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Radioactive Endangered Fish.

Posted by lesswarm - 29 May 2012 at 11:27am - Comments
Fukishima Radiation Carrier.

As the shambles that is the UK's energy policy unravels at an alarming rate, more bad news comes for the nuclear industry and its unstable radiation levels.

Since the disaster at the Fukishima nuclear plant, the radiation that was washed into the water off its coastline has been picked up and carried faster than wind or wave to the coastline of the USA by Bluefin tuna, one of the worlds most endangered animals.

Considering the Bluefin tuna should be being protected, how ironic that this fish should be carrying radiation to shores thousands of miles away from where it first picked it up and shows the far reaching and dangerous fallout from an industry that should not be allowed to continue anywhere on the earth.

If the uk wants to ensure that this does not happen to its seas, it should abandoned all plans for new nuclear and given that we are surrounded by sea, this kind of contamination could surround the UK for many years, bringing untold devastation to the flaura and fauna of the UK's coastline.

Go here for the full story.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/low-levels-of-fukushima-nuclear-radiation-found-in-bluefin-tuna-off-the-california-coast-7799711.html

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