Yup, and covered up by the press for some reason, likely related to CA's economy and the fact there's nothing that can be done. But I agree, it should have been covered more.
Yeah, it's in the air, the rain, the ocean water, the fish, it's everywhere - no one wants to talk about it.
My grandfather was at Bikini Atoll on July 1, 1946, and he had chemo in 1986. Because of the combined radiation, he died about 6 months later.
Radiation is no joke, and it's why I won't go through the TSA death machines.
Bummer about your GF ... sorry to hear that. They didn't give a crap about the troops and ppl working on the new atomic age stuff. Sad, many suffered.
Fukishima has been polluting the US west coast since about 3 months after the accident.
My friend has been feeding me direct data, and has published hundreds of articles on it ( he is virulently anti-nuclear power) and has ready access to data.