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No, it doesn't. This is also FUD. Fukushima is a local environmental disaster - not a global one. It has done nothing to natural seawater radiation levels.

We are detecting a 'large' increase in radioactive Cesium in the world's oceans. It is, however, dwarfed by the amount of naturally radioactive potassium already dissolved in it. Radiation levels 500km from the disaster site have increased... By 2%.



And continue to accumulate. The half life on that hot mess is very long. If it settles into a waterway, all water may be accumulating radiation.


So by "done nothing" you mean it's done something relatively small to a truely vast area. I for one am glad I'm not living near it.




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