High level of strontium found at Fukushima plant

[xchrom]

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110613a1.html

Radioactive strontium up to 240 times the legal concentration limit has been detected in seawater samples collected near an intake at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday.

The utility said the substance was also found in groundwater near the plant's Nos. 1 and 2 reactors. The government's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said it is the first time that the substance has been found in groundwater.

The agency said it is necessary to carefully monitor the possible effects of the strontium on fishery products near the plant.

Strontium tends to accumulate in bones and is believed to cause bone cancer and leukemia.

[ixion]

1. that stuff is going to be all over the planet before this is under control...

oh, and what are we all in a tizzy about? Ooooooo sex scandal!!

Humanity: Just not that bright, really.

[aquart]

4. Look at the penis! Forget the cancer!

[PhillySane]

8. Seriously, though

have you seen how much free porn there is out there lately? Whose got the time anymore! For, you know, serious shit and all that.

[gateley]

6. Well said. nt

[Raschel]

2. Now is this stuff worse than bananas?

[xchrom]

3. i know, huh? nt

[barbtries]

5. thank you for posting

[jberryhill]

7. Bad Choice To Build That Nuclear Plant Right In The Middle Of All Of That Strontium