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Highly toxic Cesium-137 – the
"fingerprint" of Fukushima – was found in Tillamook Bay and Gold
Beach, Oregon.
The terrifying
discovery was reported by researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution in December 2016.
The 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown was sparked by a massive tsunami off
the coast of Japan caused by a 9.0-magnitude earthquake. Since then, the entire
area has been a dangerous no-go zone.
As giant waves crashed into the plant, huge quantities of contaminated
water were leaked.
Cesium-124 has also been detected in Canadian salmon for the first time,
reported chemical oceanographer Jay Cullen, who is leading the Fukushima InFORM
team at the University off Victoria.
However, radiation levels have not yet peaked as a toxic plume makes its
way towards the United States.
The Statesman Journal reported Mr Cullen saying: "It appears that the
plume has spread throughout this vast area from Alaska to California.
"As the contamination plume progresses towards our coast we expect
levels closer to shore to increase over the coming year.”
Since the March 2011 disaster in which an earthquake-triggered tsunami
caused an explosion and subsequent meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power
plant, radiation leaking from the plant continues to contaminate the Pacific
Ocean. Japan has
already banned fishing anywhere near the area while the United States says the
dilution of the radiation in the ocean lessens the danger to Americans.
According to Alaska’s Division of Environmental Health: “The safety of fish and shellfish from Alaskan waters and beaches are not
affected by the nuclear reactor damage in Japan.”
Still, as
seen in the map below, the predominant currents carry ocean water, and fish,
from Japan to the western shores of the United States.
Should
Americans be worried about Fukushima radiation reaching the shores of the
United States? Despite the government’s “guessing game” over the potential
effects, many believe the danger is real and that in fact, Americans are being
sold contaminated fish without full disclosure (or understanding) of the danger
to their health
Ken Buesseler, who earned his Ph.D. studying the fallout of the A-Bomb
tests from the ’60s, didn’t expect much public concern immediately following
the Fukushima accident. In April, 2015, he told The Daily Beast, “I really didn’t expect the U.S. to have a strong response—at least not
the public. Initially, yes. There was a right to be concerned those first few
months. But about a year and a half ago, we saw more and more calls of people
asking about swimming in Santa Cruz, and should they move their homes to be
safe, because they had seen visually the debris [from the Fukushima power
plant] show up.”
That radiation from the accident reached America’s shores and contaminated
Pacific Coast fish is without question. In late 2014, researchers
reported in American Scientist that radiation from the even had
indeed reached American shores.
“The evidence is “unequivocal” that the tuna–caught off San Diego a year
ago–were contaminated with radiation from Japan’s nuclear disaster.
As proof
of the effects of Fukushima radiation on Pacific Coast fish, a geoengineering
researcher provides a plethora of photos taken by Pacific Coast fishermen
showing a wide range of bizarre damage to oceanic sea life.
Local Environmental Observers (LEO) Network in
Hydaburg, Alaska provided this photo showing three different Alaskan Salmon
full of cancerous growths. The local fisherman who caught the
fish explained:
“On the outside the fish looked fine. The growths looked kind of like
individual little salmon eggs, and about the same size. [Other] people were
seeing the same kind of growths in their fish as well.
Local Environmental Observer also reports sick fish with lesions and
tumors being caught near Nigliq Channel.
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