David Suzuki: Citizen scientists can fill info gaps about Fukushima effects

by David Suzuki / via Straight.com / January 28, 2014 / An Internet search turns up an astounding number of pages about radiation from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown that followed an earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. But it’s difficult to find credible information. One reason is that government monitoring of radiation and its effects on fish stocks appears to be limited. According to the Woods Hole … Continue reading

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David Suzuki ‘regrets’ dire #Fukushima warning

via National Post / January 20, 2014 / Three months after making the wildly overblown claim that a second nuclear emergency at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant would require the evacuation of the North American West Coast, environmentalist David Suzuki said he “regrets” the comments. Nevertheless, the Nature of Things host did not seem to go so far as to renege the claim, which has baffled nuclear scientists. “I regret having … Continue reading

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