FDA: "We have not been doing any testing."

[meow mix]

As for U.S. fish, she said, "We have not been doing any testing. We've been working with NOAA to keep an eye on U.S. waters, to see if there is any cause for alarm, and we do have the capability to begin testing if that does occur."

Asked to explain what kind of monitoring was taking place in the ocean, DeLancey said, "You would have to talk directly to NOAA ... I don't really want to speak for another agency."

But NOAA fisheries spokeswoman Kate Naughton declined to answer questions and referred a reporter back to DeLancey and the EPA.

DeLancey said that so far, there's no reason for concern about Fukushima. The radioactive materials in the water near Fukushima quickly become diluted in the massive volume of the Pacific, she said. Additionally, radioactive fallout that lands on the surface tends to stay there, giving the most unstable ones isotopes like iodine time to decay before reaching fish, she said.

http://www.adn.com/2011/04/16/1813982/fda-claims-no-need-to-test-pacific.html

[P. Galore]

1. Not MY job! I know no-thing....nt

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

13. Yep. It's bullschultz.

[Curmudgeoness]

2. And when Godzilla emerges from the ocean, I guess

everyone can say that they were not responsible.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. They refused to test in the Gulf, too.

The more my government says "trust me" the more paranoid I get.

btw...that Delancey creature is in charge of FDA Office of Public Affairs.
No credibility, she has no responsibility for anything but PR.

[99th_Monkey]

4. Just how do they ever "see if there is any cause for alarm" if they don't ever test

in the first place to find out if there's any cause for concern, which becomes a crazy making circular denial.

[WinkyDink]

14. You're catching on. :-)

[cui bono]

5. And the air in NYC after 9/11 was totally safe to breathe.

:eyes:

:mad:

[Rex]

10. Yep, never forget the govt will lie to the citizenry and not care when

they get caught. We are replaceable.

[robinlynne]

6. so are they doing any testing in the Gulf of Mexico?

[cayanne]

7. I'm not eating it

I'm not eating any Gulf of Mexico products until it is tested, period. :puke:

I'm waiting for scientists to tell me it's ok, not any government agency.

[L0oniX]

8. Wait until people die ...then test. ASSCARROTS!

[nilram]

9. It's not like fish *swim* or anything, that's just a myth.

Sure, they may get contaminated over there, but they aren't going to come over here. Never. No, not ever. Well, hardly ever...

Oh, GAWD, isn't that CHARLIE SHEEN guy just CRAZY! Wow!

[upi402]

11. ^+1

:rofl: for Charlie Sheen distraction stories. yay!

[WinkyDink]

15. Total digression:

Do you happen to know the song "Mandy Lane" by the Chad Mitchell Trio? Your post almost quotes a lyric!

[nilram]

17. No, I thought I was "almost quoting" Pirates of Penzance by Gilbert & Sullivan

So maybe that's where the Chad Michael Trio got their phrase from.

The dialog between two characters in the Gilbert & Sullivan opretta goes something like

Never?
Nev-ah!
_Never...?_
Well, Hardly Ev-ah.

[franzia99]

12. *slaps forehead* Either they're testing and they don't want to share their findings or they're

flaming incompetents.

[WinkyDink]

16. "Plausible deniability" = NOT testing.