Amy Smart
Originally Published in the Times Colonist January 24, 2015 10:22 PM
Continue reading B.C.’s citizen scientists on alert for radiation from Japan
B.C.’s citizen scientists on alert for radiation from Japan
Tag Archives: Fish
Scientific Study of Radioactive Cesium Accumulation by Salmon
@JayTCullen and @FukushimaInFORM
The purpose of this post is to report a recently published study (behind pay wall) that examined how and how much radioactive cesium is accumulated by salmonids (e.g. salmon and trout). This post is part of an series started in 2013 to communicate the results of scientific research into the impact of the Fukushima Dai-ichi triple meltdowns on the environment. Yamamoto and colleagues carried out two experiments (one lake cage experiment and a laboratory experiment) to examine the accumulation of radiocesium from water and food by kokanee (Oncorhynchus nerka) and masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou). The conclusions of the study were as follows:
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Sockeye Salmon, Inshore Waters Test Fukushima-Free
By John Gleeson originally posted to the Coast Reporter
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Interview on CBC Radio Daybreak North About InFORM with George Baker
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.
Guest Blog Post on Cancer Prevention Centre: Radioactivity from Fukushima-Daiichi disaster poses no danger to British Columbia
By Jay T. Cullen
Originally posted to Cancer Prevention Centre on Dec. 9, 2014
Radioactivity from Fukushima-Daiichi disaster poses no danger to British Columbia
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
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