US Tuna radioactively contaminated by Fukushima disaster.
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[QUOTE=sHiBaN;36120420]I just ate a can of tuna the other night.
Am I gonna die[/QUOTE]
yes the tunas ghost will murder you
[QUOTE=Roof;36119233]i hope i get superpowers now i love tuna[/QUOTE]
Nope, you get leukemia. :v:
[QUOTE=BloodYScar;36120444]Big fuckin surprise... Stopped eating Tuna after Fukushima, even though its the only fish i really like.
But hey, its all conspiracy theories![/QUOTE]
But hey, if you would read beyond the title you'd see that the amount of radiation is so slight as to be harmless.
You know what I say?
Hatuna matata.
[QUOTE=Leg of Doom;36120337]A direct retaliation for America deploying the earthquakes
The 2nd cold war is escolating[/QUOTE]
Do you write for Treyarch?
[QUOTE=Boxbot219;36119323]You get the superpower of extreme cell growth.[/QUOTE]
Don't forget immortality!
Considering I live in a state with the highest levels of background radiation due to so many natural uranium deposits, I don't think I care about a little radioactive tuna. Radiation makes everything taste spicier anyway.
Chips, with a side of radioactive fish.
[QUOTE=BloodYScar;36120444]Big fuckin surprise... Stopped eating Tuna after Fukushima, even though its the only fish i really like.
But hey, its all conspiracy theories![/QUOTE]
It's a 3% increase in how radioactive they are, nothing to worry about.
I just ate a can of tuna before reading this.
oh know we're all going to die
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;36120507]Nope, you get leukemia. :v:[/QUOTE]
What kind of super power is that?
Don't worry about the radiation yet. Worry about the mercury. A woman of childbearing age who ate 2.5 ounces of any of the samples would be over the intake (of mercury) deemed safe by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Consumer Reports says.
[quote]The EPA and FDA recommend that women of childbearing age, pregnant or not, along with young children, avoid some fish and eat fish and shellfish that are lower in mercury. Among the fish to be avoided: shark, swordfish, king mackerel, and tilefish, all high in mercury. Mercury can accumulate in the body, and even low exposure has been linked in pregnant women and young children to problems in hearing, learning, and other conditions, Consumer Reports says.
For the lower-mercury fish, the EPA and FDA suggest women of childbearing age and young children limit their eating to up to 12 ounces (about two average meals) a week of fish and shellfish, including up to 6 ounces of white tuna.
The lower-mercury fish include shrimp, canned light tuna, salmon, pollock, and catfish, according to the EPA and FDA.[/quote]
[url]http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20101207/mercury-tuna-still-concern-consumer-reports-says[/url]
Better yet, just avoid fish if you got a baby on the way.
It'll be interesting to see if the radiation levels increase over time as it travels through the food chain. I'd worry more about what kind of irradiated things the fish are eating than the radiation already in their bodies. I think it's safe to assume that if the fish are radioactive than the plankton and other important prey items are also radioactive.
I imagine that while the levels have risen noticeably, they're within the threshold of an organism's capability to metabolize and filter it, eventually naturally cleansing the body of contaminants. At least for humans...?
You know the tuna are radioactive when all the bluefin look like Dr Manhattan.
aw maaan , tunas like chicken of the sea
[QUOTE=Ridz0r;36119258]What doesn't kill you, [B]only gives you cancer[/B].[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=OvB;36121713]Don't worry about the radiation yet. Worry about the mercury. A woman of childbearing age who ate 2.5 ounces of any of the samples would be over the intake (of mercury) deemed safe by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Consumer Reports says.
[url]http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20101207/mercury-tuna-still-concern-consumer-reports-says[/url]
Better yet, just avoid fish if you got a baby on the way.
It'll be interesting to see if the radiation levels increase over time as it travels through the food chain. I'd worry more about what kind of irradiated things the fish are eating than the radiation already in their bodies. I think it's safe to assume that if the fish are radioactive than the plankton and other important prey items are also radioactive.[/QUOTE]
I guess, in theory, we should see a spike then a reduction. However, Caesium has roughly the same biological half-life as mercury, and as you mentioned that's still a growing concern (Although Cs-137 shouldn't [i]really[/i] be being released into the sea anymore, unlike mercury).
I guess another concern is that Cs-137 decays into Barium, which is toxic (but apparently doesn't bioaccumulate).
[QUOTE=Camundongo;36123756]I guess, in theory, we should see a spike then a reduction. However, Caesium has roughly the same biological half-life as mercury, and as you mentioned that's still a growing concern (Although Cs-137 shouldn't [i]really[/i] be being released into the sea anymore, unlike mercury).
I guess another concern is that Cs-137 decays into Barium, which is toxic (but apparently doesn't bioaccumulate).[/QUOTE]
why would you put caesium into the ocean
wouldn't it like
explode
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;36123890]why would you put caesium into the ocean
wouldn't it like
explode[/QUOTE]
Hence why I hope it still isn't being released :v:
But yeah, it should only really be released by accident or if the alternative is worse (like at Fukushima).
RADIOACTIVE TUNA! MY GOD SHUT DOWN EVERYTHING!
In all reality, this has absolutely no effect on anybody, but somebody will give this some terrible spin and make people paranoid when there is no need to be. Like the article says, its less radioactive than pottasium-40 and is well within background levels. You get more radioactive exposure when going through airport security. And even if you ingested the radioactive particles they aren't even radio active enough to cause problems.
[QUOTE=LoLWaT?;36119252]2 weeks later:
You have cancer[/QUOTE]
"I got the superpower of SUPERWEAKNESS... they shall call me CANCERMAN!"
Hah, wonderful. I eat a lot of tuna, its one of my favorite meals. People always freak out because of the mercury, this will just be funny.
[QUOTE=Roof;36119233]i hope i get superpowers now i love tuna[/QUOTE]
watch as your bits start to smell fishy and spread gills
I told you about rubbing tuna on your balls roof now look what you did!
[editline]29th May 2012[/editline]
[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;36125464]Hah, wonderful. I eat a lot of tuna, its one of my favorite meals. People always freak out because of the mercury, this will just be funny.[/QUOTE]
Now imagine telling them that your mercury filled tuna is also radioactive
they'll try and bat it out of your hand even though it's basically less than a banana
Is it a coincidence that a few weeks before the tsunami I stopped eating tuna after I got food poisoning from it?
so are these fish still less radioactive then a banana?
[QUOTE=Motherfuckers;36119286]I still have no fucking clue how radiation works.
It isn't 'tangible' like a chemical contaminant so there wouldn't be any bioaccumulation, I think, since I don't know shit about it.[/QUOTE]
Radiation is energy that moves in the form of waves, it can be absorbed or reflected. It works like light; in fact, light [I]is[/I] a form of radiation.
I can hardly wait to start glowing in the dark. Will make parties that much better.
[QUOTE=mac338;36124636]"I got the superpower of SUPERWEAKNESS... they shall call me CANCERMAN!"[/QUOTE]
Cancer Man sounds like a Mega Man boss reject
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