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Old 01-26-2014, 11:07 AM
 
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We will finally be able to distinguish wild Alaskan salmon from the counterfeit farmed salmon. Wild Alaskan salmon will glow in the dark!
Nice for mounting in the den, huh?

Salmon will become the new trophy fish of the Pacific.

 
Old 01-26-2014, 11:15 AM
 
Location: Houston
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In fifty years our mutant grandchildren will be marching for civil rights.
 
Old 01-26-2014, 12:06 PM
 
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This is unfortunate, but predictable. The saving face thing can be much worse in Asian cultures.
From your article:

But it could also be considered no mere coincidence that this state secrets bill was being pushed through to law at a time when TEPCO was just starting a yearlong operation in decommissioning the Fukushima nuclear plant that was unprecedented both in scale and in the potentially devastating consequences that could result if the slightest thing — forces of nature, mechanical failure, human error — went wrong in the course of that year. This operation involves removing some 1,500 fuel rods from a Fukushima reactor, one by one, and placing them in a more secure area, something that has never been attempted before anywhere. Radiation levels said to be many thousands of times those of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima could be emitted from the Fukushima nuclear plant if any unforeseen problems occur along the way.
Now that Japan’s state secrets bill has become law, leaking sensitive information concerning Fukushima could technically be considered a crime, both for the whistleblower who leaks it and for any journalist who reports it. The extended “war on terror” has now joined hands with “atoms for peace,” with truth becoming the first casualty.



In the US we had so-called EPA monitoring failure and raised allowance standards. That's assuming you are checking and have proper equipment and expertise in the first place. This is an ongoing tragedy. The bio-accumulation is the real problem.

First pictures emerge of the Fukushima Fifty as steam starts pouring from all four reactors at the stricken nuclear power plant


Japan's nuclear disaster: Meet the Fukushima 50? No, you can ...
Tepco's 'Fukushima Fifty' Leader Yoshida Dies of Cancer ...
 
Old 01-26-2014, 12:14 PM
 
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One can also add the Fortunate Dragon a Japanese fishing boat that got dusted by nuclear fallout from the Castle Bravo Thermonuclear test in 1956. Radioactive Tuna caused quite a panic in Japan. Glow in the dark Sushi!
I guess Japan got even for that.
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