doesn't help much since the southwest map shows 3+ radioactive sites/sources near the densely populated coastal area, and only two detectors thousands of miles inland from the sites...
This is fairly easy to independently verify. Take your Geiger counters around the affected areas and tell me if they spike. There is also plenty of commercial equipment that detects other chemicals. It is simply a matter of time before someone unexpectedly picks up dangerous readings (or doesn’t, because there’s no threat).
You won't pick up alpha particles with Geiger counter. Plutonium, which is the main concern in this case, is an alpha emitter, so it will very difficult to pick up with a Geiger.
You may pick up its decay products, which emit beta and gamma radiation. According to the EPA chart [0] there is a little spike in gamma.
Now whether this represent an immediate danger to the public is open to discussion, as the levels seem to be pretty low.
It is not uncommon knowledge that California has Proposition 65, and that many products bear this warning even if sold outside of California because they are are also sold unaltered in the state and must follow the appropriate labeling rules. So many people are already aware of this “meme”.
well, if the contaminants are in the air, business have two choices: either fully hermetic spaces with air filtration, or every single place will have now to show the warning, because of the air inside.
http://radiationnetwork.com/DetailMaps.htm
https://www.epa.gov/radnet/near-real-time-and-laboratory-dat...
https://www.epa.gov/radnet/radnet-air-data-bakersfield-ca