The governments involved, knowing they can do nothing, are denying that this is happening! Ecosystems at risk, are a big-time concern, to me. Not to the lying leaders, though. "In 2011, an earthquake, believed to be an aftershock of the 2010 earthquake in Chile, created a tsunami that caused a meltdown at the TEPCO nuclear power plant in Fukushima, Japan. Three nuclear reactors melted down and what happened next was the largest release of radiation into the water in the history of the world." "Fukushima continues to leak an astounding 300 tons of radioactive waste into the Pacific Ocean every day. It will continue do so indefinitely as the source of the leak cannot be sealed as it is inaccessible to both humans and robots due to extremely high temperatures." "Not long after Fukushima, fish in Canada began bleeding from their gills, mouths, and eyeballs. This “disease” has been ignored by the government and has decimated native fish populations, including the North Pacific herring. Elsewhere in Western Canada, independent scientists have measured a 300% increase in the level of radiation." "Further south in Oregon, USA, starfish began losing legs and then disintegrating entirely when Fukushima radiation arrived there in 2013. Now, they are dying in record amounts, putting the entire oceanic ecosystem in that area at risk." http://peakoil.com/enviroment/fukus...tire-pacific-ocean-and-its-going-to-get-worse
This may be related to the Bataan Nuclear plant that we have here in the province of Bataan which is about 200 kilometers north of Manila. It was built in the 1970s, I think, but it was not put into use because of unknown reasons to me. All I remember are the protests and public rallies against the nuclear plant but another issue is about the payment to Westinghouse which was not completely fulfilled. But anyway, there is a motion to revive that nuclear plant and put it to use in this time that we need more energy because of the growing population. We were in Bataan last year and people there are against the opening of the nuclear plant. They are afraid of a leak.
@Corie Henson Site of the Bataan "Death March", Corie"? Always heard of it, never read anything about it. Not sure I could "stomach" it. Frank
What a coincidence, yeah, it's the province of the infamous Death March. However, the nuclear plant is the town of Morong which is in the northwestern part (I am guessing the direction) while the Death March was in the town of Capas which is in the southern part. There were many American and Filipino soldiers who died in that march before reaching the concentration camp due to exhaustion, hunger and thirst. It was an agonizing march for the survivors. One survivor was our former president Ferdinand Marcos.
When it first happened I was worried since I live in CA. but as time went on the danger lessened and despite horrid pics of fish with tumors (some taken before Fukushima even happened) I have no problem eating fish caught in the Pacific.