Are You Eating Radioactive Seafood?

Last year, Japan exported over 2.3 billion worth of seafood worldwide, this is very unsettling news concerning the recent radioactive disaster that happened there recently. Samples of seafood taken from the seas of China have been found tainted with radioactive chemicals, read more here. It is also confirmed that samples from Sri Lanka are contaminated with high levels of radioactivity. 

Even more concerning, the leaks from the accident are consistent, and the radioactive chemicals have a half-life of 30 years! Check out this government site dedicated to monitoring the harmful radioactivity in regards to seafood. 

Radioactive contamination from Fukushima. 

"This report, published in Environmental Science & Technology, reveals that levels of radioactive cesium reached 50 million times normal levels in the ocean water off the coast of the Fukushima Dai-ichi facility. Even more concerning, the abstract of this paper concludes, "...the concentrations through the end of July remain higher than expected implying continued releases from the reactors or other contaminated sources, such as groundwater or coastal sediments." -Source

"Scientists have predicted that Fukushima’s longer living isotopes—such as cesium-137, with a half-life of 30 years—will reach Hawaii in about a year and the coast of California in two to three years." -Source

You can read more about seafood related contamination here and here. 

Pacific Ocean currents, perhaps radiation can literally radiate throughout the entire globe through these currents. 

NIFTY TRICK #15

Always be knowledgeable about where your seafood is from. Gather information about where it was caught, if it is farmed or wild, and fresh or frozen. Buying local can assure you that what you're eating is fresh and wild, and you are also helping the local fishing industry. Check out this guide for choosing sustainable seafood.