Barely detectable amounts of radioactive iodine, presumably linked to compromised nuclear reactors in Japan, have been found in the air in Massachusetts, state health authorities said yesterday. Readings conducted Tuesday found what the Department of Public Health described as a very low level of radioiodine, also known as I-131. The readings, conducted as a part of routine environmental monitoring, were only slightly above the lowest level that can be detected. Similarly minute levels have been detected in other states, and the US Environmental Protection Agency has described such readings as “hundreds of thousands to millions of times below levels of concern.’’
Article courtesy of The Boston Globe-Green Blog
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