Tag Iodine-131

Sustained Radiation Spike in Washington.Video.

  Air monitoring stations, Washington State Department of Health, April 4, 2011: …The chart shows radiations measures known as “gross beta,” a term that refers to all radioactive materials that emit beta radiation. Gross beta measurements are used because they…

Radioactivity Found in US.

      Low levels of radioactive iodine linked to the nuclear disaster in Japan were detected in a sample of rainwater in Massachusetts, state health officials announced yesterday. The concentration of radioiodine-131 found in the sample is very low…