Study Negates Concerns Regarding Radioactivity in Migratory Seafood
![VIMS assistant professor Kevin Weng with a dolphinfish or mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus) collected as part of the study of Fukushima-derived radioactivity in large Pacific Ocean predators. © A. Gray aboard FV Aoshibi IV. Study Negates Concerns Regarding Radioactivity in Migratory Seafood](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/animals/weng_mahi_475.jpg)
When the Fukushima power plant released large quantities of radioactive materials into nearby coastal waters following Japan’s massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami, it raised concerns as to whether eating contaminated seafood might impair human health–not just locally but across the Pacific. A new study by an international research team shows that those concerns can now […]