The injuries and other symptoms exhibited by seals and walruses in the Bering Strait, Alaska would not be linked to radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
He is about to end up run over, his mother saves himThe injuries and other symptoms exhibited by seals and walruses in the Bering Strait, Alaska, would not be linked to radiation from the Fukushima nuclear disaster. This was revealed on National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in a press release.
The preliminary results of the analyzes, in fact, seem to clear the radiation of the Japanese nuclear disaster. In the over 60 dead animals And in the 75 found sick or with skin lesions and hair loss were not recorded abnormal levels of radioactivity. But the international team of scientists continues to investigate the causes of the strange death, with outbreaks also reported in Russia and Canada, which to date are still unknown.
"Radiation exposure is one of many factors to be evaluated," the note explains, yet scientists still don't believe it could be a primary factor. Animals and fish close to the crash site in Japan were certainly affected, but "there is no evidence to support the possible repercussions of marine animals in Alaska." The investigation team investigated and considered i wind and sea patterns in relation to nuclear power in Japan and has carried out numerous testing on samples from both healthy and diseased animals to document current levels of radionuclides in these species.
Doctors John Kelley and Douglas Dasher, head of thea radiation assessment of the EMU, Unusual Mortality Event, they are working with the University of Alaska Fairbanks' School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences and Engineering, Science and Technology Experiment Station (ESTES) to carry out the investigation. Now in the muscle tissues of both diseased and healthy pinnipeds will be measured in the presence of Cesium-134 (134Cs) e cesium-137 (137Cs) and the quantitative ratio will then be compared with the ratio present in the Fukushima emissions. The results for each sample will be promptly provided to the UME and any detection of radiation levels that exceed the guidelines for human food consumption would be immediately reported to the Alaska public health authorities.
In recent times, however, no more dead or dying animals have been collected, but the causes of the disease remain, for now, still unknown.
Roberta Ragni
