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Thread #136314   Message #3170165
Posted By: Q (Frank Staplin)
13-Jun-11 - 08:26 PM
Thread Name: BS: Japan Nuclear plant disaster, 2011
Subject: RE: BS: Japan Nuclear plant disaster, 2011
Strontium has been found in groundwater near Fukushma's No. 1 and 2 reactors.
Near an intake, radioactive strontium up to 240 times the limit has been found in seawater samples.

Strontium accumulates in bones and is believed to cause cancer and leukemia.
Japan Times, June 13, 2011.