8/3/2012

Japanese ‘mutie’ fish

Dean4, the 3Yen’s correspondent-at-large just sent in this warning of Japanese ‘mutie’ fish…

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While mother nature may be responsible for the see-through ayu, Japanese scientists have been breeding their own invisi-fish for years…

• This Japanese zebra fish was bred for cancer research (livescience.com)…

• This Japanese goldfish was bred to stop the slaughter of innocent goldfish for science (treehugger.com)…

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One Response to “Japanese ‘mutie’ fish”

1. Taro 3Yen Says:
   May 13th, 2013 at 11:29 pm

   How Fukushima Contamination May Have Spread via Waterways
   Wall Street Journal — JapanRealTime | May 13, 2013
   A new study offers fresh insights into how radioactive contamination from the Fukushima nuclear disaster may have spread through Japan’s interconnected waterways, reaching some freshwater fish hundreds of kilometers away.
   The research by two Japanese academics published in “Nature” magazine late last month reports traces of cesium found in 2011 “even in Shizuoka prefecture, 400 km south-west from the plant.”…
   …According to the authors, the new study is important because it draws attention to a water system characteristic that may be unique to Japan. “Because Japan’s irrigation system is so advanced, the speed with which radioactive substances spread is also fast,” Hideya Kubo, the other co-author, told JRT.
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