Monday, May 28, 2012

Japan: Tuna record Fukushima pollution

BBC: Increased levels of radioactivity from last year's Fukushima accident have been found in Pacific Bluefin tuna caught off the coast of California. Scientists say the fish would have picked up the contamination while swimming in Japanese waters. The radioactivity is well within safe limits, but researchers say the case illustrates how migratory species can carry such pollution over vast distances, as Jonathan Amos reports.

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18245868#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

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