DEES News: DRI Tests Air Samples as a Response to the Fukushima Incident Print E-mail

Radiation symbolTiny amounts of radioactive material are showing up in Southern Nevada, but pose no health risks

Radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear plant have been detected by a DRI Community Environmental Monitoring Program (CEMP) station in Las Vegas, however the levels are considered too low to be a health risk.

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Frits Went Laboratory

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