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Title: wild-caught Alaskan salmon contaminated or not?
Post by: Joy2012 on January 28, 2012, 11:43:16 am

I just heard that China has banned fishing at some of her seaside cities because of the contamination from Japanese nuclear plants. So is wild Alaskan salmon safe for consumption? Anyone has reliable information?

Title: Re: wild-caught Alaskan salmon contaminated or not?
Post by: cherimoya_kid on January 28, 2012, 01:20:05 pm

Quote from: Joy2012 on January 28, 2012, 11:43:16 am

I just heard that China has banned fishing at some of her seaside cities because of the contamination from Japanese nuclear plants. So is wild Alaskan salmon safe for consumption? Anyone has reliable information?

I don't believe the currents flow in such a way that the salmon contact waters that have the Japanese radiation in them.  The water off the Pacific Coast comes from the coast of Mexico and flows north from there, all the way up to Alaska.  That's the water those salmon swim in.

Title: Re: wild-caught Alaskan salmon contaminated or not?
Post by: TylerDurden on January 28, 2012, 01:32:04 pm

CH is right. I don't even think that it's an issue off Japan either, though. I mean, seawater helps dilute everything to near-zero-traces - there's a lot of it about. And the mercury-in-fish claims have already been conclusively debunked.

Title: Re: wild-caught Alaskan salmon contaminated or not?
Post by: Joy2012 on January 28, 2012, 04:40:38 pm

Thanks. I am so relieved.