Is seafood from Japan safe to eat? Can salt protect against radiation?

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Since Japan started releasing treated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant last Thursday, countries...

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SFA has maintained its position on the safety of food from Japan, saying its surveillance results, including for radiation, have been satisfactory. The last factor is the types of radioactive sources one consumes. This is because the half-life, which is the length of time it takes for half of the radioactive atoms of a specific radionuclide to decay, differs. Tritium, which is present in the treated water, has a half-life of 12 years.

 

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