Numerous traces of radioactive iodine have been found in drinking water samples in the two states territory northwest United States.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which examined the level of radioactivity was far below the safe limits of public health.
Drinking water samples from two locations in Idaho-Boise, and Richland in Washington showed trace amounts of iodine-131 is about 0.2 pikokuri per liter in each instance, on Tuesday (5 April 2011).
“If a person takes 7,000 liters of water, will be exposed to radiation doses equal to the amount of natural radiation in one day, we get gradually from natural radioactive sources in our environment,” EPA said in a statement.
As a result of the incident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, a number of EPA’s air monitoring had found radioactive material in a very low level in the U.S., according to estimates due to the release in the damaged nuclear reactor.
EPA has increased its monitoring of rainfall, milk, and water drinking in response to the incident in Fukushima.
