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Hot spots at 1,400% baseline radiation levels on San Francisco-area coast — State: It’s “naturally occurring materials not radioactivity associated with Fukushima” — Expert: Don’t let babies or kids inhale or eat the sand
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California Department of Public Health spokeswoman Wendy Hopkins, Patch, Jan. 7, 2014: “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” [...] CDPH has collected and will be analyzing sand samples from Half Moon Bay. Results of the analysis will be released as soon as the analysis is completed possibly sometime this week [...]
Dan Sythe, CEO of Geiger counter maker International Medcom, Patch, Jan. 7, 2014: “The levels detected are about five to 10 times what you would normally expect to find on a beach” [...] Whether this material is naturally occurring at this beach or not remains a question [...] “There are reports that a pipeline was once at this location and oil pipelines can collect heavy radioactive minerals” [...] err on the side of caution with young children and babies “to make sure they don’t inhale or eat the sand” [...] [Sythe] hopes the state will do further testing to determine the origin and full nature of the hot spots [...]