VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Health Canada says it's setting up extra radiation monitoring stations on the BC Coast, but insists we aren't in danger from the Japanese nuclear disaster.
Dr. Paul Gully with the organization says they're installing the extra nine monitoring stations because they want to show Canadians we're not at risk.
"We feel we need information to continue to back that statement up. We do have monitoring stations here already: we have six on the West Coast. We're adding another nine, so we can continue to be able to say, 'We've got all this information available. We can reassure Canadians and residents in Canada that there is no threat.'...then we have the information to back that up."
As for reports of increased radiation levels in California, Dr. Gully says the levels detected were equivalent to background fluctuations.
He adds they don't think people should be popping potassium iodide pills to try to protect themselves from radiation exposure.