Trace amounts of Radiation found in Hilo Milk

[TomK]

I just did a very rough calculation of the "dose equivalent" based on the measured amounts of cesium-134 and 137 in local milk reported in the OP's link to the Star Advertiser article. "Dose equivalent" is the important number as it reflects the amount of radiation absorbed by biological matter but the numbers are so small I've actually rounded up to make the case worse, but this is what I get:

You would have to drink 400 gallons of local milk to equal the radiation dose you would get flying from Hawaii to the west coast. Therefore I plan to keep flying to California and back while also continuing to drink local milk.



Tom
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