There’s some Streisand effect stuff going on here. Other reactors are releasing waste which is more radioactive than this every day. Going to extraordinary lengths to reduce public concerns about this one just makes it seem shady.
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Tell me you don’t understand radioactivity without telling me you don’t understand radioactivity.
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If you did you wouldn’t have made such an ignorant comment.
Without knowing the numbers, it’s impossible for me to make a judgment call on the release, but it’s important to remember that literally everything around you is radioactive. Just because the water has measurable amounts of radioactive material in it does not mean it’s unsafe. Ocean water is 3 parts per billion uranium, and yet people happily eat ocean fish.
Again, without knowing the numbers I can’t say for sure, but depending on what’s in the water (and how much there is) it very well could be entirely fine to dump it.
In any case, yeah I totally agree. It’s a publicity stunt.
That water is pretty radioactive at about 1500 Becquerel per liter. It will definitely increase the radioactivity of any seafood caught in the area for a long time. How bad it’ll be is not really possible to estimate right now so this is yet another gamble with public safety.
Most of the sources I’ve seen say less than 200 becquerels per litre, where the accepted drinking water limit is 10,000. This article for example says 190 Becquerels.
To say it’s not possible to estimate is untrue. An international agency determined it would be within accepted safe limits. Still, one can never know and less is certainly better when it comes to radiation.
Yeah sure let’s just make up numbers. Goofy.
If he pretends to choke while eating it on live television, he gets bonus points.
Lots of Asian fish dishes are served with bones in them. What if he doesn’t know how to eat around them and chokes?
He’s the ambassador to Japan, I’m pretty sure he’s had Asian food before.
I’m sure too, it’d just be a funny situation
What if he really does choke or what if the bite is wildly small or what if he dies mysteriously in the coming weeks?
If this man isn’t a standing picture of health, it will have a negative effect.
Sure, you can also eat swordfish once and not get mercury poisoning. Doesn’t mean I’d recommend you to make it a part of your daily diet.
Enjoy!
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The Devil’s Milkshake!
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His campaign was over before that piece of fish even hit the ground.
As an armchair scientist and a Chicagoan, I support this stunt. :)
But seriously, as I observed elsewhere, 0.1 µSv/banana is way higher than 3.9 µSv/yr.
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