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So now we wait for the results and see. If it is radiation then magnitude of Fukushima is going to revealed as bigger than Chernobyl.
Alaskans will also have to worry about the local seafood they have been eating ..
http://tvnz.co.nz/wo...diation-4669702
Scientists in Alaska are investigating whether local seals are being sickened by radiation from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
Scores of ring seals have washed up on Alaska's Arctic coastline since July, suffering or killed by a mysterious disease marked by bleeding lesions on the hind flippers, irritated skin around the nose and eyes and patchy hair loss on the animals' fur coats.
Biologists at first thought the seals were suffering from a virus, but they have so far been unable to identify one, and tests are now underway to find out if radiation is a factor.
"We recently received samples of seal tissue from diseased animals captured near St Lawrence Island with a request to examine the material for radioactivity," said John Kelley, Professor Emeritus at the Institute of Marine Science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
"There is concern expressed by some members of the local communities that there may be some relationship to the Fukushima nuclear reactor's damage," he said.
The results of the tests would not be available for "several weeks," Kelley said.
Water tests have not picked up any evidence of elevated radiation in US Pacific waters since the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which caused multiple fuel meltdowns at the Fukushima plant and forced tens of thousands of people to evacuate the surrounding area.
Scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the US Fish and Wildlife Service have been seeking the cause of the diseased seals for weeks, but have so far found no answers.
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Damn, damn damn damn.
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Brother_Tempus posted:
So now we wait for the results and see. If it is radiation then magnitude of Fukushima is going to revealed as bigger than Chernobyl.
How many times must it be pointed out to you that Fukushima will never be "bigger than Chernobyl"? By orders of magnitude??
Math is a bitch and she plays no favorites. Why do you insist on disbelieving it?
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Brother_Tempus posted:
Water tests have not picked up any evidence of elevated radiation in US Pacific waters since the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan...
...but let's panic anyway!
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Damn. Another flare up.
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Phlegm573 posted:
Thanks, Tych. No srsly. Thanks.
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It's been a weird and scary year here for our wildlife in Alaska. From a virus that usually only infects (and decimates) farmed salmon populations getting spotted in our wild salmon (scary), to orca swimming up into fresh water to their deaths. Or the not too uncommon, but widespread red tide that happened this year.
Our frogs seem to be disappearing from the local frog pond too. 
Also, I don't see how some of you can easily discount the radiation problems, considering Fukushima is still dumping highly radiated water into the ocean afaik.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/world/asia/more-leaks-from-fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-plant.html?_r=1 "At least 45 tons of highly radioactive water have leaked from a purification facility at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station, and some of it may have reached the Pacific Ocean, the plant’s operator said Sunday.
Nearly nine months after Fukushima Daiichi was ravaged by an earthquake and tsunami, the plant continues to pose a major environmental threat. Before the latest leak, the Fukushima accident had been responsible for the largest single release of radioactivity into the ocean, threatening wildlife and fisheries in the region, experts have said." http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016890291_salmonvirus30m.html
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This is all Tych's fault..
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so.... buy gold?
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Brother_Tempus posted:
So now we wait for the results and see.
Results are in.
You're still a total tool, and got played.
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