Radioactive iodine-131 from the ongoing fallout was detected in seaweed in Puget Sound within days of the first Daiichi detonation. "I think it is surprising," said Professor Kris Starosta at Simon Fraser University said. "I guess I was assuming it wouldn't reach this far, but it did." Radiation levels in seaweed were even higher in North Vancouver near the Seabus terminal. Starosta said that if someone ate two-pounds of the most radioactive seaweed his team detected, it would be the equivalent of getting one dental X-ray. [KIRO 7 Apr 11/11] Given the known hazards of dental x-rays, this is not reassuring. With its network of 100 radiation monitoring stations across the country, Health Canada insists the amount of radiation coming from Japan is miniscule and does poses no risk to Canadians. “There is no health concern whatsoever to British Columbians,” says Laura Neufeld, public affairs officer with health communications. But Gary Coons isn’t so sure about that “whatsoever”. The North Coast MLA told reporters, “I’d be very hesitant in saying everything is safe.” So would John Disney. The acting band manager at Old Masset on Haida Gwaii has advised everyone within the village not to drink rainwater after private lab tests showed elevated levels of the radioactive isotope iodine-131. While still below “acceptable” limits, the rainwater tested 30- times above background levels. And the band manager says the levels are rising with each test. “It’s better to be super safe than super sorry,” says Disney. “If the contamination gets into the groundwater, we’re hooped.” Disney lived on Haida Gwaii during the Chernobyl nuclear accident in 1986. Back then, he said, he was on a similar rainwater system and the provincial and federal health authorities said he had nothing to worry about. But after sending his water off to a lab, he learned of two kinds of radiation in his drinking water at dangerous levels. Over the past few weeks, Disney relates, the same thing happened: a nuclear accident, followed by government agencies in Canada saying there was nothing to worry about. After the “all-clear” was given by three different departments, “then I really started getting worried.”  [MuskegPress in News Apr 7/11] P.F. “Fukushima fallout will continue for many more months. And during this fallout, there will be a cumulative load of radiation raining down upon the grasses, fruits and vegetables that make up the global food supply,” Mike Adams observes. “Animals that feed upon those grasses - such as cattle, goats and sheep - will tend to further concentrate the radioactivity, producing milk and meat products that are far more radioactive than the grasses upon which they fed.” So bring your Geiger counter to the fresh produce section, the award-winning Natural News editor advises. And look for the apple bin labelled "Pre-Fukushima". [naturalnews.com Apr 12/11] Meanwhile, even my own formerly organic garden in B.C. is getting nuked. RADIOACTIVE B.C. by William Thomas CURRENT “SITUATION” IN B.C. - APRIL 15 2011 Fukushima Fubar Fuk-U-Shima © William Thomas 2012 (Please cite URL when reposting. Thank you) Made with Xara