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South Korea extends ban on Japanese fish imports
2013-09-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: South Korea has extended its ban on Japanese fisheries products over fears of contamination from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. Consumption of fish products in South Korea has dropped sharply in recent weeks as Japanese workers struggle to contain leaks at the tsunami-wrecked facility. The plant's operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has admitted that highly toxic water may have made its way into the Pacific Ocean. The company also says up to 300 tonnes of mildly radioactive groundwater...
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South Korea Bans Fish Imports from Fukushima & Seven other Japanese Prefectures
2013-09-06 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: South Korea announced a ban of all fish imports from eight of Japan's prefectures, citing concerns over possible environmental impacts regarding the recent and highly publicized leaks of contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power station. Fukushima prefecture, where the beleaguered Dai-ichi nuclear plant is located, is on the list, in addition to a swath of prefectures along Japan's northeast coast, as well as two landlocked prefectures. The move will be a blow to...
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South Korea bans fish imports from Japan's Fukushima region
2013-09-06 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: South Korea has banned all fish imports from a large area of Japan in response to growing concern over the possible environmental impact of recent leaks of highly toxic water at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In Japan, the row over the plant operator's handling of the leaks deepened on Friday when the head of the country's nuclear watchdog issued a stern rebuke to Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) for causing unnecessary alarm overseas by releasing "scientifically unacceptable" information...
'The headache ball' swings so that fish can swim up Menomonee River
2013-09-05 15:00:22| Railroads - Topix.net
The thunderous boom of a one-ton steel ball slamming against concrete on the bed of the Menomonee River echoed across the narrow valley south of W. State St. on Wednesday.
Fracking Wastewater Spill Kills Rare Fish in KY, Puts Entire Species at Risk
2013-08-30 17:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently published a peer-reviewed journal article that discusses the results of the investigation into a 2007 fracking wastewater spill in Kentucky. Fracking wastewater that was being stored in open air pits (a practice that can lead to toxic spills) overflowed into Kentucky`s Acorn Fork Creek and left an orange-red substance, contaminating the creek with hydrochloric acid, dissolved minerals and metals, and...
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