The FDA initiated the first recall in an Aug. 19 notice, announcing certain raw frozen shrimp products processed by Indonesian company PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati (doing business as BMS Foods) had tested positive for Cesium-137, also known as Cs-137. A handful of manufacturers sold these products under different brand names to retailers nationwide.
The FDA published an expanded recall notice on its website on Dec. 19, one of 12 notices that have been issued in the growing recall.
Cs-137 is a radioisotope of cesium, meaning it is a chemical element that emits radiation as it breaks down. It is man-made and is produced by nuclear fission, according to the FDA. In the United States, it is used in medical devices and measurement gauges.
Because it is widespread around the globe, trace amounts can be found in the environment, including soil, food and air, the FDA said. Agencies, including the FDA and U.S. Customs & Border Protection, test for, monitor and regulate the presence of the substance due to the risks associated with long-term exposure.
The FDA said low-level radiation exposure over time can lead to serious health complications. Exposure to Cs-137 alone can cause burns, acute radiation sickness, cancer and death. Due to the risks, governing agencies restrict potential exposure to lessen the possibility of these long-term impacts.
Because I gave a couple years of my life to the most stressful school in America so the US government could spend well over six figures teaching me about nuclear energy and radiation damage…
You could just read a textbook or even Wikipedia and have you’re questions answered tho.
But to answer you main question:
Something with a 30 year half life will make the steel itself radioactive overtime. If it is in low enough quantities and deep enough to initially read safe, that’s even worse cause it’s hard to find, but a decade from now not only will it still have most of the CS 137 in it, it will have made the steel itself radioactive. And by that point will likely read as radioactive, but who tests a decade old piece of metal to see if it’s now radioactive?
Like, just because you don’t understand why this is a big deal, doesn’t make it ok
Cesium-137 (or should I also call it CS 137 like the expert?) activating Iron? How is that supposed to happen?
So much bullshit talking about how dumb I am, talking about your superb qualifications, and then you fuck up like that. Well deserved, really.
Let me just make sure this gold nugget stays out of your reach, user “givesomefucks”:
Because I gave a couple years of my life to the most stressful school in America so the US government could spend well over six figures teaching me about nuclear energy and radiation damage…
You could just read a textbook or even Wikipedia and have you’re questions answered tho.
But to answer you main question:
Something with a 30 year half life will make the steel itself radioactive overtime. If it is in low enough quantities and deep enough to initially read safe, that’s even worse cause it’s hard to find, but a decade from now not only will it still have most of the CS 137 in it, it will have made the steel itself radioactive. And by that point will likely read as radioactive, but who tests a decade old piece of metal to see if it’s now radioactive?
Like, just because you don’t understand why this is a big deal, doesn’t make it ok
How can one radioactive thing make another thing radioactive?
You’re trying to act like you know about this stuff, but you act like one of the most basic things about radiation is a fucking fairy tale…
I figured out why you never learn anything at least
By your logic, every CRT is extremely radioactive? And instead of actually finally looking it up, you really double down.
Now quote a source or accept how utterly wrong you were and quite frankly, fuck off with confidently spreading FUD you made up with fake authority while talking down on others.