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A new species of shrimp discovered in swimming beach of Japan
On 12/22/2015, Chiba prefectural government announced they discovered a new species of Shrimp in the coastal area of Chiba prefecture. From May of 2013 to August of 2015, it was
Fukushima swimming beach still popular – Photo
On 8/3/2014, a local citizen posted on Twitter the picture of a Fukushima swimming beach. (Photo attached on the top) It’s one of their 2 swimming beaches, Nakoso. This year
Children swimming in the sea of Fukushima – Video
Following up this article.. Tepco discharged the largest volume of bypass contaminated water / 700 million Bq of Tritium to the Pacific [URL] In the morning of 8/5/2014,
Fukushima prefecture “Contaminated beach sand can easily be washed off so it’s safe”
Radiation health risk advisor in Fukushima, Takamura commented on a local newspaper that contamination from beach is negligible because it can be washed off in shower. (Article related to Takamura.. Fukushima
Tepco concealed 1,000,000,000 Bq/m3 of Strontium-90 detected from groundwater for 9 months
Related to this article.. 5,000,000,000 Bq/m3 of Strontium-90 measured from groundwater last July / Tepco not announced for half a year [URL] On 5/28/2014, Tepco announced that they actually
Fukushima gov to open swimming beach / 94 Bq/Kg from sea floor, but don’t even check sand
Fukushima prefectural government and Iwaki city government are going to open 2 swimming beaches this summer (Yotsukura & Nakoso) without analyzing the beach sand. They measured 3,167 Bq/Kg of Cesium-134/137
70 dead sea turtles cast ashore in Chigasaki Kanagawa / Environmental group “Unusually many but don’t know why”
According to Kanagawa Coastal Environmental Foundation, unusual number of dead sea turtles are cast ashore in Chigasaki Kanagawa. By the morning of 7/4/2013, 70 dead bodies of the sea turtles