Japan Disaster: The Rising Threat of Radiation in Drinking Water and Milk

The EPA continues to assure people that the Japan disaster poses no threat, but the reality is that radioactive contaminants like Iodine-131 are being detected in drinking water and milk across the United States, including New York. However, despite the growing evidence, agencies like the EPA and the RadNet monitoring/testing program have been awfully "optimistic" about the current risk and looming threat. 


Widespread Panic? Public Pandemonium? Why have nuclear safety officials and agencies continue to deny the risk to public health and safety? Why aren't the results being reported? Is the United States fearing public mass hysteria?

‎"The detections in air, precipitation, and milk were expected, and the levels detected have been far below levels of public-health concern." 

Like with Chernobyl-- information and radiation data is being kept under wraps; radiation figures are being tightly controlled and reported by various regional, federal and global agencies, but the question remains: how much is information is really being reported? I, for one, am being skeptical ever since the BBC called nuclear safety reports a 'mistake'.