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[–] cyclops1771 1 points (+1|-0)

Fukishima has been polluting the US west coast since about 3 months after the accident.

My friend has been feeding me direct data, and has published hundreds of articles on it ( he is virulently anti-nuclear power) and has ready access to data.

[–] Owlchemy [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

Yup, and covered up by the press for some reason, likely related to CA's economy and the fact there's nothing that can be done. But I agree, it should have been covered more.

[–] cyclops1771 1 points (+1|-0)

Yeah, it's in the air, the rain, the ocean water, the fish, it's everywhere - no one wants to talk about it.

My grandfather was at Bikini Atoll on July 1, 1946, and he had chemo in 1986. Because of the combined radiation, he died about 6 months later.

Radiation is no joke, and it's why I won't go through the TSA death machines.

[–] Owlchemy [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

Bummer about your GF ... sorry to hear that. They didn't give a crap about the troops and ppl working on the new atomic age stuff. Sad, many suffered.

[–] PhunkyPlatypus 1 points (+1|-0)

Well that was a shit article. It didn't even state how much they detected.

Saying there's trace amounts found is to be expected as just about everything post 1945 and especially the 50's contains trace isotopes from nuclear testing.

Its unsurprising that they were able to find (strontium 90, cesium 137 or iodine. The article doesn't say which) that could be traced back to Fukushima. But an increase from 0 to 0.00001 is still a "detectable increase" If not misleading.