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Friday, June 17th, 2011

High Levels of Radiation Found in Whales Caught 650KM From Fukishima

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Source:     Weather Tech
Publication Date:     Thursday, June 16, 2011
Link: High Levels of Radiation Found in Whales Caught 650KM From Fukishima
Stephan:   It is grotesque enough that the Japanese continue to hunt whales. That they are also poisoning them with radiation, with the inevitable cancers such exposure causes, is just further proof that we must end this violently toxic energy technology. And this form of pollution is going to get much worse and will spread through the Pacific and, possibly, the entire world ocean. Thanks to Frank DeMarco.

According to Japanese news sources, Japanese whalers tested 6 of 17 whales captured 650 kilometers north-east of the Fukushima nuclear reactor. Of the 6 whales tested 2 were found to contain cesium radiation which must have come from the Fukushima nuclear reactor. The first whale contained 31 becquerels per kilogram of cesium radiation and the second whale and the 24.3 becquerels of radioactive cesium per kilogram.

Japan Finds Nuclear Radiation In Whales Caught 650 KM From Fukushima

Tokyo – Radioactive caesium was detected from two minke whales caught off a city on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, 650 kilometres north-east of a damaged nuclear plant, a news report said on Tuesday.

Researchers examined six of the 17 whales during so-called research whaling in Kushiro city, which started this year’s season in late April, and they detected 31 becquerels and 24.3 becquerels of radioactive caesium per kilogram in the two whales out of the six, Kyodo News reported citing a whalers’ association.

While the level of the radioactive substances remained below the limit of 500 becquerels per kilogram, the association officials told a news conference in the city that the contamination must […]

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