High level of I-133 found in tap water at dangerous levels to infant

"Japan's health ministry says it has detected radioactive iodine levels above the safety standard for infants in tap water at 5 locations in Fukushima Prefecture.

Officials say iodine-131 levels exceeding 100 becquerels per kilogram were detected in tap water at 4 cities and 1 town. The levels ranged from 120 to 220 becquerels.

The ministry says the water does not pose an immediate risk to infants, but is advising residents against letting infants drink it or adding it to powdered milk.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 20:56 +0900 (JST)" NHK

What are mothers suppose to do? Breast feeding is good and supplies a natural source of Iodide; yet, if the mothers have ingested radioactive isotopes themselves? I guess considering that water is contaminated breast milk is more likely to be less dangerous to infants. And it is possible that mothers may naturally increase the production of iodide, but is only an hypothesis. 

We wish that our governments would tell people what they could do to weather a nasty nuclear cloud which is affecting the whole Northern Hemisphere. 

Here is a crazy list of things people say are good for you, although these may have no effect at least we are thinking of foods and nutrition:

- Iodized salt;

- kelp supplements

- for people in the immediate threat zone: potassium Iodide or KI (Poland elected to distribute KI to children during the Chernobyl accident; I wonder what the results were compare to children's leukemia rate in other European countries which did not distribute it?)

- we have heard brown rice

- we have heard red wine

- we have heard not to eat mushrooms or milk or spinach or canola ... However there are no diet that have been scientifically proven to protect against Cs-137, Strontium 90 or I-131