{"id":7142,"date":"2015-04-07T06:36:45","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T11:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7142"},"modified":"2015-04-07T06:36:45","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T11:36:45","slug":"fukushima-radiation-measured-on-b-c-shore-for-1st-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=7142","title":{"rendered":"Fukushima radiation measured on B.C. shore for 1st time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fukushima radiation measured on B.C. shore for 1st time<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

Trace cesium detected, but levels far below limit for safe drinking water<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trace amounts of radiation from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan have been detected on North American shores for the first time, but researchers say\u00a0the amount of radiation is not a\u00a0concern.<\/p>\n

Radioactive forms of the element cesium that could only have\u00a0come from Fukushima were detected in samples collected on Feb. 19 in Ucluelet, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, with the help of the Ucluelet Aquarium, scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution reported today.<\/p>\n

The private, independent research organization is based in Cape Cod, Mass. It has been monitoring radiation levels along North American shores over the past 15 months with help from\u00a0citizen scientists who are collecting samples from 60 sites<\/a>\u00a0along the U.S. and Canadian west coast and Hawaii, along with a Canadian-funded organization called inFORM led by\u00a0University of Victoria oceanographer\u00a0Jay Cullen<\/a>.<\/p>\n