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Cesium contamination in 85% of Fukushima rockfish

85% of Fukushima rockfish exceeds safety limit in cesium, cesium measured from all samples since 311 http://fukushima-diary.com/2012/09/85-of-fukushima-rockfish-exceeds-safety-limit-in-cesium/#.UEzuJoRzoNU.facebook  by Mochizuki  September 9th, 2012 ·   Fukushima prefecture is trying to start selling fishery products but the actual contamination situation is not widely known. (cf. Fukushima will test-fish 7 more kinds of fishery products)

Even US keeps importing fishery products from Japan. (cf. US keeps importing fishery food from Japan even after 311)

White rockfish (Shiromebaru) is the type of fish living in shallow reef or seaweed bed, diet is crustacean and small fish.

According to the measurement data of Fukushima prefecture [Link], they measure cesium higher than the safety limit (100Bq/Kg) from 84.85% of all the white rockfish samples from offshore Fukushima.

They started measuring Fukushima white rockfish as of 6/21/2011. Until the latest measurement of 8/30/2012, they tested 99 samples.

Cesium (>100Bq/Kg) was detected from 84 of them. Also, cesium was measured from all of the samples.

The historical highest amount was 3,200 Bq/Kg fished on 7/4/2011. 1,730 Bq/Kg of cesium was detected from the sample fished on 8/26/2012 as well.

The measurement result is represented in the graph [provided n this article]. It shows the radiation level is still not decreasing even in 2012.

September 10, 2012 - Posted by | Fukushima 2012

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