document: Parker : Elway , partners huddle on Vail restaurant deal MONTGOMERY , Ala. -- At a government laboratory in Alabama , workers in blue coats unload envelopes packed with small filters that trapped air particles in Hawaii , Alaska and elsewhere . The discs are placed in lead - lined , barrellike devices for testing to make sure no traces of radioactive materials have wafted across the Pacific Ocean from Japan . So far , the sea breeze in places such as Honolulu is no more dangerous than the pollen-laden air of the Deep South , according to officials . Still , the 60 or so workers in the 72,000-square-foot building will be the first to know if the Japanese disaster spreads harmful amounts of radiation to the U.S. On Wednesday , the Environmental Protection Agency and the Food and Drug Administration said very low levels of radiation had turned up in a sample of milk from Washington state , but federal officials assured consumers not to worry . The FDA said such findings were to be expected in the coming days because of the nuclear crisis in Japan and that the levels were expected to drop relatively quickly . The EPA said it was increasing the level of nationwide monitoring of milk , precipitation and drinking water . The Associated Press
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