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Could there be something GOOD about Fukushima? We may be worried about bluefin tuna from Japan bringing radiation our way, but the FISH don’t need to be worried: It’s been discovered that radiation may save the species. Bluefin tuna are among the most imperiled fish species on the planet, because they’re highly prized in sushi-eating societies. But if diners think their tuna rolls may be dangerous, they’ll choose something else.

In Forbes, Monte Burke quotes marine biologist Nicholas Fisher as saying, "My first thought (when I heard about it) was ‘this will do more for the conservation of this endangered animal than nearly anything else could.’"
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We know that Fukushima radiation is headed for the West Coast of the United States (as well as Alaska), but who would have guessed it would be carried along by bluefin tuna? These migrating fish traveled 6,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean to bring it here.

Five months after the Fukushima disaster, researcher Nicholas Fisher and his team decided to test Pacific bluefin tuna that were caught off the coast of San Diego. To their surprise, tissue samples from all 15 tuna captured contained levels of two radioactive substances–ceisum-134 and cesium-137–that were higher than in previous catches.
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Despite official denials by the Japanese government and shrouded statements issued by our own government, it’s becoming clear that we’re in potential danger due to radiation from the Fukushima reactor meltdown blowing our way. It may also soon arrived on the West Coast in the form of contaminated items that were engulfed in the tsunami that was caused by the earthquake that started the whole problem.
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Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon has visited the Fukushima Diachi Nuclear Power Station and has sent a letter to U.S. Ambassador to Japan Ichiro Fujisaki, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko calling on them to convince Japan to accept international aid to help repair damage at the reactor complex, which remains in an extremely precarious condition.
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