Experts claim that if the radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant continue entering the ocean then marine life could be threatened. All life on earth is affected by this type of radiation and especially one of this type which can allegedly mutate DNA. Most animals can heal from these mutations but when this human radiation is exposed to animals it becomes much harder.
Measurements along the coast of Japan have revealed that the water has high amounts of cesium and iodine. The amounts for harmful chemicals have fluctuated, but according to Japanese officials thee numbers spiked on Wednesday 30th of March, where the amount of iodine was 3,355 times the legal limit for seawater. Cesium was found to be 20 times the normal amount.
Radiation can kill an animal, mutate it, or pass the radiation higher in the food chain and then affect humans. Authorities are mainly preoccupied. about the genetically mutations and the interference in reproduction that these elevated radiation numbers could cause. The radiation mainly affects the eggs, and larvae which are very delicate. This could affect many future generations of fish, and marine life.
This article is very important and very interesting because the current problems in Japan are terrible, and are some of the worst natural disasters to ever occur, this could lead us to the conclusion that these things could happen to any of us, and reading these things will aware us and allow us some insight on the troubles these people are facing
This article directly complements our studies in class as this is a type of energy, and we and mutating, and also are causing problems to others in the food chain mainly because of our search for alternate and in general, energy sources.
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