Zeolites And Nuclear Fallout
I was watching the Today Show yesterday (as I do every morning), and found myself glued to the floor as they turned their attention to radioactive nuclear exposure—revisiting disasters at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl. With this segment fresh in my mind, I turned my attention to my inbox, which was full of inquiries from Members regarding what they could (or should) say about NCD/zeolite and nuclear waste.
Given the magnitude of the discussion (not to mention the number of inquiries), I thought interest was best served by sharing with you what I discovered when pulling together research to answer this very question.
First did you know that clinoptilolite (the type of zeolite used in NCD) was used at Three Mile Island to clean up radioactive wastes long before Chernobyl ever happened?
As to Chernobyl, more than 500,000 tons of zeolite was dumped (via helicopter) to absorb radioactive chemicals and other harmful toxins that were released during the disaster. In addition, cattle were fed zeolite to help keep radioactive ions out of milk, and zeolite was baked into cookies/biscuits (for children) and encapsulated into pills (for adults) to help minimize the contamination in humans.
Since Chernobyl, zeolite has been integrated into use at other nuclear plants (across the U.S. and Britain) as well as municipal water treatment facilities (to reduce the ammonium ion concentration.)
With the above in mind consider this, if the impact of nuclear disaster was minimized and future exposure to harmful chemicals might be reduced by the use of raw zeolite, imagine the health assurance potential of a clean, micronized, activated zeolite.
For more information, check out “La Roca Magica: Uses of Natural Zeolites in Agriculture and Industry,” (presented at the 1998 National Academy of Sciences colloquium ‘‘Geology, Mineralogy, and Human Welfare,’’ and later printed in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.) It’s full of great information regarding the extensive application for zeolite, but the real eye opener is found in the section appropriately called Nuclear Waste & Fallout.