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Next time your shrimp cocktail crunches, don’t blame the shell. A study found 99% of seafood samples—like pink shrimp, herring, and salmon—are packed with microplastics, tiny bits of plastic linked to cancer and other health risks. Pink shrimp topped the “plastic buffet,” likely thanks to filter-feeding in polluted waters. But hey, it’s not just seafood—plastics …
3 seafood processors announce closures, selloffs following historic price collapse for Alaska fishing industry https://alaskapublic.org/2024/02/15/3-seafood-processors-announce-closures-selloffs-following-historic-price-collapse-for-alaska-fishing-industry/ 3 major seafood processors in Alaska have announced plans to sell off their plants or temporarily close for the upcoming fishing seasons. Trident, Peter Pan Seafood Company and OBI Seafoods have all cited turbulent market conditions for their decisions. https://www.savingseafood.org/news/state-and-local/alaska-3-seafood-processors-announce-closures-selloffs-following-historic-price-collapse-for-alaska-fishing-industry/ …
via naturalnews: The government of the United States recently announced that it has agreed to purchase Japanese seafood for its military to help ease the economic fallout from Japan’s decision to release radioactive wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. In an interview, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said the …
This is the moment when Japan started releasing treated nuclear water from its Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean today: pic.twitter.com/h4NMt1uaDi — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) August 24, 2023 New plans to dump waste from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the ocean could create mutant animals, an expert has hinted. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) …