Radioactivity, scallops, and heart health

摘要

No radioactivity danger: Alaska seafood is free of radiation stemming from Japan's 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster. That was the take-home message from the Alaska Department of Conservation to the state Senate Resources Committee.The available information that Alaska has access to from other agencies such as the EPA, FDA, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, as well as from other Pacific states including Hawaii, California, Oregon, and Washington, as well as from Health Canada,have demonstrated there are no levels of radiation that are of a public health concern.Marty Brewer heads DEC's Division of Environmental Health. She said that what radiation has been detected from the Fukushima radiation is miniscule.There is naturally occurring radiation, and there has been detection of cesium that is reportedly from Fukushima, but at miniscule levels.DEC Commissioner Larry Hartig said that programs in the Lower 48 are testing fish that swim between the Gulf of Alaska, the West Coast, and Japan, and they're sure the fish are safe to eat.