November 18, 2014
Bella Bella BC
The Bella Bella Community School helped to collect the first seawater sample for Fukushima radionuclide monitoring from Lama Pass in November. Thanks to Vic Gladish, Marneé Bellavance and the Grade 8 science students who helped out the InFORM project.
November 27, 2014
Prince Rupert BC
Volunteer, citizen scientists Laurel Stueck (student) and Cheryl Paavola (Instructor and Science Lab Tech) at Northwest Community College – Prince Rupert collecting the first seawater sample there for InFORM in November 2014.
Radio interview related to broadcast by CBC Daybreak North on Dec. 10, 2014 by George Baker. The live radio broadcast highlights efforts of volunteer, citizen scientists Laurel Stueck (student) and Cheryl Paavola (Instructor and Science Lab Tech) at Northwest Community College – Prince Rupert collecting the first seawater sample there in November 2014.
By Jay T. Cullen
Originally posted to Cancer Prevention Centre on Dec. 9, 2014
Public demand for information about the impact of the triple reactor meltdowns in March 2011 at the Fukushima-Daiichi nuclear power plant on the marine ecosystem and on the health of those residing on the Pacific coast of North America is considerable. After all, as a result of the devastating earthquake and tsunami, radioactive elements from the nuclear power plant, including but not limited to cesium, iodine, strontium, and plutonium, were released—and continue to be released—into the atmosphere and ocean. In the more than three years since the disaster, these elements have been distributed across the Pacific Ocean and around the globe. Continue reading Guest Blog Post on Cancer Prevention Centre: Radioactivity from Fukushima-Daiichi disaster poses no danger to British Columbia
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.
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