FDA report on fish radiation levels:

[dixiegrrrrl]

Another example of mushy mouth speak
and
of poor headlines.
the headline says: State DEC says seafood is free from Fukishima radiation

Well,no, not exactly.

Citing information from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Food and Drug Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Pacific states including Hawaii, California, Oregon and Washington, as well as Health Canada, “all have demonstrated there are no levels of radiation that are of a public health concern,” said Marty Brewer, director of DEC’s Environmental Health Division.
She added that only small amounts of radiation have been detected from the reactor source.

“There has been detection of cesium that is reportedly from Fukushima but at miniscule levels,” Brewer said.

http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-Journal-of-Commerce/February-Issue-3-2014/FISH-FACTOR-State-DEC-says-seafood-is-free-from-Fukishima-radiation/

Small admounts of Fukishima radiation is not "free" of radiation.
"Miniscule" amounts of cesium is not radiation free, either.

[chervilant]

1. I don't trust anything that

TEPCO, Japan, our government, or the nuclear sycophants are saying about Fukushima. After watching The Battle of Chernobyl, I am quite clear that the radionuclides being released from the melted cores at Fukushima will inevitably cause a plethora of problems.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. The Battle of Chernobyl?????

What is it...a documentary?
Have not heard of it...

[chervilant]

5. Yes, it's a documentary.

It's well worth watching.

[cate94]

2. K & R

[mn9driver]

4. Any detectable Fukushima radiation isn't a good thing

but at this point it doesn't constitute a health threat by itself. From an article on the subject:

"...Yes, radiation in seafood seems scary. But here's the catch (if you pardon the expression). Tuna, like every other food on the planet, already contains naturally occurring radiation. It has and polonium-210. It always has and it always will. In addition, seafood in general contains a trace of cesium-137 left over from nuclear weapons testing in the 1950s and 1960s.

So the question is, how much more radiation did these particular tuna fish contain? The answer is: A trivial amount. In fact, radiation from the cesium is 30 times less than the radiation that's already in the fish naturally in the form of potassium-40, according to the research paper. And the natural polonium-210 packs a radiation dose 200 times larger than the dose from the cesium..."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/05/30/153925233/nuclear-tuna-is-hot-news-but-not-because-its-going-to-make-you-sick

I'll continue to enjoy sushi. Of course, that's a call everyone has to make for themselves.

[chervilant]

8. Our oceans are seriously polluted,

over-fished, and routinely disregarded by our hedonistic species. Then, we add Fukushima to the smorgasbord of pollutants we're likely to ingest with our sushi -- and tuna, and swordfish, and etc...

Oh, well, if global climate change doesn't do us in, there's always our own hubris.

[RC]

9. Radiation is not the problem in tuna.

It is still mercury.

Eating Tuna Safely
http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/tuna.asp

Bluefin Tuna Radiation: Is There A Health Risk?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/29/bluefin-tuna-radioactive-radiation-health_n_1552838.html

[delrem]

6. People realize, I hope, that by the time Fukishima radiation *does* pose a health threat

on the west coast of North America, the whole ocean, the whole world will be irredeemably fucked?

Since people do realize that obvious fact, they surely aren't going to continue passively waiting for it to happen while poo-pooing stories that there's a danger? Please, please, say they (namely, you) aren't!

[malaise]

7. Check this out from Jamaica

http://jamaica-gleaner.mobi/gleaner/20140110/lead/lead1.php
<snip>
Jamaica Customs authorities have revealed that in the last 13 months, tests conducted at the nation's ports have confirmed the presence of higher-than-normal levels of radiation in two shipments from Japan.

The most recent case, according to Assistant Commissioner of Customs Velma Ricketts, came last month when a trans-shipment container carrying used motor-vehicle parts destined for Guyana was scanned at the Kingston Container Terminal and its radiation levels was determined to be "elevated".

The first case involved a minibus imported by a local used-car dealer in November 2012.

"The JCA [Jamaica Customs Agency] has been on high alert since the earthquake affected Japan," Ricketts said in an emailed response to queries by The Gleaner.

Her comments were in reference to the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that rocked Japan in 2011, triggering a tsunami that crippled the Fukushima nuclear plant there.

Commissioner of Customs Major Richard Reese made it clear yesterday that both shipments are being detained in a quarantined area and will be returned to Japan shortly.

At the same time, Reese said the JCA, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will be seeking to have "urgent discussions" on the issue with officials at the Japanese Embassy in Jamaica.

He said the meeting will be used to underscore the need for enhanced inspection mechanisms before goods are shipped out of Japan.

"It could be that there is a weakness in the inspection process on that side," Reese surmised.

The discovery of higher-than-normal levels of radiation in Jamaica comes days after Russian authorities barred 132 used Japanese vehicles from entering that country because of "radioactive pollution concerns".

[Holly_Hobby]

10. This deserves it's own thread, thanks for posting it n/t

[malaise]

14. Done

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. I agree it needs its own thread..

Please consider it???

So, WE don't test of radiation but other countries do.

god, we are such a fucked up country.

[malaise]

15. We import a lot of second hand cars and lots of

car parts. I have no doubt that there is extra vigilance since there must be a huge number of destroyed cars with parts to sell

[L0oniX]

13. This is what free trade is all about.

[MyNameGoesHere]

11. This would be easier if they just made cesium a part of a daily healthy diet

Marketing would be great, Fresh fish with twice the recommended daily requirements of cesium. I mean that would appease the happy sunshine radiation folks too.

[DeSwiss]

16. Of course the government wouldn't lie.

I mean it's not as if they'd keep vital information from us and then lie about later, is it? Like, well you know, telling Congress something that wasn't exactly the truth, but was the least truthful answer possible? Would they do that? Naw.

- Surely, not again.

[Sirveri]

17. Why keep this secret but not the massive mercury contamination?

There is already a health advisory to avoid eating fish due to mercury contamination, this contamination is from China and their massive number of coal fired power plants that spew 24/7 with next to no environmental filters. So if the FDA is willing to drop the hammer on them, why not Japan over Fukushima?

The obvious answer is, they WOULD, if it actually constituted a health threat. But since the science says it does not, they do not put out a warning about it. Simple explanation really.