week 12

Fukushima radiation near Half Moon Bay?

This title is enough to get us all a little worked up.  But the author maintained the radiation at the beach is from naturally occurring elements in the sand that doesn't pose a threat to human health.  In fact they came about when the Eatrth was being formed, which is pretty cool.  But it shows how worried people are about it all and how we can get upset pretty fast with a viral youtube clip.  My boss recently gave me a bottle of pills containing some blocker against radiation for when the radiation arrives in the ocean currents.  "Its not a matter of if, its a matter of when" he said smugly.   
Another article we read last week "Radioactive Fukushima Waters Arrive at West Coast of America" said "the amount of Fukushima radioactivity in this seawater is minisucle…and poses no concern at all. And never will."  Those italics get me a little worked up.  Never?  Didn't they already cause come concern?   Its a topic that gets people heated but it was interesting to read these articles and learn more about the scientific data so we can be more informed about this topic and follow this event with a little better background and more informed perspective.