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In reply to the discussion: Radioactive bluefin tuna crossed the Pacific to US [View all]NickB79
(19,233 posts)31. Good luck with that. Radioactive cesium has been in food since 1945
I'm not saying it's GOOD to have radioactive cesium in our food supply, but realistically we've been living with it and other radioactive elements in food since we detonated the first nuclear bomb. We should strive to ensure our food is as free of radiation as possible, but we should also keep level heads when dealing with situations like this.
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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
The second round of testing should be interesting. Cesium is in our foodchain.
Gregorian
May 2012
#5
NPR last week had a report that Tuna Harvest was Way Down....this report makes me wonder...
KoKo
May 2012
#17
That too...plus oil spills....the radiation is an additional problem up the food chain
KoKo
May 2012
#49
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