• peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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    3 days ago

    Holy shit it was cesium-137?

    It can be found in natural U-238, but otherwise it’s produced in nuclear fission. Stupid radioactive, and has a halflife in your body of like 70 days.

    People who consumed this will be at a higher risk of cancer.

    How the fuck did shrimp get contaminated with Cesium-137? Did they have like an X-ray machine radiation source blow up over a batch?

    • fahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.net
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      3 days ago

      Apparently the shipping containers themselves were contaminated. The shrimp itself wasn’t detected to be radioactive but they’re recalling it anyways out of caution.

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        That makes sense, but it’s weird that the shipping containers were contaminated unless they were shipping nuclear waste or unsafe radiological sources…

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          Smuggling and clandestine military operations with zero regard for public safety are more common than you’d think, because when things go wrong nobody gets punished.