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Radioactive Bluefin tuna found in US water

****AP**** -- LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to the shores of the United States 6,000 miles away - the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance.

"We were frankly kind of startled," said Nicholas Fisher, one of the researchers reporting the findings online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The levels of radioactive cesium were 10 times higher than the amount measured in tuna off the California coast in previous years.

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Submitted May 29, 2012 By: Joeski1

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drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,929 Points:749,935 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 4:41:33 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse Hmmm...."Nuclear power has shown itself to be costly, dangerous as well as expensive to manage. (remember, taxpayers will continue to pay BILLIONS every year to store old radioactive nuclear waste until - when and IF - somebody can come up with a safe way to handle it)" =========================== This appears to be another "bait and switch" aka "smoke and mirrors" spin from one with a strong opinion but no credible source to back it up. I wonder where this "BILLIONS every year" cost to taxpayers figure comes from? Perhaps another thought from one who lives in terror, fear and paranoia flamed by an agenda driven media? INMO, yes. Nuclear power is the only large-scale energy-producing technology which takes full responsibility for all its wastes and fully costs this into the product.
teafortwo Champion Author Washington Posts:22,065 Points:1,381,910 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 1:12:13 PM Ignore teafortwo Report Abuse Joeski1, Thanks for an article and comments from the real world. Nuclear power has shown itself to be costly, dangerous as well as expensive to manage. (remember, taxpayers will continue to pay BILLIONS every year to store old radioactive nuclear waste until - when and IF - somebody can come up with a safe way to handle it) The risks and costs of nuclear far out weigh the benefits. This is the reason why European countries & others are moving away from use of nuclear power.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,929 Points:749,935 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 11:19:07 AM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse "we'll all be paying soon as one nuke plant after another fails to operate correctly." ======================== Dang it must be miserable living in fear and paranoia.
DesertRat2011 Champion Author Riverside Posts:3,597 Points:481,805 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 9:50:16 AM Ignore DesertRat2011 Report Abuse What does this have to do with the price of oil or gas ??
Joeski1 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:9,978 Points:1,738,910 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 8:00:57 AM Ignore Joeski1 Report Abuse thanx for mostly good comments.... we'll all be paying soon as one nuke plant after another fails to operate correctly... check out what is going on at the diablo plant in Ca
crep1291 Champion Author Ottawa Posts:2,576 Points:480,635 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 7:03:53 AM Ignore crep1291 Report Abuse Not sure if this is good or bad. The fish is probably fine with this radiation level, and sushi eaters world wide will probably eat less of it. So that'll be good for the Pacific bluefin tuna population. But that maybe bad for other species of tuna that are even more threatened.
bicycle1966 All-Star Author Akron Posts:605 Points:400,240 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 6:17:15 AM Ignore bicycle1966 Report Abuse interesting article, but what's this got to do with cars and the price of gas?
rjhorn Rookie Author Scranton Posts:5 Points:547,000 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 5:39:26 AM Ignore rjhorn Report Abuse Did it have three eyes?
alterman156 Champion Author New York Posts:7,470 Points:1,553,750 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 1:00:16 AM Ignore alterman156 Report Abuse Not good.
LilRedWagonIN Champion Author Indiana Posts:7,761 Points:1,551,460 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 12:45:22 AM Ignore LilRedWagonIN Report Abuse Market it as glow-in-the-dark tuna for a midnight snack when the refrigerator light is burned out.
granitestater Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:8,805 Points:1,427,825 Joined:Oct 2008	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 12:09:11 AM Ignore granitestater Report Abuse oh, great. First mercury. Now Cesium...
teafortwo Champion Author Washington Posts:22,065 Points:1,381,910 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: May 30, 2012 12:03:16 AM Ignore teafortwo Report Abuse Good comment NHLiveFree. I would add that this radioactive toxic mess is man made, therefore it will be up to humans to clean it up. mpg611 from Cleveland asks: "Will the radioactive fish lower gas prices in America?" No. But they may contribute to increasing gas prices. FROM THE ARTICLE: The real test of how radioactivity affects tuna populations comes this summer when researchers planned to repeat the study with a larger number of samples. bluefin tuna that journeyed last year were exposed to radiation for about a month. The upcoming travelers have been swimming in radioactive waters for a longer period. How this will affect concentrations of contamination remains to be seen. Now that scientists know that bluefin tuna can transport radiation, they also want to track the movements of other migratory species including sea turtles, sharks and seabirds.
mpg611 Champion Author Cleveland Posts:2,316 Points:566,170 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 11:17:26 PM Ignore mpg611 Report Abuse Will the radioactive fish lower gas prices in America?
JohnofGB Champion Author Flint Posts:5,406 Points:1,093,270 Joined:Feb 2010	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 11:16:38 PM Ignore JohnofGB Report Abuse If your canned tuna glows in the dark, worry.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,929 Points:749,935 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 11:08:23 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse Is this now not "dolphin safe tuna"???
1tallford Sophomore Author Rhode Island Posts:128 Points:22,225 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 11:05:57 PM Ignore 1tallford Report Abuse Safe to eat? Really.
nurdco Champion Author Colorado Springs Posts:9,211 Points:1,691,485 Joined:Apr 2008	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 11:03:21 PM Ignore nurdco Report Abuse Wrong forum...
NHLiveFree Champion Author New Hampshire Posts:11,070 Points:1,619,180 Joined:Jun 2008	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 10:52:22 PM Ignore NHLiveFree Report Abuse Poor Charlie, we knew him well! No it is an ENERGY Forum and the irradiated tuna was caused by a serious accident at just one nuclear enrgy plant in Japan. Wake up folks, but then again you may hope of believe that Mother Nature will heal all including this toxic mess.
bl626 All-Star Author Toledo Posts:824 Points:242,355 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 10:42:59 PM Ignore bl626 Report Abuse pollution is a global problem and affects everyone
CVA19 Champion Author Salem Posts:2,393 Points:606,100 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 10:17:31 PM Ignore CVA19 Report Abuse ...and how is this even remotely relevant to GasBuddy?
roadrunnin Champion Author Richmond Posts:1,743 Points:561,565 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 10:15:03 PM Ignore roadrunnin Report Abuse not a good sign . . . how many have they not found?
esq262 Champion Author Asheville Posts:2,882 Points:644,490 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 9:57:35 PM Ignore esq262 Report Abuse This is a gas forum.
lesndave Champion Author Texas Posts:3,022 Points:697,380 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 9:55:13 PM Ignore lesndave Report Abuse Interesting, but how do gas prices relate to this???
lou30 Sophomore Author Miami Posts:185 Points:317,550 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 9:21:43 PM Ignore lou30 Report Abuse Like the simpsons?
SammyAdams Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:3,041 Points:789,860 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 9:15:33 PM Ignore SammyAdams Report Abuse From the article: "Japanese consume 80 percent of the world's Pacific and Atlantic bluefin tuna." ===================================================================== My son consumes most of the remaining 20%.
Meowmy Champion Author Florida Posts:1,293 Points:347,255 Joined:Jan 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 8:53:00 PM Ignore Meowmy Report Abuse Not surprised.
Van_Halen Champion Author Atlanta Posts:2,839 Points:638,430 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 8:49:01 PM Ignore Van_Halen Report Abuse . And what does this have to do with Gas Prices?!!!!!!!!!!!?
BuckyTJones Champion Author Salt Lake City Posts:4,932 Points:967,950 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 8:48:04 PM Ignore BuckyTJones Report Abuse Just don't go get X-rays after eating this tuna, my put you over the limit :)
PathfinderSC Champion Author South Carolina Posts:9,501 Points:1,827,715 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 7:54:38 PM Ignore PathfinderSC Report Abuse Don't eat much tuna.
BBopp Champion Author Dayton Posts:6,824 Points:1,935,430 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 7:54:10 PM Ignore BBopp Report Abuse It's still within the safe limits for ingestion.
playtimeCLE Champion Author Cleveland Posts:8,540 Points:1,540,375 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 6:57:58 PM Ignore playtimeCLE Report Abuse "that's still far below safe-to-eat limits set by the U.S. and Japanese governments." So as long as you don't eat more then 10 Blufin Tuna's a week you might be alright...
SilverDodge2000 Champion Author Spokane Posts:1,036 Points:185,390 Joined:Feb 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 6:15:14 PM Ignore SilverDodge2000 Report Abuse They are playing with the wording in this article. And don't tell me that when we use to blast bombs directly into the water that fish didn't have radioactive contamination. They just didn't have the technology to measure it back in the 1950s and 1960s. And what is 10 times? What is the allowable limit? Good information but I'm not sure of it's value.
arcaneradio Champion Author Michigan Posts:2,506 Points:487,930 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 5:55:07 PM Ignore arcaneradio Report Abuse Sorry Charlie
TableTalk Champion Author Virginia Posts:1,184 Points:557,200 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 5:49:21 PM Ignore TableTalk Report Abuse English is such a fun language. Does "the first time a huge migrating fish has been shown to carry radioactivity such a distance" mean that on previous occasions they dropped it half way across and had to start over? ;-)
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:34,082 Points:2,368,445 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 5:46:54 PM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse send it to iran
BuckyTJones Champion Author Salt Lake City Posts:4,932 Points:967,950 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 5:27:57 PM Ignore BuckyTJones Report Abuse I wonder how this would be received if BP had anything to do with this and it was in the Gulf Of Mexico?
ktbaeohana Champion Author Las Vegas Posts:2,296 Points:420,700 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 5:03:03 PM Ignore ktbaeohana Report Abuse Not a surprise.
drpepperTX Champion Author Texas Posts:8,929 Points:749,935 Joined:Apr 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 4:48:34 PM Ignore drpepperTX Report Abuse OH HOW HORRIFYING AND DEVASTATING!!!! Oh wait, from the story "But even so, that's still far below safe-to-eat limits set by the U.S. government..." Ok, waiting for the next fearmongering headline....
badbonita Champion Author Syracuse Posts:6,204 Points:1,349,710 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 4:29:18 PM Ignore badbonita Report Abuse Not unexpected
md11capt Champion Author Denver Posts:3,553 Points:707,405 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 4:09:51 PM Ignore md11capt Report Abuse Wait till the Tea Party starts denying this.
teafortwo Champion Author Washington Posts:22,065 Points:1,381,910 Joined:Feb 2009	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 3:01:39 PM Ignore teafortwo Report Abuse Thanks for sharing Joeski1. Another reason to turn away from Nuclear energy. Seems the time has come we need personal devices to see how radio active & toxic our food is. Is this another way that these big greed industries create jobs? Do you think this sounds like a good business opportunity? Invent and market a personal pocket-size portable Geiger Counter to carry when shopping?
Cothrom Champion Author South Carolina Posts:1,741 Points:721,680 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 2:42:30 PM Ignore Cothrom Report Abuse Another knock on our door
djwhit Champion Author Ohio Posts:2,992 Points:1,204,455 Joined:Jul 2009	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 2:26:06 PM Ignore djwhit Report Abuse THATS BAD........
schatzila Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:4,929 Points:1,012,620 Joined:Jun 2010	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 2:20:46 PM Ignore schatzila Report Abuse Are bluefin tuna the new fuel?
humblepie Champion Author Toledo Posts:34,082 Points:2,368,445 Joined:Mar 2006	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 2:16:26 PM Ignore humblepie Report Abuse independant tests are needed
BurntOrange Champion Author Austin Posts:8,702 Points:1,578,855 Joined:Nov 2007	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 1:57:14 PM Ignore BurntOrange Report Abuse Certainly not good, but off-topic for Gasbuddy.
WildmanMick Veteran Author North Carolina Posts:426 Points:316,540 Joined:May 2011	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 1:53:21 PM Ignore WildmanMick Report Abuse "hybrids"...
bandannaman Champion Author New Jersey Posts:1,849 Points:365,610 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 1:35:24 PM Ignore bandannaman Report Abuse WOW
Joeski1 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:9,978 Points:1,738,910 Joined:Dec 2004	Message Posted: May 29, 2012 1:32:45 PM Ignore Joeski1 Report Abuse one blue ball floating in the black vacuum of space.