No-so-green Greenlings around the Fukushima Meltdown
These greenlings being caught near the Fukushima nuclear disaster are not very “Green” unless you count their radioactive glow-in-the-dark green coloration.
Record cesium level detected in fish around Fukushima nuclear plant
JapanTimes.com | Aug. 22, 2012
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Tuesday it detected a record-high 25,800 becquerels per kilogram of radioactive cesium in greenlings sampled within 20 km of the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The figure is 258 times the level of cesium the government deems safe for consumption, indicating that radioactive contamination in the area remains serious more than a year after the nuclear crisis started…more...
The radioactive “greenlings” described above are called Hokke in Japanese; they’re also known as Okhotsk Atka mackerel, Arabesque greenling, and Pleurogrammus azonus …
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August 22nd, 2012 at 11:00 pm
Well, I guess the good folks down in Taiji now have some potential customers for their stock of mercury infested dolphin and whale meat…
August 23rd, 2012 at 1:57 am
What is really weird is that any fishing at all is being allowed in the Dead Zone.
August 23rd, 2012 at 2:17 am
We of TEPCO are proud to announce that this greenling study proves that Japan’s future nuclear efforts can now be sustained entirely by renewable biofuels harvested from the seven seas.
August 23rd, 2012 at 10:07 am
Need to stop consuming sashimi and no more sushi.
August 23rd, 2012 at 10:26 am
Actually, greenling/Hokke are mostly grilled as a drinking snack and seldom served raw (since they are oily).