Interesting...there was a Dec 2013 video on the net showing high radiation in HMB. Jan. 9, 2014 report in patch.com:
The radiation reading on a recent YouTube video showing high levels of radiation on Surfer’s Beach in El Granada using a Geiger Counter are Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) not attributable to Fukushima, according to a report from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
“Recent tests show that elevated levels of radiation at Half Moon Bay are due to naturally occurring materials and not radioactivity associated with the Fukushima incident,” said spokeswoman Wendy Hopkins of the California Department of Public Health. “There is no public health risk at California beaches due to radioactivity related to events at Fukushima.”
San Mateo County health officials also say that after testing the sand on Dec. 27 that higher levels of radiation on Half Moon Bay and Pacifica beaches appear to be from naturally occurring minerals, typically found in coastal geology, said Dean Peterson, Director for Environmental Health Services for San Mateo County.
“naturally occurring” — sure!
Ah yes, more Naturally Occurring Lies From Government. Becoming the norm under democrap rule.
Yeah, the point of my ‘irony’ dig was the seeming reluctance of the State of California to do the sensible thing: Desalinization.
I didn’t know they dumped that stuff from the radiological site at Treasure Island & others so close to shore.
http://sfbayview.com/2013/12/hot-spots-radioactive-san-francisco/
“Ironic” on a number of counts.
Tragically, many sailors were tasked with trying to clean up those contaminated sites and ships. I can only imagine that many fared ‘not well’ as a result.
Worse, it hasn’t gotten any better for sailors in the Navy (USS Reagan off Fukushima, March 2011 and those sailors’ double-hit: Exposure and unprotected ‘cleanup’ of the ship at sea).