Fukushima Radiation Causing Canadian Herring to ‘Hemorrhage from Their Eyes’
The effects of the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster extend further than was predicted when the event occurred.
Evidence collated by officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s lab in Seattle suggests that fish swimming in the Pacific Ocean close to the plant are becoming contaminated which means that there is a serious risk of radiation entering the human food chain, even far beyond Japan’s territorial waters.
Merely choosing not to consume fish caught in the Pacific may not be sufficient to avoid the problem; certain species, such as tuna and sock-eye salmon, migrate very long distances spanning from Japan to North America, and contaminated tuna have also been found swimming in Californian waters.
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