrooms, Collected April 2 in Alameda, CA:

I131 @ 8.4 Bq/kg
Cs134 @ .63 Bq/kg
Cs137 @ .47 Bq/kg

Strawberries, “Best By” Date of April 1, Location Unknown :

I131@ 2.5 Bq/kg
Cs134 @ .69 Bq/kg
Cs137 @ .67 Bq/kg

Grass, Collected April 3 in Alameda, CA:

I131 @ 9.8 Bq/kg
Cs134 @ 6.9 Bq/kg
Cs137 @ 6.9 Bq/kg

Spinach, “Best By” Date of April 8, Location Unknown:

I131 @ 2.8 Bq/kg

Topsoil, Collected April 6 in Alameda, CA:

I131 @ 12.5 Bq/kg
Cs134 @ .99 Bq/kg
Cs137 @ 1.5 Bq/kg

No radionuclides were found in Cilantro from an unknown location

Read the report here.

For infants the FDA set the level of concern at 55 Bq/kg of Iodine-131.

Guidance Levels for Radionuclides in Domestic and Imported Foods, Food and Drug Administration, July 2004:

Infant Food: Iodine-131 @ 55 Bq/kg