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B.C. radiation risk from Fukushima disaster ‘insignificant:’ research

VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail

Published
Tuesday, Dec. 30 2014, 9:07 PM EST

As radiation from the Fukushima nuclear power-plant disaster drifted across the Pacific, fears that salmon and other marine life could be contaminated spread along the British Columbia coast.

But samples gathered by citizen scientists and a more comprehensive study done by Fisheries and Oceans Canada indicate the levels of radiation are so low they pose almost zero risk to human or ecosystem health. Continue reading B.C. radiation risk from Fukushima disaster ‘insignificant:’ research

Sockeye Salmon, Inshore Waters Test Fukushima-Free

 By John Gleeson originally posted to the Coast Reporter

RADD testing
Citizen scientists from the Powell River area collected seawater samples at Lang Bay Estuary last month. – Katherine McLean Photo

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Testing the waters for Fukushima

Story by John Gleeson

Originally posted to the Coast Reporter Sept. 4, 2014

Despite the doom porn circulating on the Internet, there has been no radiation from Fukushima detected yet along the Salish Sea – or if you prefer, the Strait of Georgia.

That’s according to Jay Cullen, a chemical oceanographer at the University of Victoria.

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