The entire food chain has been affected by Fukushima, it is 1/3 of the sea dies.
Tired of the stupid answers given which one might believe if not paying attention to the Larger Picture. The radiation has been at the West Coast for some time now, it is becoming more noticeable and cannot be denied any longer!
“BREAKING NEWS – Scientists detect Fukushima radiation on North American shores” — Coastal communities ‘concerned’ — Over 7 Bq/m3 of cesium from dock in Pacific Northwest — Professor: It indicates arrival of other radioactive substances — “Represents potential radiological health risk”
Statesman Journal, Apr 6, 2015:
BREAKING NEWS Scientists detect Fukushima radiation on North American shores — Seaborne radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster has reached North America… cesium-134 and cesium-137 in a sample of seawater taken in February from a dock on Vancouver Island… It’s the
first time radioactivity from the March 2011 triple meltdown has been identified on West Coast shores [
see: April 2011 -- California seawater squeezed from kelp sample had 400,000 Bq/m3 of Iodine-131]… sample was taken Feb. 19… It contained 1.5 becquerels per cubic meter (Bq/m3) of cesium-134, the Fukushima fingerprint, and 5 Bq/m3 of cesium-137 [
actually 1.4 and 5.8, respectively]…
Fukushima radiation concerns coastal communities… models have predicted that in general, the plume would hit the shore in the north first, then head south toward California… currents can be unpredictable… Woods Hole has received support from the National Science Foundation to analyze about 250 seawater samples that will be collected next month…
==============
13 baby gray whales and 55 dolphins found dead on West Coast — “Rash of dead humpback whales in Oregon” — “Corpses of sea lions, birds, sea turtles decomposing” — Mysterious deaths probed by gov’t — “Fear for whales encountering ‘radiation hot spots’…Volunteers trained about dangers of radiation.
New Mexico St. Univ., Mar 15, 2015 (emphasis added):
What’s Killing Baja’s Marine Animals? Dead gray whales and
dolphins. Corpses of
sea lions,
birds and
sea turtles decomposing on the beach. Since the beginning of the year, the coasts of Baja California have been the scene of multiple discoveries of dead marine animals. The latest find was reported last week…
55 dead dolphins and 4 sea lions… [The gov't will] probe the reasons for the
mysterious deaths. In mid-January…
550 dead sea birds and 4 dead sea lions near San Felipe. Another zone of mystery surrounds the Laguna Ojo de Liebre… where
150 dead sea turtles were discovered at the end of January. About two weeks earlier,
14 lifeless gray whales (13 babies and 1 adult) and 16 dead sea turtles were found in the same area… Mexican authorities hypothesized that sea turtles… could be succumbing to
hypothermia [and] baby
gray whales were dying from lack of nourishment… [They]
migrate to Baja California from northern Pacific waters…