The U.S. government said Wednesday that traces of radiation have been found in milk in Washington state [...].The Environmental Protection Agency said a March 25 sample of milk produced in the Spokane, Wash., area contained a 0.8 pico curies per literlevel of iodine-131 [...].
The EPA said it increased monitoring after radiation leaked from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. It expects more such findings in coming days [...].
Iodine-131 has a half-life of about eight days [...].
[my emphases]
It always begins this way: radioactive milk in Washington State, Oregon coast oysters coughing up hot pearls, California zombie fish tacos turning on legwarmer-adorned Venice Beach rollerbladers and eating their lips off. And it always ends with Dustin Hoffman racing against the clock, trying to track down some deadly escaped monkey.
Thankfully, I have a cupboard filled with Beefaroni, and I’ve stockpiled enough iodinized salt to keep me cured for at least a year. Provided I can get used to a heavily crusted crotch and having to sleep upside down, hanging from a hook in the meat cellar, that is.
Of course, should the house be attacked by an enormous moth, all bets are off.
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