Record Radiation Found in Fish off Fukushima

Syndicated from Common Dreams on Tue, 2012-08-21

<div class='node-body'><p>Fish recently caught off the shores of Fukushima have shown the highest level of radioactive caesium detected in fish and shellfish caught in Japan since the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster last year.</p>
<p>The fish were caught 12.5 miles off the plant on August 1 and registered 25,800 becquerels of caesium per kilo, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said.</p>
<p>The amount is 258 times the level that the government has set for safe consumption.</p></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-news-hp-image">
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