Nearly Half of U.S. EPA’s West Coast Radiation Monitors Might be Out Sick

Related: Gaps in US radiation monitoring system revealed

Dennis Romero
LA Weekly
March 26, 2011

We’ve been telling you for almost two weeks now that radiation from Japan was headed our way, but not to worry.

We are your friend.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reported this week that trace amounts of the Fukushima nuclear power plant radiation was detected in Orange and Riverside Counties — at levels “hundreds of thousands to millions of times below levels of concern.”

Okay. But here is a concern:


Eight of the EPA’s 18 West Coast monitors might not be working!
The agency announced this week that the gizmos were “undergoing quality review,” according to an EPA statement.

Reassuring.

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