FOX: Is Japan Nuclear Radiation Killing Babies In Philadelphia? Infant Death Rate Spikes 48 Percent Since Radiation Detected In Drinking Water

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FOX news is raising the red flag about a 48% spike in Philadelphia infant deaths since Philly drinking water tests showed the highest levels of Japan nuclear radiation in the nation.

As previously reported experts have noticed  a 35% increase in infant deaths in the Northwest US since the Fukushima disaster.

Physician and Epidemiologist Say 35% Spike in Infant Mortality in Northwest Cities Since Meltdown Might Be the Result of Fallout from Fukushima

As I’ve previously noted, infants are much more vulnerable to radiation than adults. And see this. However, radiation safety standards are set based on the assumption that everyone exposed is a healthy man in his 20s. Now, a physician (Janette D. Sherman, M. D.) and epidemiologist (Joseph Mangano) have penned a short but horrifying essay asking whether a spike in infant deaths in the Northwest are due to Fukushima: [...] Read The Rest..

Now FOX news is reporting the since Japan nuclear radiation was detected in Philadelphia drinking water at the high level in the nation, infant death rates have jumped 48% percent. The report also reveals that while infant death rates in the entire US have trended downward for the last 6 years, there has been a 2.3% increase in infant deaths since Fukushima nuclear radiation started bombarding the United States.

FOX news reports:

Is Iodine-131 Killing Babies In Philly?

A researcher says the death rate among babies is up 48 percent since Iodine-131 was found in Philadelphia’s drinking water

Joseph Mangano is is the executive director of the Radiation And Public Health Project in New York, which is made of up scientists and health professionals.

There has been a recent spike, in infant deaths in Philadelphia, and Mangano says radioactive levels, in our water could be to blame.

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Mangano said radiation combined with higher levels of iodine the EPAQ found in Philadelphia’s water two months ago may be killing young babies here.

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And what’s even more thought provoking is Mangano believes radiation traveling from Japan is particularly [affecting] pregnant women without them knowing it.

[CDC Data] shows an average of five infant deaths a week in the five weeks leading up to the fallout in Japan.

Then, for the 10 weeks after Japan, there was an average of 7. 5.

During the same time period, the rate of infant deaths for the whole country jumped just 2.3 percent.

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Mangano also looked at numbers for the same time period dating back six years. They showed a decline in infant deaths until this year.

Source: Fox News

As far as the huge disparity between the spike in the national average of only 2.3%, after declining over the last 6 years, and the 48% spike in Philadelphia, Mangano points to the EPA data.

EPA data shows that of the 7 highest drinking water tests, 5 of the highest were in Philadelphia including the highest level recorded by the EPA.

And lets not forget, when Philadelphia detected radiation in the drinking water at the highest levels in the nation, this is how the feds swept it under the rug.

Feds Blame Cancer Patient Urine For Radioactive Iodine In Drinking Water

The feds scoop to a new low offering up cancer patients urinating in their toilets as the excuse for radioactive iodine in the drinking water. Next week they will tell us the iodine is getting into the air from cancer patients pissing in the wind.

As recently reported Japan nuclear radiation has been found in the drinking water in 14 US cities.

The EPA has finally released some of the radiation data it has been collecting:

• Little Rock milk radiation – 3 times the EPA Maximum
• Radiation in Philly Drinking Water 73% of federal drinking water standards.
  
• Los Angeles milk radiation was above federal drinking water standards.
• Radiation found in Phoenix milk was almost at the federal drinking water standard.
• Radioactive Iodine in Boise Idaho rainwater was 130 times above Federal Drinking Water standards.
  • Radioactive Caesium was 13.66 times above federal limit for Caesium-134, 2 year half-life.
  • Radioactive Caesium was 12 times federal limit for Caesium-137, 30 year half-life.
• Tennessee drinking water was detected with radiation slightly above 1/2 the federal maximum.
• Radioactive Iodine has been detected in the drinking water across the entire US in the following states: California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Tennessee, Montana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, New Jersey, and Alabama, as well as in Canada.
• Cesium and Tellurium were found in Boise,  Las Vegas,  Nome and Dutch Harbor, Honolulu, Kauai and Oahu, Anaheim, Riverside, San Francisco, and San Bernardino,  Jacksonville and Orlando, Salt Lake City,  Guam, and Saipan.
• Uranium-234, with a half-life of 245,500 years has been found in Hawaii, California, and Washington.

Philadelphia’s drinking water tests came in the highest testing with levels of radiation about 73% of federal drinking water standards.

This article on the Philadelphia Inquirer just made me sick to my stomach.

Radioactive iodine in city water spurs enhanced testing

By WILLIAM BENDER
Philadelphia Daily News

[email protected] 215-854-5255

The Philadelphia Water Department announced yesterday that it is enhancing its testing procedures and reviewing treatment technology after federal environmental officials found radioactive iodine in the city’s drinking water.

The level of Iodine-131 found at the Queen Lane treatment plant is the highest of 23 sites in 13 states where the particles have appeared following the massive radiation leaks from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. Lower levels were found at the city’s two other plants.

But the Iodine-131 in Philadelphia may have no connection to Japan, officials say.

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Perhaps more disturbing: Nobody knows exactly how the Iodine-131 – which can cause thyroid cancer if consumed in large quantities or over a prolonged period of time – is getting into Philly’s drinking water.

“At this point, that is not really known,” said EPA spokesman David Sternberg. “We’re investigating.”

Kathryn Higley, a health physicist at Oregon State University, said the most likely source is a nearby or upstream medical facility that treats cancer patients with Iodine-131, which can enter the water supply when patients go to the bathroom.

That is an awful lot of iodine for Cancer patients to be urinating into the drinking water.

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For a list of cities and their measured radiation levels in the rain see…

Japan Nuclear Radiation Rainwater Update – Idaho Iodine Levels 14,066% Above EPA Limit

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