March 2016 InFORMal Update
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Dr Cullen Discussing the Fukushima Anniversary with CBC On the Island
Dr. Cullen spoke with Gregor Craigie of CBC’s On the Island today about the status of the Fukushima disaster and radiation five years after the accident.
Listen to the interview.
Presentation to DFO State of the Pacific Ocean
The annual State of the Pacific meeting was held on March 1, 2016 at Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, BC. We presented this poster to our peers investigating other contemporary phenomenon. Click on the poster to view a larger version.
Screening effect? Examining thyroid cancers found in Fukushima children
Original title:
Mystery cancers are cropping up in children in aftermath of Fukushima
By Dennis Normile
Science
4 Mar 2016
The March 2011 meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant caused extensive human suffering—evacuations, emotional trauma and premature deaths, disrupted jobs and schooling. What they have not caused, so far, is radiation-related illness among the general public, and few specialists expect dramatic increases in cancers or other ailments. The reactors spewed just a tenth of the radiation emitted by the Chernobyl disaster, winds blew much of that out to sea, and evacuations were swift. Yet one wave of illness has been linked to the disaster—the ironic result of a well-intentioned screening program. Continue reading Screening effect? Examining thyroid cancers found in Fukushima children
With Fukushima’s fifth anniversary approaching, we can probably start to relax about radioactive seafood
By Chelsea Harvey
The Washington Post
Published 29 Feb 2016
March 11 will mark the five-year anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi disaster, a series of nuclear meltdowns, triggered by a devastating earthquake-induced tsunami, that released massive amounts of radioactive material and resulted in the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Since then, the plant’s damaged drainage system has continued to leak radioactive water into the environment, and one of the biggest enduring public concerns has been the safety of fish caught in the area’s surrounding waters.
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