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Fukushima Radioactive Glass Microparticles In Tokyo Confirm Other Findings

June 29, 2016 Editor 0 Comments black stuff, cesium, filters, fukushima, glass, spheres, tokyo

A new report out of a geochemistry conference in Japan gives new insight into previous research on the meltdowns at

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New Meltdown Byproduct Found Far From Fukushima Daiichi

February 4, 2016 Editor 0 Comments black stuff, cesium, debris, fukushima, glass, meltdown, particles, reactor, spheres

Another type of material has been found by researchers that is tied to the meltdowns at Fukushima Daiichi. We have

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Fukushima Contamination Found In Tap Water; New Report

October 30, 2015 Editor 0 Comments cesium, contamination, drinking, fukushima, japan, tap water

The report for July to September of 2015 again found traces of Fukushima contamination in tap water in certain cities

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Municipal Drinking Water In Japan Still Show Traces Of Fukushima Contamination

September 30, 2015September 28, 2015 Editor 0 Comments 2015, cesium, contamination, drinking water, fukushima, japan

A recent Health Ministry report showed that a number of Japanese cities were still finding traces of Fukushima related contamination

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New Contaminated Japanese Tea Found In Taiwan

June 22, 2015 Editor 0 Comments cesium, contaminated, food, japan, taiwan, tea, Testing

Taiwan’s FDA published some new radiation testing results in the last week. On June 16, 2015 they found two samples

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Radioactive Japanese Tea Found In Hong Kong

March 15, 2015March 15, 2015 Editor 0 Comments 2014, cesium, contaminated, fukushima, green, hong kong, Japanese, radioactive, tea

Hong Kong’s government Center For Food Safety, found a series of radioactive Japanese tea samples in 2014. The findings are

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4158 bq/kg Mushrooms Found In Tochigi Prefecture

December 7, 2014 Editor 0 Comments 2014, cesium, contaminated, food, japan, mushrooms, tochigi

Mushrooms from Tochigi prefecture tested and found to have 4158 bq/kg of cesium. The test was recently completed and shows

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Fukushima Mushrooms Still As High As 102,900 Bq/Kg

November 12, 2014November 11, 2014 Editor 0 Comments cesium, contamination, food, fukushima, Minamisoma, mushrooms

I report from late September showed that mushrooms cultivated for home consumption were still very high in cesium contamination. Mushrooms

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Radioactive Spike In Norwegian Reindeer & Sheep

October 25, 2014October 23, 2014 Editor 0 Comments cesium, chernobyl, contamination, norway, reindeer, sheep

Annual testing of sheep and reindeer for cesium 137 contamination found an abrupt spike this year. Ongoing testing still finds

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Researchers Find Radiation Hot Spots Off Coast Near Fukushima

September 24, 2014September 23, 2014 Editor 0 Comments cesium, fukushima, pacific, sea floor

Japan’s nuclear regulator and a team of researchers completed a set of sea floor monitoring earlier this summer. They found

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Fukushima Monkeys May Show Radiation Damage

July 25, 2014 Editor 0 Comments blood, cesium, contamination, counts, fukushima, snow monkey, white

A new study of Japanese snow monkeys shows that they may be suffering from damage from radiation exposure. Researchers found

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Radiation Monitoring For US/Canada Food Added

November 19, 2013 Editor 0 Comments canada, cesium, contamination, food, fukushima, radiation, US

We have added a page to our site that compiles results of independent food testing for the US and Canada.

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Greenpeace Finds Cesium In Japanese Grocery Store Fish

November 18, 2013November 18, 2013 Editor 0 Comments cesium, contaminated, fish, japan

Greenpeace Japan did another round of contaminated fish testing. They bought grocery store fish around northeast Japan and tested it

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Cesium Found In Children’s Urine Shows Ongoing Widespread Problem In Japan

October 7, 2013October 6, 2013 Editor 0 Comments Akita, cesium, children, fukushima, japan, tokyo, urine

The acceptable amount of radioactive cesium in human urine is zero. The substances (cesium 134 and 137) does not exist

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Reality Of Pacific Contamination From Fukushima Hits US

August 22, 2013August 22, 2013 Editor 0 Comments cesium, fish, fukushima, strontium, Testing, US

The French nuclear agency has called Fukushima “the largest single nuclear contamination of the ocean in history.“ This includes the

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Cesium Leak At Fukushima Higher Than March 2011

August 16, 2013 Editor 0 Comments cesium, leak, TEPCO, unit 1

TEPCO has discovered a cesium level in a tunnel near the unit 1 reactor building. The recent reading is 11,600

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Govt Food Testing In Japan Shows Food Roulette Still Exists

June 25, 2013June 25, 2013 Editor 0 Comments cesium, contamination, disaster, food, fukushima, japan, nuclear, Testing

Asahi Shimbun recently promoted a sort of “all clear” on food consumption in Fukushima. The claim was that meals were

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TEPCO “Changes” Contamination Levels In Groundwater

June 13, 2013 Editor 0 Comments cesium, disaster, fukushima, groundwater, nuclear, TEPCO

TEPCO has yet again changed their statements on cesium contamination in the groundwater testing at the plant. Efforts to gain

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TEPCO Caught Unable To Do Radioactive Analysis Properly

June 4, 2013June 4, 2013 Editor 1 Comment bypass, cesium, fukushima, NRA, TEPCO, Testing, water

This ads another big hit to TEPCO’s credibility or any notion they can handle the Fukushima disaster on their own.

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Widespread Cesium Contamination Of Freshwater Fish In Eastern Japan

May 8, 2013May 8, 2013 Editor 0 Comments cesium, contamination, fish, fukushima

A new study looked at the cesium contamination of freshwater fish in Fukushima and eastern Japan. The map to the

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Radiation Contamination In US Food Supply

March 21, 2013 Editor 0 Comments cesium, contamination, FDA, food, Fukushima Daiichi, nuclear, US

This has been known to those closely following the issue since 2011. It isn’t just about the contamination of domestic

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Oddities Found Near Unit 5 Fukushima Daiichi

January 24, 2013January 24, 2013 Editor 0 Comments Air, cesium, contamination, daiichi, fukushima, unit 5

TEPCO’s air testing near each reactor unit produced an interesting situation. The readings were taken at the same locations at

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Cesium Food Roulette

January 18, 2013 Editor 0 Comments cesium, contamination, fish, food

TEPCO earlier tried to explain away highly contaminated fish in the region as having escaped from the harbor at the

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Did Cesium In Aomori Mushrooms Come From Chernobyl?

January 9, 2013January 9, 2013 Editor 0 Comments aomori, cesium, contamination, mushrooms

A recent Asahi Shimbun article cited professor Yasuyuki Muramatsu where he tried to explain cesium levels found in wild mushrooms from

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Highly Contaminated Mushrooms Found Outside Fukushima

November 21, 2012 Editor 0 Comments aomori, cesium, Germany, japan, mushrooms, nagano, shizouka

Asahi Shimbun is reporting that wild mushrooms are being found to be highly contaminated outside Fukushima prefecture. The mushrooms have

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High Cesium Contamination In Pacific Fish Off Fukushima

August 21, 2012 Editor 0 Comments cesium, contamination, fish, food

NHK is reporting fish with 38,000 bq/kg of cesium caught 1km off the coast of Minamisoma. Minamisoma is outside the 20km

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Minamisoma, Dose Reconstruction Exercises

August 20, 2012August 20, 2012 Editor 0 Comments cesium, exposure, Minamisoma

The recent JAMA letter discussing radiation exposure among people in the city was quickly heralded by the western media as

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Unit 2 At Fukushima Spewing 8 Million Bq Per Hour Almost 1.5 Years Later

July 24, 2012 Editor 0 Comments cesium, emissions, leak, unit 2

TEPCO has admitted the current radiation release levels at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. While these levels are a small fraction

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Sorry Charlie, There’s Cesium-137 In Your Tuna

May 29, 2012May 30, 2012 Editor 0 Comments cesium, pacific, tuna

The announcement yesterday that radioactive contamination from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster has been found in bluefin tuna spread widely

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Cesium Still Being Found In US West Coast Milk Supply

January 17, 2012 Editor 0 Comments Berkeley, cesium, milk, US

The numbers are somewhat low but radioactive cesium 137 and 134 are still being found in store bought milk in

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Cesium Detected In Well Water Around Fukushima

December 27, 2011 Editor 0 Comments cesium, river, water, well

Cesium is now being detected in well water, meaning it has found ways into the ground water. Earlier reports also

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Stronium Found In Tokyo, High Cesium In Front Of METI Building

November 22, 2011November 21, 2011 Editor 0 Comments cesium, contamination, radiation, Stronium, Testing, tokyo

One of the citizen radiation groups testing for stronium and cesium around Tokyo with some concerning results. EX-SKF provides translations

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Half Of Students In Minami-Soma Found Contaminated With Cesium 137

October 25, 2011 Editor 0 Comments cesium, children, minami-soma

Half of the students tested showed low levels of cesium 137 contamination. “Radioactive cesium-137 was detected at below 10 becquerels

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Hot Spot In Kashiwa Likely From Fukushima

October 23, 2011October 23, 2011 Editor 0 Comments cesium, Chiba, hot spot, Kashiwa

Soil testing results have found very high levels of Cesium in the hot spot recently found in Kashiwa. The high

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Scottish Nuclear Plant Sea Contamination Impossible To Completely Decontaminate

September 24, 2011September 23, 2011 Editor 0 Comments cesium, decontamination, plutonium, Scotland, sea

The Dounreay nuclear plant on the coast of northern Scotland leaked radiation into the sea and coastline for twenty years.

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