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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to release new data showing that various milk and water supply samples from across the US are testing increasingly high for radioactive elements such as Iodine-131, Cesium-134, and Cesium-137, all of which are being emitted from the ongoing Fukushima Daiichia nuclear fallout. As of April 10, 2011, 23 US water supplies have tested positive for radioactive Iodine-131 (http://opendata.socrata.com/w/4ig7-…), and worst of all, milk samples from at least three US locations have tested positive for Iodine-131 at levels exceeding EPA maximum containment levels (MCL) (http://opendata.socrata.com/w/pkfj-…).

As far as the water supplies are concerned, it is important to note that the EPA is only testing for radioactive Iodine-131. There are no readings or data available for cesium, uranium, or plutonium — all of which are being continuously emitted from Fukushima, as far as we know — even though these elements are all much more deadly than Iodine-131. Even so, the following water supplies have thus far tested positive for Iodine-131, with the dates they were collected in parenthesis to the right:

Los Angeles, Calif. – 0.39 pCi/l (4/4/11)

Philadelphia (Baxter), Penn. – 0.46 pCi/l (4/4/11)

Philadelphia (Belmont), Penn. – 1.3 pCi/l (4/4/11)

Philadelphia (Queen), Penn. – 2.2 pCi/l (4/4/11)

Muscle Shoals, Al. – 0.16 pCi/l (3/31/11)

Niagara Falls, NY – 0.14 pCi/l (3/31/11)

Denver, Colo. – 0.17 pCi/l (3/31/11)

Detroit, Mich. – 0.28 pCi/l (3/31/11)

East Liverpool, Oh. – 0.42 pCi/l (3/30/11)

Trenton, NJ – 0.38 pCi/l (3/29/11)

Painesville, Oh. – 0.43 pCi/l (3/29/11)

Columbia, Penn. – 0.20 pCi/l (3/29/11)

Oak Ridge (4442), Tenn. – 0.28 pCi/l (3/29/11)

Oak Ridge (772), Tenn. – 0.20 pCi/l (3/29/11)

Oak Ridge (360), Tenn. – 0.18 pCi/l (3/29/11)

Helena, Mont. – 0.18 pCi/l (3/28/11)

Waretown, NJ – 0.38 pCi/l (3/28/11)

Cincinnati, Oh. – 0.13 pCi/l (3/28/11)

Pittsburgh, Penn. – 0.36 pCi/l (3/28/11)

Oak Ridge (371), Tenn. – 0.63 pCi/l (3/28/11)

Chattanooga, Tenn. – 1.6 pCi/l (3/28/11)

Boise, Id. – 0.2 pCi/l (3/28/11)

Richland, Wash. – 0.23 pCi/l (3/28/11)