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Got Radiation? Only Harmless Traces Found In U.S. Milk

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Cows that consume feed, grass or water contaminated with radioactive iodine-131 can  concentrate the element in their milk.

The FDA found a small amount of radioactive iodine in milk from Spokane, Wash., but experts and officials agree that the amount is far from dangerous. If anything, the news is just evidence that U.S. detection equipment is pretty darn sensitive, one expert says.

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