(08-30-2025, 12:40 PM)Michigan Swamp Buck Wrote: I want some of the radioactive shrimp I can get at my local grocery store, the shrimp from Indonesia. You know, the seafood with Cesium-137 isotopes they have been pumping out of Fukushima for almost 15 years now. The same stuff they claim has a naturally occurring amount in seawater, even though it is entirely unnatural and can only come from fission power plants. It is our signature in nature now, we have "tagged" the entire world with unnatural radioactive isotopes.

Maybe radioactive shrimp can be a healthy addition to our diet. I remember a couple of years after Fukushima, there was a politician who said that a little radiation is good for you. The models they had back then showed the radiation would spread over the entire Pacific in 5 years. Now add ten more years and see what areas are unaffected in the largest ocean on planet Earth. They never stopped pumping the seawater on those hot coals burning away in the basement. Makes me wonder when the core will drop down enough to cover it with dirt and forget about it.

Well, maybe you could know the level of contamination and the areas it is concentrating in and what sea food is glowing, but the information is hard to find, in fact it is nearly non-existent. I'm seriously surprised they admitted "there could be" some radioactive sea food and recalled it. I'd like to see some readings of this shrimp and see if it is contaminated and if so, how much.

Quote:After being alerted to the contamination of shipping containers detected by CBP, the FDA initiated sampling of products which included five different shrimp products from PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati, one of which was a sample of frozen breaded shrimp. FDA’s laboratory confirmation of Cs-137 in the breaded shrimp had detectable levels of Cs-137 present at 68.48 Bq/kg +/- 8.25 Bq/kg. There was no detectable Cs-137 in the other products tested; however, this does not rule out contamination.



FDA issues warning about shrimp sold at Walmart because of radioactive concerns

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Radioactive Debris from Fukushima approaching North America’s western coast       Credit – RT

If that weren’t bad enough, Fukushima continues to leak an astounding 300 tons of radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean every day. It will continue do so indefinitely as the source of the leak cannot be sealed as it is inaccessible to both humans and robots due to extremely high temperatures.

It should come as no surprise, then, that Fukushima has contaminated the entire Pacific Ocean in just five years. This could easily be the worst environmental disaster in human history and it is almost never talked about by politicians, establishment scientists, or the news. It is interesting to note that TEPCO is a subsidiary of General Electric (also known as GE), one of the largest companies in the world, which has considerable control over numerous news corporations and politicians alike. Could this possibly explain the lack of news coverage Fukushima has received in the last five years? There is also evidence that GE knew about the poor condition of the Fukushima reactors for decades and did nothing. This led 1,400 Japanese citizens to sue GE for their role in the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

Even if we can’t see the radiation itself, some parts of North America’s western coast have been feeling the effects for years. Not long after Fukushima, fish in Canada began bleeding from their gills, mouths, and eyeballs. This “disease” has been ignored by the government and has decimated native fish populations, including the North Pacific herring. Elsewhere in Western Canada, independent scientists have measured a 300% increase in the level of radiation. According to them, the amount of radiation in the Pacific Ocean is increasing every year. Why is this being ignored by the mainstream media? It might have something to do with the fact that the US and Canadian governments have banned their citizens from talking about Fukushima so “people don’t panic.”
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Further south in Oregon, USA, starfish began losing legs and then disintegrating entirely when Fukushima radiation arrived there in 2013. Now, they are dying in record amounts, putting the entire oceanic ecosystem in that area at risk. However, government officials say Fukushima is not to blame even though radiation in Oregon tuna tripled after Fukushima. In 2014, radiation on California beaches increased by 500 percent. In response, government officials said that the radiation was coming from a mysterious “unknown” source and was nothing to worry about.

However, Fukushima is having a bigger impact than just the West coast of North America. Scientists are now saying that the Pacific Ocean is already radioactive and is currently at least 5-10 times more radioactive than when the US government dropped numerous nuclear bombs in the Pacific during and after World War II. If we don’t start talking about Fukushima soon, we could all be in for a very unpleasant surprise.

Quote:Great State of Alaska
Division of Environmental Health
Office of the State Veterinarian

Radioisotopes in Fish Caught in Alaska Waters
Fukushima Radiation Concerns
Fish samples collected: 2014-2024
 
Beginning in 2014, the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health, in collaboration with the Department of Health and the FDA has tested fish samples collected in Alaskan waters for cesium-134, cesium-137 and iodine-131 radioisotopes. The Fish Monitoring Program developed the sampling plan for this project in order to collect relevant species from important fishery areas around the State. All samples tested by the FDA through April 11, 2025 resulted in non-detects.

Starting in 2016, samples have been analyzed in-state at the Environmental Health Laboratory (EHL) using a Portable Gamma Ray Analyzer developed by the FDA and Canberra. The sample is analyzed here at the EHL, and the results are sent to FDA scientists at the Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center for interpretation. This allows for much quicker turnaround time resulting in more timely results. Additionally, if the need arises, this instrument would allow for effective, in-state assessment and monitoring of Cs-134 and Cs-137.

Quote:Scientists from California State University, Long Beach tested giant kelp collected in the ocean off Orange County and other locations after the March, 2011 accident, and detected radioactive iodine, which was released from the damaged nuclear reactor.

The largest concentration was about 250-fold higher than levels found in kelp before the accident.

“Basically we saw it in all the California kelp blades we sampled,” said Steven Manley, a Cal State Long Beach biology professor who specializes in kelp.

The radioactivity had no known effects on the giant kelp, or on fish and other marine life, and it was undetectable a month later.

Iodine 131 “has an eight-day half life so it’s pretty much all gone,” Manley said. “But this shows what happens half a world away does effect what happens here. I don’t think these levels are harmful but it’s better if we don’t have it at all.”