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High cesium levels in migratory fish in Pacific: Is Fukushima still leaking radiation?

the persistently high cesium numbers may be a sign that the Fukushima plant is still leaking radiation into the ocean.

Lead scientist surprised by Japan data: Fukushima plant still leaking radiation into ocean?  By ENENews Title: Post-Fukushima, Japan’s irradiated fish worry B.C. experts Source: Vancouver Free Press Author: Alex Roslin Date: July 19, 2012

The numbers show that far from dissipating with time, as government officials and scientists in Canada and elsewhere claimed they would, levels of radiation from Fukushima have stayed stubbornly high in fish.

In June 2012, the average contaminated fish catch had 65 becquerels of cesium per kilo. That’s much higher than the average of five Bq/kg found in the days after the accident back in March 2011, before cesium from Fukushima had spread widely through the region’s food chain.

In some species, radiation levels are actually higher this year than last.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency […] spokesperson Lisa Gauthier
refused to make someone available to answer questions on fish
monitoring…… Nicholas Fisher is one of the few U.S. scientists
studying Fukushima’s impacts on migratory fish in the Pacific.

Fisher said he was surprised when told about the high cesium levels in
the Japanese fisheries data. It makes him leery of eating fish from
Japanese waters, he said.

“Those are high numbers. It would give me pause if I were eating fish
in Japan.…Imported fish are also a concern,” said Fisher, a
marine-sciences professor at New York’s Stony Brook University. Fisher
added in a phone interview that the persistently high cesium numbers
may be a sign that the Fukushima plant is still leaking radiation into
the ocean.  http://enenews.com/lead-scientist-surprised-by-japan-data-fukushima-plant-still-leaking-radiation-into-

July 20, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, oceans