Government Under Fire as Radiation Is Found in Milk, Rain

Iodine-131 consumption is a little different from standard background radiation, because it will accumulate in much higher concentrations in the thyroid and most damage will be concentrated on the thyroid. Its especially dangerous for young children and pregnant women.
And while these concentrations will not noticibly harm the majority of the public, a few unlucky people will probably get radiation poisoning and a damaged thyroid from this. Not to mention, the powerplants in japan are still leaking radiation (meaning it is reasonable to believe that the current levels in japan and here will increase), and it is possible that more radiation is traveling from japan to the US. They are so desprite that they are trying to plug the leaks with newspaper.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...pipes.html

But just to mention it again, most values look like they average around 5Bq/L. The Federal limit is .111Bq/L.
Thankfully, most people dont drink rain water, but that doesnt change the fact that we are exposed to the iodine in this water and some unlucky people will be affected and people that do collect and drink rain water will not be feeling too well.
And the real concern is probably in the local wild life that would rely on the rain water.