Seafood is safe after Fukushima water dump, but some won ’t eat it
Sushi is among several shunned foods as Japan dumps treated radioactive water into the Pacific. Experts say the fear is irrational but understandable.#pacific (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Why do cats love tuna so much? Scientists may finally know
Apart from Garfield’s legendary love of lasagna, perhaps no food is more associated with cats than tuna. The dish is a staple of everything from
The New Yorker
cartoons
to
Meow Mix jingles
—and more than 6% of all wild-caught fish goes into cat food. Yet tuna (or any seafood for that matter) is an odd favorite for an animal that evolved in the desert. Now, researchers say they have found a biological explanation for this curious craving.
In a study published this month in
Chemical Senses
, scientists report that
cat taste buds contain the receptors needed to detect umam...
Source: ScienceNOW - August 25, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
China's import ban hurts Japan's seafood industry expansion plans
TOKYO/SHANGHAI -- China's suspension of imports of all Japanese seafood products in response to Tokyo Electric Power's release of wastewater into the Pacific from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has dealt a blow to the Japanese fishery industry just as it seeks to expand its…#tokyo #tokyoelectricpower #pacific #fukushimadaiichi #beijing #fukushima (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More than 700 Japanese food exporters have been affected by China's ban on Japanese seafood after Fukushima water release
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Source: Reuters: Health - August 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fukushima: China accused of hypocrisy over its own release of wastewater from nuclear plants
As China bans all seafood from Japan after the discharge of 1m tonnes of radioactive water from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean, Beijing has been accused of hypocrisy and of using the incident to whip up anti-Japanese sentiment. Scientists have pointed out…#fukushimadaiichi #pacificocean #beijing #antijapanese #tokyoelectricpower #iaea #fumiokishida #kyodo #fujian #foreignministry (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Japan Is Releasing Wastewater Into the Pacific: What to Know About Radioactivity and Seafood
Early afternoon local time on Thursday, after years of questions and criticisms directed at the plan, Japan has begun the controversial release into the Pacific Ocean of water previously used to cool the reactors at the defunct Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power plant after they were damaged in 2011 by a massive earthquake and tsunami.
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The 1.3 million metric tons of treated wastewater—enough to fill more than 500 Olympic-size swimming pools—are currently stored in more than 1,000 tanks at the site of the power plant, and it is expected to take up to four decades to ...
Source: TIME: Science - August 24, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Chad de Guzman Tags: Uncategorized Japan Source Type: news
In Japan's neighbors, fear and frustration are being shared over radioactive water release
SEOUL, South Korea -- Seoul office worker Kim Mijeong says she intends to stop eating seafood, as she deeply mistrusts the safety of Japan’s release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea from its crippled nuclear power plant. “We should absolutely cut back on our consumption of seafood.…#seoul #kimmijeong #beijing #hongkong #macau #yoonsuk #yoonsukyeol #peoplepowerparty #kwonchilseung #democraticparty (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 24, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Shanghai Slips Further, But Most Other Key Asian Markets Rise
Asian markets were mixed on Wednesday with Shanghai suffering a further fall, weighed down by the country’s enormous property sector collapse, but Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney and Mumbai all enjoyed gains. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.7%, a little up from a…#shanghai #hongkong #tokyo #sydney #mumbai #asiapacific #nvidia #pmi #hongkongban #seafood (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fukushima Nuclear Plant To Release Treated Radioactive Water To Sea As Soon As Thursday
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(TOKYO) — The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant will start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday — a controversial step that the government says is essential for the decades of work needed to clean up the facility that had reactor meltdowns 12 years ago.
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave the final go-ahead Tuesday at a meeting of Cabinet ministers involved in the plan and instructed the operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, or TEPCO, to be ready to start the coastal release Thursday if w...
Source: TIME: Science - August 22, 2023 Category: Science Authors: MARI YAMAGUCHI / AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
SpongeBob Theory Uncovers The Dark Meaning Behind A Seemingly Innocent Curse
The dialogue of "SpongeBob SquarePants" is full of puns and wordplay related to fish, marine life, and seafood, but this particular fan theory went deeper into the possible reasoning behind exclaiming "tartar sauce" whenever frustrated or upset. "'Tartar sauce' sounds a lot like 'Tartarus,' one of…#tartar #greek #spongebob #reddit #bikinibottom #creepy (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Algal ciguatoxin identified as source of ciguatera poisoning in the Caribbean - Mudge EM, Miles CO, Ivanova L, Uhlig S, James KS, Erdner DL, F æste CK, McCarron P, Robertson A.
Ciguatera poisoning (CP) is a severe seafood-borne disease, caused by the consumption of reef fish contaminated with Caribbean ciguatoxins (C-CTXs) in the Caribbean and tropical Atlantic. However, C-CTXs have not been identified from their presumed algal s... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 15, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news
Why 6 of the world's priciest seafoods are so expensive
From the rainbow-hued pearl lobsters of Indonesia and the baby eels of Spain to the giant Copper River king salmon of Alaska and Nigeria's cod stockfish, dried thousands of miles away in the cold winds of Norway, we uncovered the stories behind six of the world's most expensive kinds of seafood.…#indonesia #spain #copperriver #alaska #nigeria #norway #maine #newyorkcity (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Farmed and Dangerous
I was in my office getting ready to join my staff for a meeting when I overheard it…
“One of Norway’s top scientists calls farmed salmon the most toxic food in the world.”
I immediately asked to see the study.
As a regular reader, you know I always recommend wild-caught fish. But what I read in this report surprised even me.
As it turns out, farmed salmon is five times more toxic than every other food the researchers tested.1
You know that I’ve warned my patients against eating farm-raised animals for decades. Whether beef, fish, or eggs, these Big Agra mass-produced foods harm your health.
I’ve been exposi...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - August 9, 2023 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Jacob Tags: Health Nutrition Source Type: news
Norway Seafood Exports Rise as Krone Offsets Stagnating Prices
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Source: Reuters: Health - August 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Connelly Partners gave Gorton's Seafood a youth-focused facelift via TikTok
Connelly Partners launched the established frozen seafood brand on TikTok to imbue it with a fresh sense of youth and playfulness—or, in the campaign's words, to “Make the Freezer Hot Again.” The Boston-based agency took a phased approach to Gorton’s introduction to TikTok, first teaming up with…#connellypartners #tiktok #makefreezerhotagain #boston (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
