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To: Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate

Keep harmful radioactive waste out of our children's food, conventionally grown or organic

Every nuclear reactor vents and discharges manmade radiation into air and waterways during operations. Tritium, a known carcinogen, closely resembles water in structure and therefore isn't being filtered at all due to complexity and cost. Additional radionuclides, including cesium 134 and 137, are part of the industry's operational mix. The Trump Administration vows to set a course to quadruple the U.S. nuclear capacity by 205; meanwhile, the FDA continues to stonewall a 2013 Citizen Petition filed by alarmed parents and experts to better protect our food supply against cancer and chronic disease- causing toxins generated by all nuclear reactors. When cesium (which is relatively easy to test for) is detected, other radionuclides are also present.

The issue has been repeatedly brought to the attention of HHS and MAHA leaders and to date there has been no official response, as reported by Food Safety News. However, recent radioactive shrimp recalls involving 13 states and multiple seafood brands is a significant development that the problem is being taken seriously at long last. The recalls have shined a laser beam on the issue and we must keep up the pressure to educate lawmakers, the food industry, the public and media.

In 2023 the former ambassador to Japan, Raham Emanuel, announced that the U.S. military would begin purchasing Japanese seafood, particularly from the Fukushima Prefecture, to help offset the impact of China's ban on Japanese seafood imports following the release of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant.

The allowable level of carcinogenic radioactive cesium in the U.S. is 1200 Bq/kg in food. Japan, which is still suffering a triple nuclear meltdown, has a limit of 50 Bq/kg for children and 100 Bq/kg for adults. Food that is legally unacceptable for consumers in Japan is considered perfectly fine to be exported to the U.S. and there is still no end in sight to the crisis at Fukushima. Both of the limits are way too high to protect our children and their caregivers. We are asking that the limit be reduced to 5 Bq/kg for all food, nutritional supplements and pharmaceuticals--lower when technology allows-- and that we quickly and responsibly institute widespread, transparent testing to ensure this limit, particularly in the wake of Japan's catastrophic and ongoing radiation releases from Fukushima Daiichi's triple nuclear meltdowns. 

Why is this important?

An official Citizen’s Petition to the FDA has been filed to put important safeguards into motion https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2013-P-0291-0001 where your comments are welcome.

Please help support that effort by signing and sharing this SignOn companion petition widely. We must begin to know how much radiation is in the food we are serving our families, so we can decide what is safe to feed them. All protections in our food supply have been fought for and won. We can win this too.

MORE INFO:
*Radiation and Health Expert Cindy Folkers
 7 minute clip presentation on man-made radiation in our food 

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Updates

2025-08-27 16:09:49 -0400

On Fri. 8/22 FFAN issued a press release on the radioactive shrimp recalls https://bit.ly/FFANprSHRIMPrecalls . FDA reported a 68 Becquerel per kilogram (Bq/kg) reading, assuring the public it was "far lower than the US level of 1,200 Bq/kg." However food at that level of contamination would be blocked from entering Japan, where the allowable level for kids is 50 Bq/kg. In the US, it's 1,200 for everyone, kids and adults. Meanwhile, recalls continue to expand beyond Walmart ~ https://www.prevention.com/health/a65888032/southwind-beaver-street-frozen-radioactive-shrimp-recall/.

2025-08-24 16:20:42 -0400

Fukushima Fallout Awareness Network (FFAN) hailed this week’s FDA warnings flagging shipments of Indonesian shrimp that tested positive for the radioactive isotope Cesium 137, which resulted in recalls from store shelves.  But while the action is welcome and overdue, the group said, it raises more questions about the nature and source of the radioactive contamination and underscores the unmet need for protective US standards limiting radioactivity in food, and for labeling to inform consumers of potential risks. https://bit.ly/CitizensForHealth

2025-08-03 15:26:46 -0400

Supporters: Every nuclear reactor vents and discharges manmade radiation into air and waterways. The Trump Administration vows to quadruple nuclear by 2050. The strategy phase of the MAHA Commission Report ends soon and ionizing radiation (like C 134 and 137) MUST be included now. Read the letter to RFK Jr. https://nislappdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/FFAN-RFK-Letter-Release-.pdf. Call FDA 1-888-Safefood and demand that they respond to the FDA petition (linked above). Thanks!

2025-05-12 20:47:58 -0400

Supporters: Fortunately for us wind, water, and solar power are experiencing strong, ongoing growth. The private sector likes it, and it's thriving. Truly renewable energy is far kinder to the environment, our food and health than nuclear. I can't help but be optimistic that, at long last, the food safety issue we care so deeply about may finally get the attention it deserves. After all, we can't continue to make more nuclear waste and make America healthy again too. MAHA is on a roll collecting information and will soon be investigating overlooked causes of cancer and chronic illness in children. Another update to follow soon!
#FollowTheTritium #FollowTheCesium to #WindWaterSolar
Thank you!

2025-05-12 20:45:45 -0400

Supporters: Mainstream media is waking up to the issue, the reason you've been supporting this petition at MoveOn and the FDA Citizen Petition. Take a look, then share the important article that came out recently in Food Safety News. https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2025/04/historic-earthquake-in-japan-still-sending-flood-of-food-safety-concerns/ It points to previously under reported facts about nuclear's impact on food and health and the need for tougher regulations now. It also addresses the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement's potential role in the issue, with a unifying goal of protecting vulnerable children.

2025-03-15 20:20:58 -0400

Supporters:

The 14th anniversary of Fukushima was on 3/11. Now watchdogs prepare for Three Mile Island and Chernobyl anniversaries coming up soon. A major accident happens on average every 10-20 years. Heading into year 15 of Fukushima, begs the question: how has the government prepared for the next one? Three Mile Island and Chernobyl health impacts are still being assessed, including transgenerational DNA damage. When they say Fukushima data is required to prove health impacts, we already know.

Trump's 2/13 executive order to create MAHA Commission is collecting information for a strategy to confront illnesses in children with 70 days left on the deadline.

*Comments still open on the FDA petition here, be sure to only follow this link https://bit.ly/3DLdE7e

*Go MAHA. Last year Moms Across America reprinted my op-ed and shared concerns with their membership. Comments needed here: https://bit.ly/4kUONOM

*See the 311 fact sheet: https://bit.ly/4kTOCmX
Thank you!