EPA: New Radiation Highs in Little Rock Milk, Philadelphia Drinking Water

The Little Rock milk sample contained 8.9 picoCuries per liter. It was collected on March 30. On Sunday, EPA released data showing milk in Hilo, Hawaii with 24 pCi/L of cesium-134, 19 of cesium-137, and 18 of Iodine-131.

Three drinking water samples collected in Philadelphia on April 4 contained Iodine-131, according to Saturday’s data release:

A sample from the city’s Queen Lane Treatment Plant showed 2.2 picoCuries per liter—the highest concentration in EPA’s drinking water data so far.

Water collected at the Belmont Treatment Plant contained 1.3 picocuries, and

Water collected at the Baxter Treatment Plant contained 0.46 picocuries.


Source: forbes.com