Published: May 29th, 2012 at 4:07 am ET
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How Fukushima May Show Up in Your Sushi
ABC News
Dan Childs
May 28, 2012
Those looking for evidence of the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan may need search no further than their next plate of sushi, Stanford University researchers report.The researchers tested 15 Pacific bluefin tuna that had migrated from Japan to the California coast and found that the levels of radioactive cesium in these fish were 10 times higher than those found in bluefin tuna from the years before the disaster.
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“The finding should be reassuring to the public,” said Timothy J. Jorgensen, associate professor of radiation medicine at Georgetown University, who was not involved with the study. “As anticipated, the tuna contained only trace levels of radioactivity that originated from Japan. These levels amounted to only a small fraction of the naturally occurring radioactivity in the tuna, and were much too small to have any impact on public health.
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Published: May 29th, 2012 at 4:07 am ET
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"?Uncontro llable fission? is continuing under site..."&q uot; That means for over 5 years...
sending...
Same old story ..there's radiation in the food, but go ahead and eat it. But people won't. Only solution is to outlaw the production of radiation.
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No actual data in that article. par for the course.
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the data's a bit like this ..
i read the abc article.. it took me on a journey.
the line "Stanford University researchers report" .. none that i can find.
"“The finding should be reassuring to the public,” said Timothy J. Jorgensen, associate professor of radiation medicine at Georgetown University, who was _NOT_ involved with the study."
this guy was _NOT_ involved ..
http://fishercenter.georgetown.edu/research/members/57701.html
Reaching back in the depths of time of the interweb, i found the 'first' appearance of the story (from about 14 hours ago).
"We were frankly kind of startled," said Nicholas Fisher, one of the researchers reporting the findings online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57442544/radioactive-bluefin-tuna-crossed-pacific-to-u.s/
original university.. http://www.stonybrook.edu/
Nicholas Fisher http://www.somas.stonybrook.edu/people/fisher.html
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Great research work. You are a journeyman.
Amazing the spin, spin without facts.
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I agree with stock@hawaii.
Thanks for the info and am still looking into your findings.
I am very grateful.
It is my homework now.
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Incredible job, richard, thanks.
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ok.. so who's on third.
http://www.karmanos.org/
ah.. cool, this man is here ..
I read his bio – he seems to be a very good man.
http://www.karmanos.org/app.asp?id=886
"Michael R. Harbut, M.D., M.P.H. is an internationally-known expert in the diagnosis and treatment of environmental and workplace diseases"
"co-author of the world’s largest study of respiratory health in asbestos-exposed ironworkers"
His last couple of paragraphs (in the article) are fair statements.
r: I wonder if he would be convinced ..
"'Uranium is the new asbestos': union ban on nuclear work"
http://enenews.com/forum-general-discussion-thread-nuclear-issues-23-31-2012/comment-page-2#comment-255083
anyway.. still looking for the original report (and data, if any)
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this might be it … wow, tough read, not for me ..
http://www.pnas.org/search?fulltext=Nicholas+Fisher&submit=yes
"Fukushima-derived radionuclides in the ocean and biota off Japan"
published ahead of print April 2, 2012, doi:10.1073/pnas.1120794109
http://www.pnas.org/content/109/16/5984.abstract?sid=62ab1e42-a754-4ab5-8b38-2def64b5b5e8
"The Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, resulted in unprecedented radioactivity releases from the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plants to the Northwest Pacific Ocean. Results are presented here from an international study of radionuclide contaminants in surface and subsurface waters, as well as in zooplankton and fish, off Japan in June 2011"
It's close, but it doesn't say California. Or blue fin.
And now I see where Stanford come in ..
PNAS Online is distributed with the assistance of
Stanford University's Highwire Press®
Ah well, wasted my time for now.. gotta move on.
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richard, very good sleuthing – thanks! I took a different approach and found good news and bad news.
I used "Google Scholar" which is usually pretty good for this kind of thing. In Canada, it's at http://scholar.google.ca/ but it may have different addresses in different countries.
The bad news: I couldn't find the PNAS article. Perhaps it's too new.
The good news: Plenty of scholarly articles on the Fukushima situation (including pro-nuke, pro-establishment stuff, of course). Way more than have made the headlines.
Teaser samples:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21550085.2012.672683
http://www.springerlink.com/content/kr7mn62102212t74/
Another labelled "Concentrations of 210Po in fish and shellfish from southern region of Japan and evaluation of 210Po intake from seafood for Japanese people" leads to an announcement that the article is not available. Hmmn.
One more teaser – a must-read, I think:
https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/fms/57/2/57_2_93/_pdf
Anyway, tons of goodies. The scientific community has not been as silent as msm would have us believe. However, their actions have not been homogeneous – lots of agenda-driven interest-driven publications. Keep your wits about you as you read (but you do that anyway).
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@aigeezer – yes, that was the good news. The pnas database was a good find. There does appear to be some science out there quietly documenting things. Agendas are another issue.
Thanks for the extra links to check
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TheBigPicture: Or tax it. I have been a long advocate of a plutonium emission tax (PET).
But then, all toxic emissions should be taxed including the emission of depleted uranium from the exhaust pipe/barrel of a gun.
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The only economic solution is to outlaw the production of radiation data.
Brave new world…
h.
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*I* am not reassured.
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The ABC have stolen my spin on the uses of radioactive tuna to increase the understanding of science. Darn:-(
I note in this line from the ABC..:
"For now, the findings may be most important as a demonstration of how migratory food animals connect different areas of the globe — and how an event in one part of the world can affect food animals in an entirely different region."
Here is proof it was my idea on a thread earlier. I was going to get a patent on it and make a fortune. But now i have no hope and will never achieve my true potential.
Proof
"Spectrometising
May 28, 2012 at 11:40 pm · Reply
There will be no need any external x-ray used in medical radiology is what i think this article is saying.
This way, we can have as much radiology as we like without any additional health risk factor.
Bone scans wont require those horrible technetium injections for those phobic about syringes.
Broken bones will be easy to detect by simply looking at where Strontium 90 is being taken up to repair broken bones.
This could be a real shot in the arm for nuclear medicine. The nuclear imaging benefits of radioactive fallout might/could be used to further medicine completely eliminating the need for additional tracer isotope injection or indeed even external X-ray sources.. Hmm…The mind boggles. ""
http://enenews…
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The proof….http://enenews.com/tokyo-professor-ray-like-image-shows-spread-radioactivity-couldnt-feeling-pity-tree-equivalent-miscarriage-stillbirth-malformation-photo
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Of course this was a dramatisation of real life. Do with it as you will to further knowledge and the future of us all here on this ill fated planet.My work here is done.
May the cosmic forces of nature even beyond dark matter be with you
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Thanks for all the fish – Hitchhiker's Guide To the Galaxy Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_dUmDBfp6k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koQ2fdufc8Q
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From The Hitchhikers Guide:
The world's about to be destroyed
There's no point getting all annoyed
Lie back and let the planet dissolve
Despite those nets of tuna fleets
We thought that most of you were sweet
Especially tiny tots and your
pregnant women
So long, so long, so long, so long, so long
So long, so long, so long, so long, so long
So long, so long and thanks
for all the fish"
http://www.nomorelyrics.net/hitchhikers_guide_to_the_galaxy_soundtrack-lyrics/192203-so_long_and_thanks_for_all_the_fish-lyrics.html
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10X radiation found in tuna..we should be reassured? That's some mind bending Orwellian doublespeak right there. You'd have to be totally zombified already to eat the garbage the MSM is feeding you these days.
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Yes VyseLegendaire,.Is the the ocean all evenly concentrated Cs137/134 like the fat in homogenized milk.
What of those tuna that were swimming closer to a more contaminated source. Surely some variation in how much contamination was in each fish?
What a load of croc spin.
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The only thing reassuring is the drone of the doublespeak and disinformation.
Not reassuring at all.
Not at all, let me tell ya.
Just so happy on this site, the real world is exposed for us to see clearly.
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Think positive!
In the future, you don't need a map to find a sushi restaurant. Just use your geiger…
h.
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oh just wait: 6 months to a year from now, the reports will be:
"Initial estimates of radioactivity in Tuna now considered too low, more accurate measures indicate <insert order of magnitude here>x higher levels that previously thought".
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"those looking for evidence of the fukushima daichi nuclear accident in japan",,i'm still looking for the missing melted reactors. totally re-ass-sured.
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Still no report or data on the combination of edible sources.. so Blue Fin in cream sauce with Idaho spuds = how much total radiation? before we even add veggies in cheesium sauce or dessert of ice creamium… maybe not tons in the 6 month old sample, but we have bio accumulation to worry about.. and an additional 7 months plus no end in sight.
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What can we do together to prohibit nuclear experimentation?
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One idea, join a union ..
"'Uranium is the new asbestos': union ban on nuclear work"
http://enenews.com/forum-general-discussion-thread-nuclear-issues-23-31-2012/comment-page-2#comment-255083
My other three step routine is ..
Donate, Investigate, Participate.
Look for anti-nuke organisations and throw money at them. (include animal activitists in that).
Read enenews.com
Organise or find activism group(s)..
http://enenews.com/upcoming-meetings-gatherings-demonstrations/comment-page-4#comment-250107
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How reassuring, my tuna has only ten times the cesium normally found….Why is there any found? Whats naturally occurring Cesium 137? Must be from all the bomb testing and sunk nuclear subs/ships. So one nuclear mishap can raise that by a factor of ten. Be careful what you eat friends. Called up a consumer line for juice. Was a brand name juice containing many different juices from tomato to mango. Container says "Imported For" a canadian company. Really means juice was prepared in the States from fruit and vegetables sourced from around the world ( do USA produce Mangoes? ) I'm Canadian but I think the food labelling laws are more lax in the states. What this means is that all I know about this juice was it was prepared in the states. Where the fruit and vegetables used in this drink were sourced from I don't know as the company is not obligated to give me that info. Never mind I don't know if the produce was sourced from east coast west coast or another country. I believe this means that I could be making TV dinners with Japanese rice from Fukushima Prefecture and my label only has to read "Produced in Canada"
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Given the age of these findings over 9 months ago, these would be fish that were contaminated in the first contamination rotation, as i see it – from the initial fall out in the first few days or weeks- not subsequent fall outs, nor from radiation as it bioaccumulates up the food chain given their migration away from Japan rather than towards it. One to two years from now will be more radiation, not less. A very misleading report that shows that much of MSM journalists have not taken high school science so they don't know when they are being flamboozled. Nor have many sat down and done remotely the self educating that so many do here in order to understand the fundamentals of nuclear energy and nuclear power production. Yet, they feel prepared to write an article or make a video that will effect the lives of millions.
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