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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I think it's likely that the bugs survive. Near the old Hanford nuclear facility in Washington, they've found that the radioactivity of the soil had declined, but there are marked hot spots where burrowing wasps live. The wasps and their nests are more radioactive than the surrounding area, often many times more radioactive, and they still appear to be functioning normally. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Erin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org [mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Carmine Vasile<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, October 30, 2011 2:41 PM<br><b>To:</b> GB Forum<br><b>Subject:</b> [Greenbuilding] Radioactive Compost<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Would anyone know if Radioactive Compost kills garden pests faster than consumers? American & Japanese health officials must, e.g.: <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> "Will someone explain how enclosing a radioactive compost facility will remove radioactive groundwater plumes and prevent further contamination? Recall, "Investigators looking into puzzlingly high radioactivity levels in groundwater near a Yaphank compost facility will embark on a new round of tests this week, officials said." (See "Further tests for Yaphank composting site", June 13, 2011 by JENNIFER SMITH, NEWSDAY)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Have puzzled officials measured the Cs-137 levels in LI Compost sold at Home Depot as was done in Japan? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <u>NOTE</u>: "A resident in Akita Prefecture alerted the authorities when the bag of leaf compost that he purchased from a local garden/home center measured high in radiation with his portable survey meter. The authorities tested the content of the bag, and it had 11,000 becquerels/kg of cesium. At the garden/home center (2 locations) the air radiation 1 meter from the pile of the leaf compost bags measured as high as 0.48 microsievert/hr.” (From "Japan: Radioactive Compost Has Already Spread Wide" <a href="http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2011/07/28/japan-radioactive-compost-has-already-spread-wide/" target="_blank"><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2011/07/28/japan-radioactive-compost-has-already-spread-wide/</span></a>) [Online Comment Re: “Limits imposed on Great Gardens composting”, October 26, 2011 by SOPHIA CHANG, Newsday]<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Best regards,Dr. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Carmine F. Vasile<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>gfxtechnology.com<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>