[mvpel]

That's 26 1/2 Million times background pre-Fukushima. Even is my math is egregiously in error, it's still an order of magnitude, not 'diluted'. And the Pacific won't 100% dilute anything in 3 years, let alone 100.

Cesium 137 is an artificial element. Comparing current levels stemming from Fukushima to nearly entirely-decayed levels left over from bomb testing is obviously going to give you a very large scary-sounding number. The real question is what does 1.6, or 160, or even 1,600 Bq/m³ really mean in the real world?

The EPA believes that 7,410 Bq/m³ is the safe limit in drinking water, and presumably they've done the math far more than twice.

[logi_cal869]

The EPA believes that 7,410 Bq/m3 is the safe limit in drinking water, and presumably they've done the math far more than twice.

Care to explain/revise that statement? (talk about scary numbers)