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There are quantities of non-tritium radioactive isotopes in the water: https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.abc1507

These can and do bioaccumulate in fish, but it's unknown whether it is significant enough to cause harm... But there is nonzero risk.

Tepco is a private enterprise, isn't it?

Wouldn't be the first time a private company fucked people over for profit.

This is the only way to remain competitive when the US' largest rivals are able to tap state funding for research.

You don't see the military applications of large-scale supersonic flight?

Weren't jet engines developed by the Germans to kill the Allies?

China did to EVs what the US did to semiconductors.

The US and EU markets lack competition.

My bad - FWIW, Science is considered to be very reputable and should be accessible from most libraries.

https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.abc1507

The risk exposure isn't changed, though. The plan is to slowly release it for decades... So if there's natural disaster, the risk is still there.

It's Tepco wanting to preserve their bottom line at the cost of human health. Simple as that.

I too can point to people I don't like... That isn't evidence.

So... Now Tiktok gets to be a surveillance tool for the US government like every other major social media? Wonderful.

The primary concern is not about tritium (which doesn't bioaccumulate) but about the other trace radioactive elements (which do bioaccumulate and are present in much greater quantities in the wastewater than they are in normal ocean water).

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abc1507

Tritium isn't the only thing in the water. Other radioactive isotopes do bioaccumulate, and that could be really bad for the fish('d consumers) in the long-term.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abc1507

Who the fuck reads Jacobin?

Per this source: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abc1507

The treated water contains traces of other radioactive elements that do bioaccumulate. While the water alone is below the legal food limit, that can't be considered as a fair limit due to bioaccumulation of heavier radioactive isotopes.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abc1507

The justice system isn't perfect and you can't roll back dying

So... Was the propaganda false propaganda or true propaganda?

US propaganda during the Cold War included things like "our grocery stores have bananas" (true) and "we will totally definitely not expand NATO if you dissolve the USSR" (false).

True propaganda is just a fact that makes you look bad.

So... No evidence, just "these people happened to be spreading ideas that didn't fit with the Western perspective"

Are we back to McCarthyism already?

I'm not doubting that Russia's trying to spread propaganda: so are we, and so is any major player that wants to play the game. I'm just skeptical that this mess of a source is worth a damn.

[citation needed]

Then y'all shouldn't have a problem with it, right?

Yet, every single response has been antagonistic because nobody wants this waste dumped near them.