cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34796179
More packages of frozen shrimp potentially affected by radioactive contamination have been recalled, federal officials said Thursday.
California-based Southwind Foods recalled frozen shrimp sold under the brands Sand Bar, Arctic Shores, Best Yet, Great American and First Street. The bagged products were distributed between July 17 and Aug. 8 to stores and wholesalers in nine states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, and Washington state.
The products have the potential to be contaminated with Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope that is a byproduct of nuclear reactions.
Couldn’t this contamination just be the result of old nuclear tests or accidents rather than something recent? Fukushima dumped a lot of Cs-137 and other contaminants into the Pacific.
This other article really had me scratching my head, though. Emphasis mine.
The shrimp came out of the water fine, but it was stored someplace where it just picked up 68 becquerels per kilogram of Cs-137? How does that even make sense?
Someone built their Satisfactory nuclear enrichment center too close to the local Bubba Gump’s.
I can’t justify nuclear. I want to, but it’s such a daunting setup and rocket fuel works well enough.
I’m still working out heat sinks and haven’t even gotten into nitrogen besides parking a fused assembler next to one spot. This game gets wild, fast.
I’m building my first circular factory. I think I hate it, but it looks really neat
I don’t know about you, but I am certainly not cleaning my shelves well enough to avoid Cs-137 contaminating my shrimp…
*looks around at dusty shelves*
You may have a point.
Yous askin too many questions, bub. Keep askin and ya may just find out.