California Researchers To Monitor State’s Kelp Forests For Fukushima Radioactive Contamination

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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Researchers from California State University Long Beach are set to monitor the state’s kelp forests for radioactive contamination resulting from the meltdown of Fukushima’s nuclear power plant in Japan.

Radioactive iodine traces from the March 11, 2011 earthquake, tsunami and meltdown had been detected a month later in kelp forests along the Orange County shoreline.

The ongoing study, which has been dubbed Kelp Watch 2014, aims to examine samples of Giant Kelp and Bull Kelp all along the California coast.

“The California kelp forest is a highly productive and complex ecosystem and a valuable state resource,” CSULB biology professor Steven L. Manley said.

Manley is partnering with scientists from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for the study.

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http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/01/13/california-researchers-to-monitor-states-kelp-forests-for-fukushima-radioactive-contamination/

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1. Sometimes facts help to form opinions ....

http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4397

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2. The key fact from the above..

The key fact from the above, quoting..

I-131 is very dangerous, but fortunately it also has a very short half life of 8 days. After 10 half lives, or about 80 days, it's basically gone and no longer a threat.

One can't really intelligently argue counter to scientific facts.

The good thing about science is that it is true, whether or not you believe in it.
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