Regarding Radiation From Air Travel

[:en]Last week VOX posted an article about radiation from air travel which caught some attention and immediately people started asking us for related data. For the past several years we’ve been logging radiation readings during flights so we have a significant amount of measurements relating specifically to this. We haven’t added these “flight” measurements to…

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(in Japanese) bGeigie "how to" videos

Volunteer Kiki Tanaka has posted several short YouTube videos showing how to use the bGeigie Nano. They’re in Japanese only (accessible from the Japanese side of this blog), but we hope to have English language versions up soon as well. Meanwhile, check out Sean’s “how to” video HERE. セーフキャストが開発した組立式放射線計測機器 bGeigie Nano(ビーガイギーナノ) の使い方が簡単にわかるよう、ビデオで説明しました。 bGeigie Nano 基本説明…

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Updated Safecast Webmap!

Since the unfortunate demise of our GeoSense map platform we haven’t had recent visualization of Safecast data available to web users. Last week Safecast volunteer Nick Dolezal (mastermind behind the Safecast iOS app) tried out an experiment and it worked fantastically. I’m excited to introduce you to the most recent web map of Safecast data.…

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Safecasting DC

Made possible by a grant from the MacArthur Foundation, earlier this week we were invited by the NRDC and International Medcom to come to Washington, DC and show a group of people how to build our bGeigie’s and talk a little bit about the value of citizen/independent radiation and environmental monitoring. We’ve had a number…

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Safecasting Iraq: Open Data to Open Doors

Last month I was invited to facilitate some data visualization workshops at the Peace Tech camps in Erbil Iraq. One of the NGO’s I was working with was attempting to visualize a study to raise awareness about the issue of depleted uranium in Iraq. Luckily I had run into Sean Bonner moments before boarding my…

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Safecasting the IAEA

Day 1, Feb 16, 2014 Joe and I are in Vienna this week to attend an IAEA expert meeting which starts Monday. SAFECAST was invited to make a presentation about our methods and results, and I’ll be the one giving the talk, which is on Tues. afternoon, Feb. 18. Information about the meeting can be…

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Radiation on California Beaches

[UPDATE 3/2014: The CDPH did their own study and confirmed our findings below, the report of their findings can be found here] In December this rather shocking video titled “Fukushima radiation hits San Francisco! (Dec 2013)” was posted to YouTube To date it’s been viewed almost half a million times, and countless articles have been…

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FAQ: Contaminated Food In Japan

We frequently get emails from people traveling to Japan asking if it’s safe to eat the food in country, for fear of contamination from Fukushima and thought the answer we’ve been sending out recently would be helpful/informative for others as well. [Edited to clarify that we think examining the risks in a scientific sense alone…

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Inside Daiichi

Another milestone for us today – this one quite significant. Until now we’ve been able to measure the exclusion zone around the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant but we haven’t been inside the actual grounds – having quite literally run into the gates around the facility. This week some of our volunteers were able to bring…

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All Seven Continents Safecasted

Safecaster Ryan recently put on his heavy coat and took a trip to Antarctica, brining along a trusty bGeigie and took these readings – making it official that Safecast has measured all seven continents! Nothing scary or unexpected here – everything is around 40 to 50 cpm / 0.11 to 0.13 μSv –  but exciting to check off…

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