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Debunking Fukushima: Your Radiation Roundup

Posted on January 8, 2014January 8, 2014 By Andrew Thaler 9 Comments on Debunking Fukushima: Your Radiation Roundup
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Fukushima continues to dominate the ocean news cycle, and while no one is denying that it is a real and ongoing tragedy, the woo is strong in the Fukushima fear-mongering community. Fortunately, the scientists are out in force, debunking the bunk and cutting through the crap to keep you informed. Here is a handy collection of detailed links, from trusted source, tackling some of the most egregious pseudoscience coming out of Fukushima.

Southern Fried Science

  • 28 fallacies about the Fukushima nuclear disaster’s effect on the US West Coast

Deep Sea News

  • True facts about Ocean Radiation and the Fukushima Disaster
  • Three Reasons Why Fukushima Radiation Has Nothing to Do with Starfish Wasting Syndrome
  • Is the sea floor littered with dead animals due to radiation? No.
  • All The Best, Scientifically Verified, Information on Fukushima Impacts

Skeptoid

  • Are Your Days of Eating Pacific Ocean Fish Really Over?
  • More Fukushima Scaremongering Debunked
  • Dire Warnings and Melting Starfish: Fukushima Fearmongering, Volume 3

If you know of any other good articles debunking Fukushima fear-mongering, please leave them in the comments below.

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