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xchrom

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Fri Oct 26, 2012, 06:19 AM Oct 2012

Fukushima fish still contaminated from nuclear accident [View all]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-19980614



Levels of radioactive contamination in fish caught off the east coast of Japan remain raised, official data shows.

It is a sign that the Dai-ichi power plant continues to be a source of pollution more than a year after the nuclear accident.

About 40% of fish caught close to Fukushima itself are regarded as unfit for humans under Japanese regulations.

The respected US marine chemist Ken Buesseler has reviewed the data in this week's Science journal.
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