US Pacific Kelp; Fukushima Radiation Testing Results
Kelp Watch has released their first batch of testing results. The program is a mash up of university, national lab
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Fukushima Groundwater Wells Contaminated From Leaking Tanks
This was bound to happen and TEPCO had to have known this at the time they pushed for permission to
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Fukushima Cesium Found On Vancouver Beach
The Vancouver Sun is reporting that cesium 134, an identifier of the Fukushima nuclear disaster was detected on a local
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Researchers Confirm “Black Substance” Is Fukushima Reactor Fuel
In a peer reviewed paper released this week by the journal Environmental Science & Technology, a Japanese team of researchers
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Fukushima Is Here! Contamination Found Off Vancouver Coast
Scientists from the Bedford Institute of Oceanography have found levels of cesium in sea water off the Vancouver Canada coast that
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Living With Radiation In Japan
Local food coops that carefully select and test their food have become a go-to source for people concerned about contamination
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Fukushima & The Controversy Of The Pacific
There were big concerns thrown around about the situation in the Pacific related to Fukushima in the last year. Oceanographers
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23 Tbq Water Leak At Fukushima Caused By Multiple Human Errors
100 tons of water leaked from a contaminated water tank at Fukushima Daiichi after workers incorrectly aligned valves. They then
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Fukushima Brings New Awareness Of Contaminated Food Worldwide
The concerns about food contamination from Fukushima has also increased awareness of the lingering problems of world wide food contamination
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New Independent Fukushima Food Contamination Results
People in Japan early on realized they needed to take things into their own hands if they wanted to know
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More Record High Radiation Readings At Fukushima Daiichi
After the recent admission of record high strontium 90 readings being found at the sea front at Fukushima Daiichi, more
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Fukushima Fish Tales; US Fish Marketing Deceptive To Consumers
This article is a good example of the motivations and biases in play related to Fukushima food contamination in North
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5 MILLION bq/liter Strontium 90 Found In Well At Fukushima Daiichi
TEPCO released readings for two seafront wells that have not been published before. Wells 1-2 and 1-3 were not on
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TEPCO Tries To Sell Failed Bypass System Again
In an unexplained change of plans TEPCO and the Japanese govt. are back to trying to sell the fishing groups
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Unit 1 Scans Find Highly Contaminated Vent Pipe
Robots with sophisticated gamma scanning cameras were sent in to unit 1 to establish contaminated areas as decontamination efforts take
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Groundwater Well At Fukushima Daiichi Hits 3.1 Million Bq
Groundwater well 1-16 at Fukushima Daiichi has hit 3.1 million bq of beta radiation. This is a new high for
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Alaska & Washington Salmon Tested For Radiation
A Seattle fish company had some of their fish privately tested in late 2013. With all the US government agencies
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NRA Releases New Radiation Zone Maps
The NRA has released new radiation “fly over” maps. The newest scans were done in September of 2013. They showed
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Fukushima Groundwater Well Hits 2.4 Million bq/liter
Well 1-16 at the seafront has again hit a new high. 2.4 million bq/liter was found in the water of
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Taiwan Activists Want Lower Food Radiation Levels, Show Loophole In System
Activists in Taiwan are trying to further lower the allowed level of radioactive contamination in food allowed for sale in
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60 bq/liter Strontium 90 Found In Deep Well Near Reactors At Fukushima Daiichi
60 bq/liter of strontium 90 was found in the 3/4 deep permeable layer well near the unit 4 turbine building.
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Fukushima Daiichi ALPS Water Treatment System Hits Big Problem
Lack of planning again foils efforts at Fukushima Daiichi. Ex-SKF found the very bad news in a METI report from
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Fukushima Daiichi Groundwater Well Hits 2 Million Bq Beta Radiation
Well 1-16 in the sea front area at Fukushima Daiichi has hit another new record. 2,100,000 bq/liter of beta radiation
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Radioactive Water Found Deep Beneath Unit 4
TEPCO announced today that contaminated water was found in deep groundwater 25 meters (82 feet) below the unit 4 reactor
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Radioactive Strontium 90 And Radioactive Silver Found In Fukushima Fish
TEPCO tested fish within 20km (fish hauled 1-3 km offshore) of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant for cesium, strontium 90
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Japan Govt. Declared Evacuation Too Expensive, IAEA Promotes More Sea Dumping
A government trip to research how the response to the Chernobyl disaster was conducted but the report was never made
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Tokyo Suburb To Be Decontaminated, 70% Of Town Marked For Clean Up
Toride City, a suburb of Tokyo was declared in need of decontamination after 70% of the city was found to
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US Group Calls For Radiation Monitoring Of Food Supply
A US grassroots group is urging the public to support a set of efforts to improve food monitoring in the
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Radiation Monitoring For US/Canada Food Added
We have added a page to our site that compiles results of independent food testing for the US and Canada.
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US Pacific Coast Seaweed Shows With Fukushima Cesium Contamination
New testing done by Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering found Fukushima cesium in US Pacific sea weed. The
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Fukushima Daiichi Finds Increased Contamination In Drainage Ditch To The Sea
Contamination in a drainage ditch that still runs to the sea saw a considerable spike. The levels went from 19
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Fukushima’s Fish Tale
A Canadian paper talked to experts and used government data to estimate the risk to human health from Fukushima contaminated
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FDA’s Dual Messages Show Lying To Public On Fukushima Contamination In Food
The FDA’s mantra since 2011 to the concerned public about Fukushima contamination in the food supply has been “don’t worry”.
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22.97 uSv/h In Koriyama Park Far From Fukushima
We see these quite frequently where citizens document radiation in places deemed safe or at levels much higher than the
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Radioactive Contamination Still Found In Drinking Water Across Japan
This NRA report from June of 2013 found cesium 134 and cesium 137 still showing in city drinking water across
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“Dump It In The Sea” Says TEPCO’s New US Consultant
TEPCO’s new US based consultant, Lake Barrett declared Friday that the solution to the massive contaminated water problem at Fukushima
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Guam Requests Funds To Test For Fukushima Contamination
Guam’s EPA has requested funds from the US EPA so they can begin testing sea water and fish for Fukushima
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New Leaks Found, Ocean Contamination Confirmed At Fukushima
Two new tank leaks have been found at Fukushima Daiichi in another group of tanks. High radiation levels were found
Read moreRadiation Levels In Air Rising At Fukushima Daiichi
NHK is reporting after the most recent TEPCO press conference that radiation levels are rising around Fukushima Daiichi. This seems
Read moreRadiation Monitors Go Off At Daiichi, Workers Exposed
The dust monitoring equipment both inside and outside of the anti-quake building at Daiichi went off on the 19th. Two
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