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Tuna Radiation

Mercury Bigger Worry Than Radiation in Tuna

Michele Simon | Posted 08.05.2012 | Home
Read More: Mercury, Japan Radiation, Fukushima, Tuna, Bluefin Tuna, Fish, Tuna Mercury, Food Safety, Tuna Radiation, Home News
Michele Simon

Learning that bluefin tuna caught off California contain traces of radioactivity is disturbing regardless of health risks to diners. But the fact is, when it comes to tuna, we have more serious problems to worry about, like mercury and overfishing.

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Knocking on Heaven's Shore: Bluefin Tuna Carrying Safe Fukushima Nuclear Radiation

Carl Safina | Posted 07.30.2012 | Green
Read More: Tsunami, Tuna, Radiation, Yellowfin, Albatross, Fukushima, Sushi, Sea Turtle, Sashimi, Bluefin, Tuna Mercury, Tuna Radiation, Green News
Carl Safina

We know the whole world is connected, but we didn't quite think about how some of the connectors travel awfully far awfully fast. Long before tsunami debris arrives on shore, some California sport fishermen are catching radiation packages.

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Radioactive Bluefin Tuna: Is There A Health Risk?

The Huffington Post | Meredith Melnick | Posted 05.29.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Fukushima Tuna, Blue Fin Tuna, Diet and Nutrition, Tuna Radiation, Fukushima, Fukushima Nuclear Plant, Bluefin Tuna, Healthy Living News

Bluefin Tuna, caught in California last August, showed radiation levels that were ten times the norm, according to a new paper from the Proceedings of...

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