Climate Change Update (03 April 2011) Japan ( Fukushima ) Pacific Contamination

Radiation in Japan Seas: Risk of Animal Death, Mutation? By eye — April 2, 2011Posted in: Earth changes, Ocean In the past week, seawater samples taken near the nuclear power plant, on Japan’s eastern coast, have shown elevated levels of radioactive isotopes, including cesium 137 and iodine 131. All life on Earth and in the oceans lives with exposure to natural levels of ionizing radiation—high-frequency radiation with enough energy to change DNA. Most such genetic damage heals, but the addition of human-made radiation can make it harder for the body to repair broken genes. Radiation concentrations in the Japanese seawater samples have fluctuated in past days, but on Wednesday the amount of iodine spiked to 3355 times the legal limit for seawater according to Japanese nuclear safety officials. That level is the highest so far—and an indication that more radiation is entering the ocean, though how is still unknown, the agency reported. Cesium was also found to be 20 times its safety limit on March 28. Once in seawater, radiation can hurt ocean animals in several ways—by killing them outright, creating “bizarre mutations” in their offspring, or passing radioactive material up the food chain, according to Joseph Rachlin, director of Lehman College’s Laboratory for Marine and Estuarine Research in New York City. (cont…) thewatchers.adorraeli.com www.sott.net theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com www.dailymail.co.uk was it an eclipse of the earth ? why was wise turned off? im …