China bans seafood from Japan as Fukushima nuclear plant releases treated wastewater into ocean

zephyreks, 10 months ago

The primary concern is not about tritium (which doesn’t bioaccumulate) but about the other trace radioactive elements (which do bioaccumulate and are present in much greater quantities in the wastewater than they are in normal ocean water).

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abc1507

deft, 10 months ago

china shut the fuck up your currency is shit and you are an ass country

USSMojave, 10 months ago

The amount of radiation in this wastewater, per liter, is equivalent to 100 bananas, or 378.5 bananas per gallon

Lysergid, 10 months ago

Thank you. This actually gives perspective on radiation level better than Rads

reversebananimals, 10 months ago

Dang. Now what will I fry in my trash oil?

_haha_oh_wow_, 10 months ago

Idiotic political theater

SheeEttin, 10 months ago

That’s fine because one of the previous stories said that most of the fish caught are eaten by locals anyway

Zirconium, 10 months ago

Oil spill: nothing happens Monitored, purposeful release of wastewater: we can’t have fish anymore