Radiation hits California coast - Radiation from the Fukushima nuclear accident of Japan has been detected in small amounts in a number of water samples. The radiation has been noted in the Pacific Coast of Canada and US according to reports by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. One of the water samples had been taken from the coast of Northern California. Should residents be warned of the radiation and be evacuated?
Before residents of the California coast, Eureka, start packing their bags to leave, a WHOI marine chemist claims the radiation is nothing to worry about. The radiation hitting California coast is below the health risk to marine and human life says Ken Buesseler.
"The levels are only detectable by sophisticated equipment able to discern minute quantities of radioactivity," says the WHOI marine chemist in a report by KGW.
The samples taken might show radiation but none of these have shown positive results proving it came from Fukushima of Japan. The reports on radiation hits California coast is not the first to emerge. Early in February, reports claim that the Fukushima radiation could reach the Pacific Ocean as early as April.
A YouTube video recorded on December 2013 claims of radiation hitting California coast. The video immediately went viral and to date it has more than 700,000 views. Kai Vetter, a physicist of University of California, was quick to make his own research and slam the video claiming radiation has hit California coast.
"This has nothing to do with Fukushima," says Vetter, adding, "This guy was claiming it was cesium and raising concerns."
Regarding radiation hitting California coast, Buesseler states more water samples need to be taken to study if there could be a potential increase in the levels of radiation. The level of contamination could reportedly increase in three years. The water samples taken were from California to Alaska.
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