Don't Trip: Radiation Levels of Milk in San Luis Obispo are Perfectly Safe [View All]

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The California Department of Public Health says the low levels of radiation detected in a milk sample taken in San Luis Obispo County do not pose a health risk. Below is information updated yesterday from the department's Web site.

Q. Does California test milk products for radiation?

A. California routinely screens milk for radioactivity on a quarterly basis. Since the Japan nuclear emergency, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has increased milk monitoring to once a week in San Luis Obispo County.

Q. Has CDPH found radiation in milk?

A. CDPH sampled milk on March 28 and preliminary results indicate a trace amount of iodine-131 which does not pose a threat to public health. California's full report and data will be posted on this site on Friday. These results are in line with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tests of milk in the state of Washington.

Q. Does that mean that the milk is contaminated?

A. The levels of iodine were more than 5,000 times less than the U.S. Food and Drug Administration health standards. There is no public threat to California's milk....

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