04-14-2011, 04:20 PM
Thanks for that link. I've learned so much. Hawaii isn't a state, Obama is somebody's love child and by paying taxes I'm killing Jesus' family.
As far as I can tell (by looking at reputable websites) the EPA does indeed not monitor drinking water for caesium. I assume this has to do with giving the priority to iodine, which is more of a risk (if it was present at dangerous levels) and because it has a much shorter half-life. If there was caesium it would show up in milk, which is tested for it. At any point in time some of the monitors are broken but they don't see it as a problem because the spread is assumed to be even.
As far as I can tell (by looking at reputable websites) the EPA does indeed not monitor drinking water for caesium. I assume this has to do with giving the priority to iodine, which is more of a risk (if it was present at dangerous levels) and because it has a much shorter half-life. If there was caesium it would show up in milk, which is tested for it. At any point in time some of the monitors are broken but they don't see it as a problem because the spread is assumed to be even.