Fukushima: California Tuna Have High Levels of Radioactive Cesium

Dan Childs
ABC News
May 29, 2012

Those looking for evidence of the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan may need search no further than their next plate of sushi, Stanford University researchers report.

The researchers tested 15 Pacific bluefin tuna that had migrated from Japan to the California coast and found that the levels of radioactive cesium in these fish were 10 times higher than those found in bluefin tuna from the years before the disaster.

Before you swear off your maguro nigiri, it’s important to realize that the levels of radiation the researchers found from the cesium in the tuna were exceedingly low – about 30 times less than the amount of radiation given off by

This article was posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 at 4:48 am

Tags: food, natural health, radiation, science

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