School Science Project Reveals High Levels Of Fukushima Nuclear Radiation in Grocery Store Seafood

The Truth Wins ^ | March 27th, 2014 | Michael Snyder

[xzins]

CURIOUS

• 73 percent of the mackerel

• 91 percent of the halibut

• 92 percent of the sardines

• 93 percent of the tuna and eel

• 94 percent of the cod and anchovies

• 100 percent of the carp, seaweed, shark and monkfish

[Texas Fossil]

OK, I bite. What level of radiation did she detect with the Geiger Counter?

You do know that there are many places with background radiation that is certainly detectable.

Not all radio active material is dangerous and not all of it comes from broken nuke reactors.

I am not discounting the danger. It is clear that the Japanese government is lying about how bad it really is. But lets not all quit eating fish because of the perceived threat.

Remember “mad cow disease”? Remember the “swine flue” threat under Jimmy “the goober” Carter?

Is a real study in order? Probably

[CGASMIA68]

If I can get to the sea food store I buy local here in New England
I dont eat anything from China.
My experince is that almost every bit of seafood in the frozen foods section is from China.
I have found some decent flash frozen dolphin(mahi-mahi) and tuna from S America I will stick with that.
Look at your garlic labels too.Its almost all from the Chi-Coms.

[IYAS9YAS]

No baseline? Did the student test fish from a river in North America? Something that would never have touched the ocean? How about the Atlantic? Did she test fish caught in the Gulf of Mexico? As has already been asked, what were the readings, and how do they know if it came from the Japanese plant?

[FatherofFive]

I dont eat anything from China.

Agree. I stopped eating edemame because it is all from China. The Chinese garlic is a big problem as well. Never eat fish from China, Vietnam, all those places.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Much of this article is hooey.

Here is a website with just about everything you need to know about the radiation threat from Japan.

http://deepseanews.com/2013/11/true-facts-about-ocean-radiation-and-the-fukushima-disaster/

[chimera]

A Geiger counter is an extremely simple device that does not do energy discrimination by itself. You either need to do an energy study using filters (that will sort out beta and gamma as a first cut) to at least get a handle on energy, or, better, do energy spectroscopy. You can use sodium iodide scintillators for that. In my lab we have hyperpure germanium detectors for high resolution energy spectroscopy. If you see 134Cs you almost surely are looking at reactor effluents. Anything else could be either natural background or weapons testing fallout. We have looked at soils from Japan and found very slightly elevated levels of 134Cs, but nothing (so far) in seafood (plants or fish).

[Java4Jay]

Why are the governments hiding this info...

panic

[MD Expat in PA]

http://deepseanews.com/2013/11/true-facts-about-ocean-radiation-and-the-fukushima-disaster/

http://chriskresser.com/fukushima-seafood

[CGASMIA68]

Same ocean is the way I figure it.Cant imagine whats put on food thats grown in the soil....

[ronnie raygun]

Why aren’t they checking to make sure that this radiation is not getting into our food chain?
Stupid question! this along with rampant low cost heroin and other drugs killing our youth across this country, the affordable care act, the economy, passing anti gun legislation in the dead of night, crime and the inability to protect your self and family, all part of a plan to rid themselves of this pestilence that is plaguing thier right to govern over the masses for eternity

[xzins]

Not to discount your good questions, but I was in Europe during the last mad cow scare and now I can’t donate blood. It’s weird, and the chances are infinitesimal. Guess I’m glad they’re protecting the blood supply...but the gays...with HIV MUCH MORE likely than mad cow are politically agitating to again donate blood. It’s all insane.

[Lazamataz]

Anyone who eats seafood right now is trying to die young.

[SampleMan]

I dont eat anything from China.

Don't be so sure. The labeling is less than accurate. Food is laundered just like money.

Knowing that American consumers would be loathe to purchase beef from China, a company can import the Chinese product to say Argentina, and then export from Argentina to the U.S. with the label "Product of Argentina".

Are "California Almonds" really grown in California? All we really know is that they were sold as a commodity in California before being processed/packaged. An enterprising importer might purchase Chinese Almonds and then sell them as new crop product in California. The FDA is far more worried about someone, somewhere buying fresh milk directly from a local farmer, than they are about nefarious importing and relabeling.

I try to just purchase fresh food, but its tough.

[xzins]

I don’t expect a lot of understanding of control groups, etc., from high school science projects. I think the issue is the readings were much higher than expected.

Hopefully, honest scientists without either a government or an industry bias get inspired to do some testing.

[Lazamataz]

Meanwhile, PBS reporter Miles O’Brien has pointed out the extreme negligence of the U.S. government when it comes to testing seafood for Fukushima radiation.

I'm old enough to remember when the US government actually looked out for your best interests.

[xzins]

Seems Pacific cod has been on sale throughout Lent at low, low prices this year.

In any case, I like fishing. I prefer freshwater fish, bass, trout, crappie. When buying fish at the store cod and grouper from saltwater are my favorites.

[Texas Fossil]

Insane indeed. It is the nature of bureaucraps.

[FatherofFive]

Same ocean is the way I figure it.

Same ocean. But do some research on 'farm' raised fish. Close to fishing in a sewer. Or the shrimp farm that is under a chicken coop. They found an interesting way to dispose of chicken dropings.