Published: March 29, 2011
Elevated Radiation Levels From Japan's Nuclear Crisis Poses No Threat To US
During detailed filter analyses from 12 RadNet air monitor locations across the nation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) identified only trace amounts of radioactive isotopes consistent with the Japanese nuclear incident.
Some of the filter results show levels slightly higher than those found by EPA monitors last week and a Department of Energy monitor the week before. These types of findings are to be expected in the coming days and are still far below levels of public health concern.
EPA samples were captured by monitors in Alaska, Alabama, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands and Washington state over the past week and sent to EPA scientists for detailed laboratory analysis.
Detailed information on this latest round of filter results can be found at:
http://epa.gov/japan2011/rert/radnet-data-map.html#results
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