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County health officials first learned of the radiation levels last week, and they sent their own inspector on Dec. 28 to Pacifica with a Geiger counter. Using a different unit, the county inspector measured the beach to have a radiation level of about 100 micro-REM per hour, or about five times the normal amount. REM stands for “Roentgen equivalent man,” a measurement of the dosage and statistical biological effects presented by radiation.
Although the radiation levels were clearly higher than is typical, Peterson emphasized that it was still not unsafe for humans. A person would need to be exposed to 100 microREMs of radiation for 50,000 hours before it surpassed safety guidelines by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, he explained.
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"We've known that for two and half years. Every day they are making contaminated water," Buesseler said. "I'm a little disappointed in Japan. What (the denial has) done is made the public extremely mistrustful."
With the first plume of water carrying radionuclides from Fukushima due to hit the U.S. West Coast any day now, Buesseler's latest project is to convince the federal government to monitor radiation levels in the sea water.
"We don't have a U.S. agency responsible for radiation in the ocean," Buesseler said. "It's really bizarre."