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Canadian authorities keep mum about radiation in rainwater

Radioactive iodine in rainwater: Public was in the dark By ALEX ROSLIN, The Montreal Gazette January 14, 2012 After the Fukushima nuclear accident, Canadian health officials assured a nervous public that virtually no radioactive fallout had drifted to Canada.

But last March, a Health Canada monitoring station in Calgary detected
an average of 8.18 becquerels per litre of radioactive iodine (an
isotope released by the nuclear accident) in rainwater, the data
shows.

The level easily exceeded the Canadian guideline of six becquerels of
iodine per litre for drinking water, acknowledged Eric Pellerin, chief
of Health Canada’s radiation-surveillance division.

“It’s above the recommended level (for drinking water),” he said in an
interview. “At any time you sample it, it should not exceed the
guideline.”

Canadian authorities didn’t disclose the high radiation reading at the
time……. The data still isn’t posted on Health Canada’s web page
devoted to the impacts of Fukushima.

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Radioactive+iodine+rainwater+Public+dark/5995357/story.html#ixzz1jx1eDdRV

January 19, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Canada, secrets,lies and civil liberties