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1. "We were frankly kind of startled,"

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Mon May 28, 2012, 04:48 PM

May 2012

then you're frankly kind of stupid. K&R

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Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed the Pacific to US [View all] n2doc May 2012 OP

"We were frankly kind of startled," awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #1

+1 Baitball Blogger May 2012 #10

Fish can swim long distances. Who knew? n/t Catherina May 2012 #37

"Startled" isn't quite the word I'm feeling here. Sabriel May 2012 #2

I asked an expert on Pacific fish indivisibleman May 2012 #6

"Tuna...it comes pre-cooked!" n/t Sabriel May 2012 #7

good one, I'll use that. indivisibleman May 2012 #54

It's safe to eat how much tuna? JDPriestly May 2012 #16

exactly. indivisibleman May 2012 #55

startled?? This is a researcher?? Autumn May 2012 #3

The article and his quote is edited ProudToBeBlueInRhody May 2012 #8

Here's a clue. Autumn May 2012 #12

So what's that do for the deep-sea fishing businesses and the tuna fleets off the west coast? Liberty Belle May 2012 #4

Hopefully the panic will shut down a lot of the fishing fleets due to a lack of demand. Nihil May 2012 #40

Bad enough that we eat everything on the planet... hunter May 2012 #50

The second round of testing should be interesting. Cesium is in our foodchain. Gregorian May 2012 #5

Radioactive cesium has been in the food chain since 1945. nt NickB79 May 2012 #28

Surely this report must be some kind of mistake! DeSwiss May 2012 #9

Howard Zinn really nailed it on the head... drokhole May 2012 #11

And I'm sure Zinn skepticscott May 2012 #15

Ironic, chervilant May 2012 #19

My tag line does not rely skepticscott May 2012 #23

I see the irony escapes you... n/t chervilant May 2012 #32

What apparently escapes you and Zinn skepticscott May 2012 #35

hmm... chervilant May 2012 #41

Now the irony escapes you again skepticscott May 2012 #42

Wow... chervilant May 2012 #45

I think Zinn has a point but he didn't make it very well. Peace Patriot May 2012 #51

Well, we "cherish" objectivity skepticscott May 2012 #52

I quite agree with Howard.... DeSwiss May 2012 #21

hmm... chervilant May 2012 #46

That certainly applies to economists. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #48

Actually yes it does, because what Obama said has turned out to be correct NickB79 May 2012 #25

No thank you, I always try to find tuna without cesium. At any level. DeSwiss May 2012 #30

Good luck with that. Radioactive cesium has been in food since 1945 NickB79 May 2012 #31

I'm a boomer. I know this. DeSwiss May 2012 #33

As safe as the airport scanning machines? AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #38

I suppose everyone wants to ignore this bit: randome May 2012 #13

Panic is always more fun than reason. GliderGuider May 2012 #43

lling mere concern a "panic" is wonderfully illustrative of melodrama. LanternWaste May 2012 #53

That interferes with their goal of pumping more CO2 into the atmosphere jeff47 May 2012 #47

Experts will be along soon to tell us... RobertEarl May 2012 #14

And, that Tuna chervilant May 2012 #20

Yep RobertEarl May 2012 #22

NPR last week had a report that Tuna Harvest was Way Down....this report makes me wonder... KoKo May 2012 #17

It's really sad tawadi May 2012 #26

The reason fish harvests are falling isn't radiation GliderGuider May 2012 #44

That too...plus oil spills....the radiation is an additional problem up the food chain KoKo May 2012 #49

There is a safe-to-eat level of Cesium? Fucking radioactive CESIUM? MsPithy May 2012 #18

There's a safe-to-eat level for everything skepticscott May 2012 #24

+1. nt NickB79 May 2012 #27

Pfft! You young'ns worry too much - why back in the day we hedgehog May 2012 #29

If you're old enough, you may remember the shoe stores that had x-ray machines to make sure AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #39

I wonder what this says about levels in smaller fish, squid etc eaten there and along the journey suffragette May 2012 #34

At least DUer Robdogbucky and I called it 9 months ago: (LINKS) Poll_Blind May 2012 #36