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China bans seafood from Japan as Fukushima nuclear plant releases treated wastewater into ocean (www.euronews.com)
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[–] zephyreks@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

The primary concern is not about tritium (which doesn't bioaccumulate) but about the other trace radioactive elements (which do bioaccumulate and are present in much greater quantities in the wastewater than they are in normal ocean water).

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abc1507