Published: February 22nd, 2012 at 6:37 pm ET
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Title: Radiation levels higher but safe off Fukushima Daiichi, scientists say
Source: CNN
Author: Matt Smith
Date: Feb 22, 2012
[...] Cesium-137 has a radioactive half-life of 30 years, while cesium-134 loses half its radioactivity after two. Fisher said concentrations of the isotope might undergo a “moderate buildup” in marine life higher up the food chain, but it’s not likely to concentrate as much as some dangerous industrial toxins like mercury. [...]
Japan’s agriculture and fisheries ministry reports 13 types of fish have been caught off their shores with cesium levels above regulatory limits in recent weeks, and those limits are scheduled to go down. [...]
Read the report here
Published: February 22nd, 2012 at 6:37 pm ET
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If you believe this, I have a nice bridge in Brooklyn I'd like to sell you.
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hey milk how much ill buy lmao
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Bioaccumulation: Why Fukushima Matters
http://news.lucaswhitefieldhixson.com/2011/04/bioaccumulation-why-fukushima-matters.html
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That's alright I'll pass on the seafood !
This story is for them that will be finding out the things we already know, to handle them that ask questions as is the seafood in the Pacific safe ?
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They don't mention that a US navy study done years ago showed fish can bio-accumulate radiation contamination 100,000 times.
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Get the message out there on how serious the Fukushima nuclear disaster is
quickly, and efficiently. You don’t need to explain anything just distribute the lifesaver.pdf (or create your own), hand it out, mailbox it, or email it.
Put it everywhere, libraries, notice boards, web pages, forums, Facebook,
and tweet! Think outside the box.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~vital1/lifesaver.pdf
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NEW THREAD http://www.huffingtonpost.com/j-scott-peterson/new-nuclear-construction-_b_1292429.html
Posted your info on Old Thread Will try again on new one
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POSTED Hope it shows. Tinyurl because link goes to Ad Site if you dont tiny. http://tinyurl.com/7pvzsml Might want to ADD the tinyurl for website (like HP) that doesn't show RIGHT.
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QUICK! DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY LINKS TO WHO AND WHEN:
anti-nuclear groups are organizing for the one year anniversary of Fukushima Daiichi.
QUICK BECAUSE THIS THREAD WILL ONLY BE HOT A MOMENT.
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whoops!!
http://www.nirs.org/action.htm
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TY
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Posted. Join in ARC PLEASE! EVERYONE!! Like I said, THREAD WILL ONLY STAY HOT A FEW.
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30 DAYS IN THE HOLE (mod) THOUGH
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Whoopie,
Thanks, you put in a lot of effort. Your are one of the shining lights in the world.
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NO! YOU ARE VITAL!! YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE!
GO GET EM TIGERS!
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Gosh I used to LOVE that song Whoops! What, did you get put on a 30 day hold by moderation?
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Lol.. Whoopie, I myself was moderated once, when truth seeker got me going.. I kept posting in info tips till admin got sick of me
sorry admin 
but, my moderation was only a day or two.. cause I was a big pest!!! aka pita 
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I GOT ONE comment SHOWING. IT WAS ONE FROM AN EARLIER TWEET:
http://lindaperrybarr.com/ I HAD POSTED ON OLD JAPAN THREAD.
I'LL KEEP TRYING TO POST ALL I POSTED TODAY FROM THERE, ON THE NEW ONE.
JOIN IN THE FUN. If need be, get a QUICK HUSHMAIL ACCT. super easy.
http://www.hushmail.com/
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Were you Moderated Cataclysmic? TRUTHFULLY I dont think anyone should be Moderated ANYWHERE AT ANYTIME. Afterall WE ALL ARE WITNESSING something NEVER SEEN BEFORE:
FUKUSHIMA: GLOBAL PLANET GAME CHANGER.
tomorrow another day for me.
PEACE AND SHUT THEM ALL DOWN!!
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OK…I can go to bed HAPPY it showed. Directed peeps to enenews. Yehaw! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/j-scott-peterson/new-nuclear-construction-_b_1292429.html
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Yes mam.. made me so mad too, cause he was obvious troll that reported me…
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ALMOST IN BED…lol!
ARE YOU SURE HE REPORTED YOU?
BET IT WAS ATOMS, NO?
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After my bath, NOW i see the thread only has ME.
BUMMER
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/j-scott-peterson/new-nuclear-construction-_b_1292429.html TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY!
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AND of course STOCKS.
GOOD JOB CALLME!!
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I can't remember the exact name.. but it was truth seeker or truthseeker.. or truth seek.. not the same as the person who posts more recently, this was back Chrismas or before.. and he was a real ass. tell us more ron you know,, calling me a moron.. pissed me off and I slammed back, then it got messy.. funny now, but got my blood boiling back then..now I try to remain calm at all times
Go to bed!!! I am out of here soon too.. nighty night.
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GLAD I MISSED "THE MESS" know what I mean?
Sorry to YOU though cat. DONT STOP POSTING HERE. People come and go BUT
FUKUSHIMA WILL NEVER DISAPPEAR.
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Hey Whoopie….LOL…..I'll bet it was Atoms too. He yanked 8 out of 10 of my posts on HP. I don't know where you get the patience to keep going back there. I burned out quick…..what a jerk!! Him and his stupid acronyms…ANUS indeed!
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That's the spirit,….take a licking but KEEP ON TICKING!
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CORRECTION I think. Thread is not as hot as I thought. Maybe it was just WHOOPIE going nuts. Off for a bath then to bed.
LOVE YOU GUYS!
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BUT then again, it WOULD BE HOT if ALL OF YOU joined in. It's POSTERS who keep threads active…THAT and how long HP keeps thread on front page. Hushmail dont forget. http://www.hushmail.com/ nite all!
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Sorry, got to agree that cesium shouldn't concentrate. It Should flow in and out of saltwater fish- freshwater fishes are different, they do have kidneys.
But does not mean that the other isotopes aren't concentrated, thank gods the iodine has died off, that is the one sucked up by any life form that finds it! And of course, we aren't told about strontium or plutonium, ect,ect,ect
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Just had a friend suggest dumping Liquid Nitrogen on these things to cool then down. Anyone have a clue what the effects would doing that, positive or negative?
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Won't the cesium be present in the food the fish, crustaceans eat, and then accumulate in their own tissues?
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Iodine would be a million times worse, it will probably be about the same as surrounding SEA water. Fresh water it would be "conserved" by kidneys. Bad enough but iodine and strontium much, much worse.
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Is WHOOPIE in the danger zone? Isn't she in Japan?
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NOPE. Rooks is in Japan. I'm a LONELY SOUL that only tries the SPREAD THE WORD. USA here.
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Thank you Whoopie!
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SORRY did anyone have an opinion on the TOPIC at all??
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Yes. Researchers say it's minimal and safe. We all know that's bullshit.
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Yes, mikey, I do.
1. It's unbelievable that the article claims radiation 1,000 times greater is "safe."
2. It's unbelievable that the article compares radiation from nuclear power plants (cesium 137, etc.) to naturally occuring potassium…ye olde banana myth.
3. It's unbelievable that the article says the radiation found is 20% less than background…when they should be admitting that the new radiation ADDS 20% to background radiation if eaten and ADDS to health risks as any additional radiation exposure does.
4. It's unbelievable that the article blames the tsunami for the meltdowns when we all know by now that the earthquake was the catalyst for the meltdowns.
5. It's unbelievable that they are SURPRISED at finding radioactive silver in fish. Nothing should be a surprise when dealing with an energy as dangerous as nuclear energy. Everything should be known and should have been known before they built nuclear energy plants all over the world.
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I agree Mack +100
Protection of Nuclear Power is in full swing
Protection for the public, ZERO
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That is the gist of it Mack. Mikey posts and runs. Kind of like Tepco.
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Someone had too much cereal.
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Nope!
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http://www.naturalnews.com/031992_radioactive_cesium.html
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Mikey typed these words: anyone have an opinion on the TOPIC
SP:
The tuna fisheries has doctors making up reassuring stories about how safe the ocean fish are and the IAEA has a PDF file about their views on radiation in fish that is as comical as their usual load of baloney.
The bottom line is they are as full of crap as our little East Coast scientists.
Cesium does concentrate in fish at levels of 100 times whatever the SURROUNDING level of cesium is in the water. In the case of Fukushima that is very bad news. Far greater contamination than Chernobyl by a factor of thousands. Cesium concentrates in the muscles of fish just like us and it is because fish need potassium just as we do and the Frankenstein lab creation known as cesium is mistaken by our bodies and fish bodies as potassium.
When we eat contaminated fish the cesium moves up the food chain to us. It is not all excreted as the nuke pukes would have us believe. Our bodies absorb it and mistake it for potassium and deposits it in our muscles, including heart muscle. There it can disrupt heart function and cause a sudden and unexpected death.
Contaminated fish also do not need a passport nor are they stopped by borders. They ingest poison off Japan and swim to their next desired habitat and it may be ten thousand miles away. You can not police fish migrations.
The idea of a concrete bottom offshore of Japan's leaky nuclear plant is insane in my opinion. The natural sediment layers will work better to cover the heavier isotopes instead of giving the ocean floor no room to breathe. I guess they think that will make it dilute faster. It will not and defeats mother natures own healing.
The arrogant Japanese bureaucrats refuse to learn any lessons from the Chernobyl aftermath. If they had accepted help they would understand the research in Norway and the Baltic Sea concerning cesium-137 contamination.
Here is a good document about cesium:
http://www.naturalnews...
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Oops… Hit the wrong Reply… Damn Smartphone screens!
http://www.naturalnews.com/031992_radioactive_cesium.html
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Just witnessing the ambulances every single place no matter where I am I tend to accept your theory. I know a lot of people here have not watched what they consume and they tend to go to the hospital. Nice input SP!
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Rooks typed these words of woe: "I know a lot of people here have not watched what they consume and they tend to go to the hospital"
SP:
I often think about Hiroto Abe who died unexpectedly of acute leukemia at age 24 last September after trying to prove the point the salt and fresh water Fukushima fish he was catching and eating were safe to eat(obviously most observers think he was wrong).
Japanese page here (Google Chrome gives an excellent translation)
http://media.yucasee.jp/posts/index/9658
Enenews article on Mr. Abe: http://enenews.com/journalist-dies-of-acute-lymphocytic-leukemia-was-living-inside-30-km-zone-to-support-fukushima
Also the sick with leukemia TV host Norikazu Otsuka in Japan comes to mind in that same Enenews article.
Direct link to his story: http://enenews.com/japan-tv-host-diagnosed-acute-lymphocytic-leukemia-eating-fukushima-produce-show
SP: Not any news lately on Norikazu Otsuka…anybody heard how he is doing in his treatments?
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any live in the pacific are "glowing" more and more
as bigger( greater than) the live, as more radiation they will take
and now they startet to built a Drain ramp, so not too much remains in near shore. and maybe the Nuked-dead people are disappear under the ground ( ? )
and more and more i must say like james dean "They didn`t no what they do" and what it makes in future…Death man walking country and sea is born.. and my soulpain over this Genozid and way to do, goes greater and greater and gre…. —…—…— the sea is cry …—…— helpless unfortunately
. RIP some parts of mother earth , The greatest enemy of the human is the human himself (head scratching) "ah" spioniza it said I do believe in the ancient
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Why we have to set the safety standard.
They can change anytime they like.
Oh I forget that is for trading control!
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Their is something wrong in the way of thinking of the Japanese people. That is their freedom as far as their action do not affect other country. But they are affecting the whole world now …
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Hi dear jones
TEPCO, is an electric utility servicing Japan's Kantō region, Yamanashi Prefecture, and the eastern portion of Shizuoka Prefecture. This area includes Tokyo. Its headquarters are located in Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, and international branch offices exist in "Washington, D.C., and London."
*Notice the international branch offices.
Personally I think, there's a lot of blame for this disaster, to go around.
Every Country representative's especially those who have Nuclear Power, should have been on their door steps helping, no matter if they did not want it.
This is a world disaster, not just one Country's disaster.
Full disclosure should have been told to the public
All Nuclear Plants should have been shut down.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Electric_Power_Company
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Here is an interesting PDF that talks about initial releases from Fukushima.
http://www.atmos-chem-phys-discuss.net/11/28319/2011/acpd-11-28319-2011.pdf
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From the PDF:
"Regarding 133Xe, we find a total release of 16.7 (uncertainty range 13.4–20.0) EBq, which is the largest radioactive noble gas release in history not associated with nuclear bomb testing. There is strong evidence that the first strong 133Xe release started very early, possibly immediately after the earthquake and the emergency shutdown on 11March at 06:00UTC. The entire noble gas inventory of reactor units 1–3 was set free into the atmosphere between 11 and 15 March 2011."
If ALL the Xenon-133 in the 3 reactors was released in the first 5 days, why then is it still being detected in reactor 2?
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Good observation Bobby…I also find issue with this statement:
"Exactly during and following the period of the strongest 137Cs emissions on 14 and 15 March as well as after another period with strong emissions on 19 March, the radioactive plume was advected over Eastern Honshu Island, where precipitation deposited a large fraction of 137Cs on land surfaces. The plume was also dispersed quickly over the entire Northern Hemisphere, first reaching North America on 15 March and Europe on 22 March. In general, simulated and observed concentration of 133Xe and 137Cs both at Japanese as well as at remote sites were in good 10 quantitative agreement with each other. Altogether, we estimate that 6.4 TBq of 137Cs, or 19% of the total fallout until 20 April, were deposited over Japanese land areas, while most of the rest fell over the North Pacific Ocean. Only 0.7 TBq, or 2% of the total fallout were deposited on land areas other than Japan"
SP: That's a pretty specific and unsubstantiated guess on how much fell in the ocean (79% by their guess). I venture that figure will be subject to much more debate by other scientists who don't owe their soul to the government.
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