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Excessive levels of radioactive cesium in Pacific cod

Fukushima hot cod stopped from entering U.S. Examiner, FUKUSHIMA AUGUST 30, 2012 BY: DEBORAH DUPRE The central government of Japan has ordered Aomori Prefecture to suspend shipping Pacific cod caught near the port of Hachinohe due to excessive levels of cesium detected, according to The Japan Times Wednesday.

The central government ordered Aomori Prefecture to halt shipping Pacific cod caught near the port of Hachinohe after excessive levels of radioactive cesium were, initiating the first such ban for the prefecture because of the Fukushima nuclear disaster…

..Nuclear expert Arnie Gundersen told SolarIMG that high-level people he knows in the
State Department said Hillary Clinton signed a pact with her counterpart in Japan agreeing for the United States to continue buying food from Japan, despite that food not being properly tested for radioactive materials…….

Earlier this month, fish off the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant were found to have 258 times the legal limit of radioactive cesium, according to Tokyo Electric Power Co.

“So we are not sampling the food coming into the United States,” he said, repeating, “The US government has come up with a decision at the highest levels of the State Department, as well as other departments who made a decision to downplay Fukushima.”

Aomori prefecture is surrounded by the sea on three sides. It literally means blue forest and was used as a landmark for fishermen. http://www.examiner.com/article/fukushima-hot-cod-stopped-from-entering-u-s?CID=examiner_alerts_article

August 31, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | oceans