http://www.nbcnews.com/science/fukushimas-radioactive-ocean-plume-due-reach-us-waters-2014-8C11050755
Japan was hit with a massive earthquake followed by a tsunami in 2011. This caused the Fukushima nuclear plant to be crippled and started to leak massive amounts of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. A new study shows that these radioactive plumes coming from Japan will likely reach the U.S. in 2014. While this long journey of radioactive water courses through the Pacific Ocean, researchers will be able to tack its flow and understand how the ocean's currents circulate around the world. Luckily, The spill occurred in the two ocean currents off the eastern coast of Japan, the Kuroshio Current and the Kuroshio Extension, which played a major role in diluting the radioactive material. However, cancer concerns are high on the health risks due to the spill. Japan estimated about 24-2,500 deaths from the spill and the plume of radioactive material is headed our way.
I believe that radioactive decay in the ocean is not funny. It has the potential to wreck the marine life. This will end up affecting the health of humans, cancer rates will go, baby defects will increase. We need to do something about this.
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