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There have been millions of tons of radiation contaminated water dumped into the Pacific Ocean in the wake of the Japan nuclear meltdown. In trying to avert the ultimate disaster, workers have doused the reactor units with sea water, which has ended up going back into the ocean.
Radiation levels in the ocean near Fukushima Dai-ichi are several million times higher than the legal limits. The Japanese government recently established legal limits of radiation for seafood in an effort to make people feel better about eating Fukushima fish.
People are concerned that the tuna fish in Japan will migrate to the U.S. They will swim from Japan to the West Coast and arrive late this summer. Is there a cause for concern for U.S. tuna then?
While the U.S. FDA is checking any food imported from Japan for radiation, this tuna won’t be imported. A group of concerned fishermen in Washington wants the government to test these tuna when they arrive on the West Coast later this year.
Are you worried about eating Albacore tuna even from the U.S.? At this point most experts believe that the radiation levels in the ocean and fish are nothing to worry about. If there is a panic, it will end up costing fisheries in the U.S., which would be an unfortunate side effect of the Japan nuclear meltdown. Fishermen in Japan are already dealing with this fear of radiation.