I’ve been blogging on the unceasing rise
in radiation levels reported by Tepco since July 2013.
July 2013 was the big event, which seemed
to have precipitated the current downhill trajectory. Fission byproducts were
detected from that event
PowerPoint
of data examining reports of conditions at the plant and evidence of
criticalities, which can be seen here http://www.academia.edu/4314657/Fukushima_Update_Aug_2013 or here https://www.dropbox.com/s/11xz1zjgwcsbpo0/Fukushima%20Update%20Aug%202013.pptx
Since then, the radiation levels in
ground and ocean water samples have been rising, according to published Tepco
reports.
The rads are purportedly spiking to
unprecedented levels.
Highest radiation level detected in water found in drainage ditch at Fukushima nuclear plant. (2013, October 24) The Asahi Shimbun, 3 http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/fukushima/AJ201310240061
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said it has found the highest radiation levels recorded since it began checking water in drainage ditches in August at its crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. The utility announced Oct. 24 that it had detected radioactive strontium and other beta ray emitting substances measuring 140,000 becquerels per liter in water sampled in one of the facility’s drainage ditches. The legal standard for strontium emissions is 30 becquerels per liter. TEPCO officials said the high radiation level was detected in water collected on Oct. 23. The levels in water taken on Oct. 22 were 59,000 becquerels per liter.
I believe that nuclear criticalities, not simply contaminated water spills, are contributing to the spiking levels.
The crisis is this contamination is gradually
destroying our atmosphere (via ongoing and voluminous steam emissions at the
site) and, most of all, our Pacific Ocean. This situation has prevailed for
over two years now.
Many observers are starting to sound the
alarm. The current escalation of alarming, mainstream
media reports is noteworthy given the very clear efforts by governments to
manage public representations of the scale of the disaster.
The world's oceans, atmosphere, and land were experiencing severe degradation before the disaster. How has the additional volume of radionuclides affected the ecosystem?
Unfortunately, I cannot offer specific projections of
the environmental damage and human health impacts of this disaster. The ICRP
dose model understates the range of diseases caused by radiation and the
susceptibilities of women and children. Moreover, dose-models do not represent
transgenerational effects, which are likely to be the most problematic because
genetic damage accumulates across generations.
I’ve been watching for signs of animal
anomalies since this disaster began after learning that bird life along the
Central California Coast was significantly adversely affected by Chernobyl
Fallout. Fallout spreads far and the ingestion of radioisotopes have far more
significant adverse effects than our dose-models predict.
WEST COAST ANIMAL ANOMALIES
All
of the headlines listed below were sourced from the main-stream media, with the
exception of the headlines about cockroaches and hermit crabs, which were based
on my personal observations, rather than news reports. Many headlines were
provided by Enenews, which re-prints excerpts from mainstream press articles. I
found other articles in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, The
Washington Post, etc. I've been collecting items for this list over two years now.
SARDINES
(population collapse)
ENENEWS: 8 PM EST on October 15th, 2013 | ‘Troubling Mystery’: Complete
collapse of sardine population on West Coast of Canada around Vancouver —
Official: It’s ‘unexpected’ — Expert: Humpback whales rarely seen, they’re
telling us something changed… nobody knows what’s going on
Sudden
disappearance of sardines has serious economic and ecological effects on the
B.C. coast By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Sudden+disappearance+sardines+serious+economic+ecological/9034961/story.html
A $32-million commercial fishery has inexplicably
and completely collapsed this year on the B.C. coast. The sardine seine fleet
has gone home after failing to catch a single fish. And the commercial
disappearance of the small schooling fish is having repercussions all the way
up the food chain to threatened humpback whales.
OAR FISH
ENENEWS: 04:24 AM EST on October 19th, 2013 | CNN: Scientists puzzled as rare ‘sea
monsters’ wash ashore in Southern California — Expert: 2 giant oarfish and
saber-toothed whale in a week… “What is going on?” (VIDEO)
ORCAS (high mortality rate and odd behavior)
ENENEWS: October 25th, 2013 | Head researcher “is sounding the
alarm” over striking changes in killer whales off Canada and Alaska since 2011
— “Unusually high mortality rate” and “odd behavior” — “Experts fear
something’s wrong with the environment” (VIDEO)
SEALS (unusual mortality event)
Diseased Alaska seals tested for
radiation have abnormal brain ...[ENENEWS]
Dec 28, 2011 ... National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
declared the recent deaths of ringed seals in [...] Alaska an unusual mortality
event; Since ... http://enenews.com/diseased-seals-abnormal-brain-growths-undersized-lymph-
nodes-found-russia-canada-walruses-next-6-photos-map
POLAR BEARS & WALRUSES (unexplained illness and population collapse)
Apr 7, 2012 ... Dozens of
seals have died from the disease, but no walrus deaths are ...
Scientists don't know yet if the walrus and seals are suffering from
the ...
Jan 2, 2012 ... Dr. Curtis
Ebbesmeyer [...] says debris will continue to wash up on shores from Kodiak to
Oregon for the next few years [...] Ebbesmeyer says ...
enenews.com/seals-walruses-now-unprecedented-number-of-sea-turtle-deaths
-in-vancouver-island-says-oceanographer-audio
Mar 14, 2013 ... walruses
and polar bears have turned up with similar ailments. [...] Some of the animals
were found to also have bleeding and swelling in their ...
enenews.com/sickened-alaska-animals-getting-more-tests-for-fukushima-
radionuclides-oozing-sores-bleeding-swollen-internal-organs-hair-loss
[excerpted] It began in July 2011. Indigenous hunters in
Alaska’s Arctic noticed ice seals they rely on for food and other uses covered
in oozing sores and losing hair. They were sick and some were dying. [...]
As of this month, despite the international group of
scientists and researchers the declaration pulled together, no cause has been
officially identified for the illness plaguing the ice seals.
[...] walruses and polar bears have
turned up with similar ailments. [...]
Some of the animals were found to also have bleeding and
swelling in their lungs, livers, lymph nodes and other internal organs. [...]
‘A
Winter Without Walruses’ Wall Street Journal Friday October 4, 3013 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304795804579101440469640728.html
State and
federal marine experts, meanwhile, say the collapse of the walrus harvest is
another example of how wild weather is altering life in native villages like
these that still follow a subsistence lifestyle.
STARFISH (Mass die-off involving loss of physical integrity)
Vancouver Aquarium 'alarmed' at mass die-off of starfish on B.C. ocean
floor By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press
October 7, 2013 http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Vancouver+Aquarium+alarmed+mass+starfish+ocean+floor/9006150/story.html
VANCOUVER - Last month, a diver alerted Vancouver Aquarium
staff that he had found a number of dead and decaying sunflower sea stars in
the cold Pacific waters of a popular dive spot just off the shore of West
Vancouver. Within weeks, the tentacled orange sea stars had all but disappeared
in Howe Sound and Vancouver Harbour, disintegrating where they sat on the ocean
floor. And aquarium staff don't know just how far-reaching the
"alarming" epidemic has been, and whether this and other sea star
species will recover. "They're gone. It's amazing," said Donna Gibbs,
a research diver and taxonomist on the aquarium's Howe Sound Research and
Conservation group.
SEA LIONS (Adverse mortality event of 70%-80% of the pups in the spring of 2013)
AND
http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/sea-lion-deaths.html
Stranded sea lions and fallout: Stranded Sea Lions in Southern California and Fukushima Fallout
Stranded sea lions and fallout: Stranded Sea Lions in Southern California and Fukushima Fallout
OCEAN CHANGES
ENENEWS: 10:29 AM EST on October 19th, 2013 | Sailor: “After we left Japan, it felt
as if the ocean itself was dead” — Nothing alive for over 3,000 miles — No
longer saw turtles, dolphins, sharks, birds — Saw one whale, it appeared
helpless with big tumor on head
KING SALMON
King Salmon Missing http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/wsj-alaska-missing-its-king-salmon.html
HERMIT CRABS
HERMIT CRABS
Speculation
on Hermit Crabs in San Diego: http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2012/08/speculation.html
COCKROACHES
COCKROACHES
The Year the Monarch Didn't Appear. The New York Times (2012 60 million, which was a dramatic collapse; 2013 less than three million so far means they may be on the verge of complete collapse), http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/24/sunday-review/the-year-the-monarch-didnt-appear.html?_r=2&
Bees and others: http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/bee-colony-collapse-in-california.html
Bees and others: http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/bee-colony-collapse-in-california.html
AND
http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/05/more-species-collapse.html
North American Monarch Colonies Hit Record Low this year March 2013 http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/n-american-monarch-colonies-hit-record.html
North American Monarch Colonies Hit Record Low this year March 2013 http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/n-american-monarch-colonies-hit-record.html
HUMANS
Almost third more US West Coast newborns may face thyroid problems after Fukushima nuclear disaster http://rt.com/usa/fukushima-us-children-thyroid-291/
‘Horrific’ allergy and asthma season in California Spring-Summer 2013. Rosenthal, E. (2013, October 12) The Soaring Cost of a Simple Breath (October 12, 2013) http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/13/us/the-soaring-cost-of-a-simple-breath.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20131013&_r=0
OAKLAND, Calif. —
The kitchen counter in the home of the Hayes family Is scattered with the
inhalers, sprays and bottles of pills that have allowed Hannah, 13, and her
sister, Abby, 10, to excel at dance and gymnastics despite a horrific pollen
season that has set off asthma
attacks, leaving the girls struggling to breathe
ANALYSIS
Majia here: There is a pattern. Large sea mammals are most afflicted. This is probably because they are eating animals that have bio-accumulated radionuclides, particularly radioiodine and radiocesium. The animal at the top of the food chain is always the most toxic in the end.
Majia here: There is a pattern. Large sea mammals are most afflicted. This is probably because they are eating animals that have bio-accumulated radionuclides, particularly radioiodine and radiocesium. The animal at the top of the food chain is always the most toxic in the end.
Land animals have also been impacted,
but the effects are generally less visible, at least presently. Atmospheric
releases have been ongoing and plant life is no doubt accumulating cesium and
other radionuclides. The process of bio-magnification is occurring on land, as
it is in the sea, albeit more slowly.
The ocean has been more contaminated by
Fukushima than the atmosphere. However, earth is a relatively closed system and
much of what ends up in the ocean will circulate beyond the water through
evaporation and consumption of ocean life.
I’m worried. The earth's bio-sphere was in precipitous decline before Fukushima. Could Fukushima be a global tipping point?
The scale of the effects hinted at by these headlines is worrying. I’m sick with the realization that we’ve ruined ‘the garden.’ It is inconceivable to me that money would be elevated above the integrity of our ecosystem and our genetic matrix.
The scale of the effects hinted at by these headlines is worrying. I’m sick with the realization that we’ve ruined ‘the garden.’ It is inconceivable to me that money would be elevated above the integrity of our ecosystem and our genetic matrix.
The ecosystem was in
trouble before fukushima
BBC: World's oceans in 'shocking' decline20 June
2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13796479
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-13796479
Nature: Has the Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction
Already Arrived?Table 1: The ‘Big Five’ mass extinction events From Barnowsky
et al., Nature 471, 51–57 (03 March 2011)
doi:10.1038/nature09678
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v471/n7336/fig_tab/nature09678_T1.html
Will Fukushima cause a global tipping point?
Fuk-‘hush’-ima: Japan’s new state secrets law gags whistleblowers, raises
press freedom fears October 25, 2013 http://rt.com/news/japan-state-secrets-law-712/
Many issues of
national importance to Japan, probably including the state of the Fukushima
power plant, may be designated state secrets under a new draft law. Once
signed, it could see whistleblowers jailed for up to 10 years.
Japan has
relatively lenient penalties for exposing state secrets compared to many other
nations, but that may change with the introduction of the new law. Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe's government has agreed on draft legislation on the issue
on Friday and expects the parliament to vote on it during the current session,
which ends on December 6.
RESOURCES
Introduction
to Majia's Blog and Index of Posts Here http://majiasblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/break-from-bloging.html
RECENT ALTERNATIVE ANALYSES
Hatric Penny’s Plumegate (a detailed analysis of the NRC transcripts from March 2011) http://hatrickpenryunbound.com/?p=3928
Friday, October 18, 2013 Apocalypse hier. Apocalypse yesterday. AIPRI http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http://aipri.blogspot.de/2013/10/apocalypse-hier.html&act=url
Dr. Holger
Strohm – Plutonium From Fukushima Will Kill Millions – Via Recycling Through
Many Future Generations
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/08/dr-holger-strohm-fukushima-up-to-12000.html
http://agreenroad.blogspot.com/2013/08/dr-holger-strohm-fukushima-up-to-12000.html
28 Signs
That The West Coast Is Being Absolutely Fried With Nuclear Radiation From
Fukushima by Michael Synder, http://www.globalresearch.ca/28-signs-that-the-west-coast-is-being-absolutely-fried-with-nuclear-radiation-from-fukushima/5355280
Possible Dual Criticalities at Daiichi http://optimalprediction.com/wp/possible-dual-criticalities-at-fukushima-daiichi/
RECENT INTERVIEWS
Sep 7, 2013 Voice of Russia http://voicerussia.com/2013_09_07/Fukushima-not-under-control-6308/
October 2013 Interview with James Fetzer http://radiofetzer.blogspot.com/2013/10/jim-fetzer-majia-nadesen.html#comment-form
July 23 2013 Voice of Russia
http://voicerussia.com/radio_broadcast/70924886/118436060.html
PowerPoint of data examining reports of conditions at the plant and evidence of criticalities, which can be seen here http://www.academia.edu/4314657/Fukushima_Update_Aug_2013 or here https://www.dropbox.com/s/11xz1zjgwcsbpo0/Fukushima%20Update%20Aug%202013.pptx