date:Mar 26, 2014
bodies of humans and sea life. If iodine-131, for example, is taken up by seaweed or plankton, it can be transferred to fish, which are in turn eaten by larger fish. Fish can also take in radionuclides in the water through their gills, and radionuclides can be ingested by mollusks. Cesium would tend to stay in solution and can eventually end up in marine sediment where, because of its long half-life, it will persist for years.
Over 300 tons of radioactive water are still leaking into the sea ea