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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:09 AM Original message |
Radioactivity in sea up 7.5 million times; Marine life contamination well beyond Japan feared |
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tekisui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
1. knr. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. There goes the seafood all over . |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. If you want it, buy it now and store it because once the |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Had some stuff in the freezer after BP ruined the gulf. Cooked it and |
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eowyn_of_rohan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. same here... |
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GameOn (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
3. what can they do to fix it? nt |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Maybe wait around 60 years? The half life of some of that |
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GameOn (86 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. we're screwed then? This might contaminate the entire ocean. NT |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. It already has,Game. Too late. No more safe seafood. Period. |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:25 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Mnemosyne, I think I agree completely with that assessment. I've been thinking this over for... |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #19 |
35. Between radiation and the Gulf, we may end up screwed much sooner than |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:37 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. I became a vegetarian and plan on growing my own vegetables |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
48. I picked up a vegetarian cookbook the other day. Maybe we should learn to grow underground; who |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. But wait!!!! Japan has helpfully set new radiation levels in seafood!!! |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. And those numbers are simply to try to lull us to believe that it's just fine. Profit. Period. |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. And I'm waiting on the meteorologist to start giving us Fall out Weather reports |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Half-lives are- Cesium-137 30.2 years, Iodine-131 8.02 days |
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highplainsdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:01 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Cesium-137 has a half life of 30 YEARS. Link: |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
15. You might want to check your numbers again. |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:06 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Your numbers are wrong |
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davepdx (117 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
27. Half-life calculations aren't that simple unfortunately. |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. The solution to pollution... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 12:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. What part of "is expected to concentrate in the upper food chain." |
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lutefisk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
7. Waiting for the first "the ocean can handle it" response... Bueller...Beuller...n/t |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #7 |
34. Took almost 17 minutes, |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:40 AM Response to Original message |
9. Wow! |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:42 AM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Seems to me, record bonuses are the least we can do. |
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theglammistress (21 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
10. Another link - very scary |
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Mnemosyne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #10 |
44. Welcome to DU, theglammistress. |
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90-percent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
17. the conclusion the entire world must draw from this |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
42. I think this goes beyond a government vs Privatization |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
20. Also reported by LA Times: Japan's ocean radiation hits 7.5 MILLION times legal limit |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
22. South Korea expresses concern about toxic water dump |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
23. The last one left please turn off the lights............. |
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ladjf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 09:52 AM Response to Original message |
25. Are there no International controls of contaminating the Oceans? |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
26. "We take the stock price decline very seriously," Fujimoto told reporters. |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:43 AM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Oh noes! Won't someone please think of the poor stocks????? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. That's why the media has drastically scaled back their coverage. |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:25 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. Bingo. |
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hedgetrimmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
28. Yeah that was some leak! Looked like they were dumping it in the ocean. |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
29. It'll disappear ...just like the oil in the Gulf did. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
31. Fish swim, right? nt |
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StarburstClock (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
33. Where are all the people saying "radiation ain't bad fer ya"? |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:38 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Many of our leading physicists... |
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TNLib (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. so much mixed info on this right now |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
41. Nah. It's no worse than dumping a bunch of bananas into the sea. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Especially at 7 million times the legal limit... |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
46. So now you have a choice either the Pacific Radiated shrimp or the Gulf Oiled variety. |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Look on the bright side |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-05-11 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
47. If everybody else's shellfish makes them sick... |
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