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@Edano lol, I must have lost it through the Xmas celebrations.

Cheetah the chimp from 1930s Tarzan flicks dies. today.msnbc.msn.com

@lillymunster We will have to keep an eye on the polar bear, since the ringed seal is its diet. Being a large animal, it would be some time, if it happens at all, before the polar bear population would be affected.

@lillymunster Tests are being done on the two cesiums only, as I read. I'm curious on what test are being performed and what labs are involved in these tests. Would the CDC be involved?

Radioactivity in the Ocean:
Diluted, But Far from Harmless
With contaminated water from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear complex continuing to pour into the Pacific, scientists are concerned about how that radioactivity might affect marine life. Although the ocean’s capacity to dilute radiation is huge, signs are that nuclear isotopes are already moving up the local food chain. Given that the Fukushima nuclear power plant is on the ocean, and with leaks and runoff directly to the ocean, the impacts on the ocean will exceed those of Chernobyl, which was hundreds of miles from any sea,”... e360.yale.edu

RADIATION SICKNESS from FUKUSHIMA JAPAN ? Juvenile Gray whale washes up Face Rock Overlook, Ireland
December 27, 2011 6:06 = 40ft Sperm whale dead at Old Hunstanton Beach, Norfolk, England *PICS*
December 25, 2011 10:00 = Oysters decimated by virus spreading global ?
December 23, 2011 9:31 = 400 birds have been found in the area of Kiwanis Park, Davis County
December 22, 2011 11:49 = 4,000 crow deaths across the state in three months !
December 22, 2011 11:39 = Dead Pygmy Sperm whale at North Side, Cayman Islands
December 22, 2011 8:25 = Pygmy sperm whale fails to respond. Brooms, Austraia
December 22, 2011 8:11 = Dead Butanding found in Ternate, Cavite
December 21, 2011 8:55 = Dead and dying on the beaches of Iceland
December 10, 2011 12:07 = Rare Dead whale on Arillas Beach, Greece 10 dead whales found washed up on Corfu beach, Greece
December 8, 2011 7:08 = Sub-adult Minke whale washed up on Carolina Beach, North Carolina VIDEO
25 whales dead, rescue attempt of others on Tasmania's west coast46
To Mass Animal Death on November 16, 2011 7:54
Young orca's death to be investigated, Whangaparoa Peninsula18
To Mass Animal Death on November 15, 2011 9:48
65 pilots whales in mass stranding die, South Island, New Zealand37
To Mass Animal Death on November 15, 2011 9:33
Baby orca found dead on beach at Seaveiw, Wash.16
To Mass Animal Death on November 15, 2011 9:23
31 Pilot Whales Lie Dead, 34 Others May Die, Golden Bay, New Zealand 'update'313
To Mass Animal Death on November 14, 2011 6:08
Dead Humpback Whale left on Monkey Island, New Zealand16
To Mass Animal Death on November 14, 2011 6:02
Sperm whale washes up at Baylys beach, New Zealand19
To Mass Animal Death on November 14, 2011 5:59
Dead Minke whale, Rescuers rush to save anouther Minke and 2 Sperm whales, Macquarie Harbour,Tasmania Video:Audio12
To Mass Animal Death on November 14, 2011 6:05
Two more Blind Dolphins dead in Indus River, Pakistan24
To Mass Animal Death on November 13, 2011 7:45
46 sperm whales dead on Ocean Beach, Tasmania, Australia VIDEO120
To Mass Animal Death on November 13, 2011 7:13
146 Dead seals declared 'unusual event,' get fed attention117
To Mass Animal Death on November 13, 2011 6:41 ....AND the List goes ON and ON... beforeitsnews.com

Fukushima Radiation Japan Ocean Nuclear TEPCO beforeitsnews.com

Female Fish Develop "Testes" in Gulf Dead Zone
May 31, 2011 9:32 beforeitsnews.com

Dumping Radioactive Waste at Sea, Radiation Legacy
November 11, 2011 10:51 beforeitsnews.com

Physicsforms.com Admin reply to my query about the disappeared Unit-3 thread: The thread has been placed in moderation pending cleanup, i.e., removal of misinformation and nonsense, which goes back nearly two weeks.

My Reply to Admin: So physicsforums is not a place to discuss, debate and debunk. Did you see the last comment to that thread? Someone thanked me and others for showing why some conspiracy nonsense posted was bunk. Yet censorship ironically implies that the nonsense can't be debunked.

To the Scepticism & Debunking section I was planning to post and debunk some wacko theories (like that radon washout in the U.S. comes from Fukushima), but I guess that can't be done. Or if it can be, I guess those who might want to defend the theories brought up for debunking will have their comments removed. Wow! I'm really shocked and saddened! :(

@MaryW, there were lots of bird falls before Fukushima. Counting every sick animal found after Fukushima is selection bias.

@artnuke, the question mark for exposure for the sick seals is where they feed or where creatures they eat that are lower on the food-chain eat. In theory, where could be some deep-sea extreme contamination that's bio-accumulating up the food chain and via wide feeding ranges over distances to end up in seals seen in Alaska. I'm a bit skeptical, but we probably can't rule it out.

LYMPHOMA INCIDENCE IN ITALIAN MILITARY PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN OPERATIONS IN BOSNIA AND KOSOVO

The radiological consequence of DU exposure
The dissonance between the conventional (ICRP/Royal Society) analysis of the health effects of DU exposure and those advanced by independent researchers and the new models of the European Committee on Radiation Risk (ECRR) pivots on the type of exposure involved (Busby 2000, 2001) The ICRP model assumes uniform and averaged deposition of ionisation in the whole body or organ, leading to a very low overall dose. The independent model argues that because of the micron diameter particulate nature of the DU, there will be high local and fractionated doses to cells close to the particles and no doses to the majority of cells more distant than the 30 micron range of the particles. This has two consequences. First, the cell dose is in the dose-squared region of the dose-response curve, and thus unrepairable chromosome double strand breaks are very likely. Second, the fractionation of doses in time, makes it highly probable that Second Event enhancement of mutation hazard will occur. These arguments are reviewed in Busby 2001.
It is of some interest, however, to consider which of the organs/ tissues of the body will be most likely to suffer damage from particulate DU and thus predict the cancer sites most likely to suffer increased risk. From the particle inhalation route we might expect irradiation of the lung and upper respiratory tract with possible increases in lung cancer and respiratory tract tumours and then following translocation to the lymphatics, lymphoma and to a lesser extent leukemia. From the ingestion route, it is possible that colon cancer might result, and excretion of the Uranium through the kidneys might result in increased incidence of kidney cancer. Increases in incidence of cancer in any or all of these sites would be consistent with exposure to particulate DU.
www.greenaudit.org

Conspiracy theory of the year:

"Chavez: Is U.S. behind bout of cancer?" edition.cnn.com

@lillymunster I think Chavez US made cancer beats that one. :p

@lillymunster By the way, I made a naive mistake earlier today about the kW/y of the EDP solar panel systems... it's actually closer to the new German prototype presented by Merkel: the EDP home system has a peak of around 20,000 kW per year so the net production should be around that of the German model.

@lillymunster I'm not sure about that. They should do. The average daylight hours vary immensely between northern and southern regions.