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B.C.’s citizen scientists on alert for radiation from Japan

 Amy Smart

Originally Published in the Times Colonist January 24, 2015 10:22 PM

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Citizen scientists with environmental group Surfriders collect seawater samples off a dock in Port Renfrew. The samples will be analyzed for traces of radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. Photo courtesy Craig Wardle

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Story About Our Partner Surfrider Foundation Vancouver Island’s Conservation Efforts

Shaw TV’s journalist Rajie Kabli interviews Lucas Harris of Surfrider Vancouver Island, a local partner organization that likes to ride the waves, and keep the beaches clean. Lucas and his organization are helping InFORM to coordinate with citizen scientists in the South Island area to monitor for Fukushima derived radioisotopes in coastal waters. Check them out here. Thanks to Rajie for here interest in our project.