150,000 SQ.KM of Pacific with Fukushima nuclear material - ‘Remarkable’ amount released in ocean

[Mr. Eneos]

70. This is also addressed to Flamingdem and any others

anyone who doesn't understand the seriousness of the problem.

Yes, it was time to stop eating anything from the Pacific OR inland fresh waters back in mid 2011.

Here's some of my reasoning on the matter:

I was in Hawaii in November 2011 and found a news report from the preceding April 11 that said the local milk had been tested and contained 1,500% / or 1,500 times (they didn't agree on which as I recall) more Ioding 131 than was "considered safe." So, after 30 days of the meltdowns Hawaii's milk was already way past being safe.

I went to Hawaii thinking it was out of the more direct path of the jet stream and that the ocean waters would take considerable time to reach Hawaii from Japan. What I didn't count on was the surface winds - And I believe that is what contaminated the islands in such a short time.

I was a little encouraged by the mere fact that the local papers reported the story. so, I searched for more info. There was a story shortly thereafter about the dairy farms trying to mitigate the contamination using Boron - Which I suppose they would feed to the cows. I never found any follow up story; there was no mention of other radionuclides which certainly would have accompanied the I-131; there was no advice to people about how much milk (or butter or cheese) would be safe to consume, danger to pregnant women, infants, etc. There was nothing. You can still search out the original story, I think. I just found this on ENEnews: "Top Hawaii health official calls out Forbes’ journalist for reporting Hilo milk exceeds EPA radiation level… then admits he is “technically correct” Published: April 12th, 2011 at 6:25 pm ET By ENENews

Another matter: The first reports we got on the West Coast about contaminated tuna, presumably migrated from Japanese waters, was about mid-2012, if I remember correctly. But, the testing they were reporting was data they had acquired a year earlier.

Another problem: The kelp (and probably all the other seaweed/sea vegetables) was discovered to be contaminated a long time ago here in the L.A. arrea, and that is the food source for a lot of local fish. The fish that consume the contaminated seaweed will bioconcentrate the contaminants and be marketed locally.

Further: Using food and other products that contain ingredients from the ocean - toothpaste, for example - and trying to dodge the poisons by choosing products imported from Europe, S. America, Australia, etc. is not reliable: The products may show the country of origin/manufacture, but the ingredients' place of origin not be specified. And, of course, they might just lie about any of these matters and expect no serious penalty if they were somehow discovered. It probably wouldn't even be reported.

When I was in Hawaii I met a youngish Environmental Sciences student from UHH. I asked him to give me a call when he had some time to discuss the Fukushima incident and the impact on Hawaii's environment. He not only never called; when I said that to him he clammed up like I'd suggested something illegal or dangerous. The US has a long history of keeping the obvious secret from our ignorant and apathetic masses.

Just the fact that we're scavenging and digging for data that should be readily available from our trusted government and the institutions it controls and funds tells me I better watch out for Number One, and leave the naive good citizen attitude behind.