Pacific fishes from Japan to Oregon still radioactive from Fukushima fallout

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Pacific fishes from Japan to Oregon still radioactive from Fukushima fallout

More than 18 months later, the full scope of the decidedly human-made Fukushima nuclear meltdown is still rippling through the natural world. Like the butterflies before them , Fukushima fish are showing dangerously elevated radioactivity and may still for a decade to come. Exchange Place Healthy Fukushima fish four years before the meltdown. According to a paper published in the journal Science on Thursday, large and bottom-dwelling species carry most risk, which means cod, flounder, halibut, pollock, skate and sole from the waters in question could be off limits for years. Sample fish caught in waters near the stricken reactors suggest there is still a source of caesium either on the seafloor or still being discharged into the sea, perhaps from what is left of the cooling waters. As the levels of radioactive isotopes in the fish are not declining as fast as they should h...

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