Today, I saw a netizen asking: "Can Chinese seafood still be eaten, is there nuclear pollution?" I think his question was, "Can Chinese seafood still be eaten under the premise that Japan's Fukushima is discharging nuclear-contaminated water?" Let's start with my conclusions"It can be eaten for the time being, but it will be polluted in the future. ‘’
How do you say that? First of all, scientists estimate that the nuclear-contaminated water discharged by Japan will reach the waters off China in about one year, that is, from about August 24, 2023, Japan will discharge nuclear-contaminated water. Around July or August 2024, the polluted circulation will reach China's offshore waters. (Beijing News related link: That is to say, so far in February 2024, according to the characteristics of ocean circulation, seafood in China's coastal waters is temporarily safe. Therefore, it is absolutely safe to eat seafood with confidence within a month or two (offshore China).
However, I would say that this security is temporary. What is the biggest threat to Japan's discharge of nuclear-contaminated water? It's uncertainty. Japan's TEPCO has repeatedly lied and concealed the accident. In fact, if Japan's TEPCO had not lied and concealed the report, the Fukushima incident would not have dragged on so seriously at all. Now they are irresponsibly pouring into the sea, who knows what and how many of the substances in it exceed the standard? There is neither international oversight nor any transparency, and it is all TEPCO's own words.
Even so, in 2024 there will be a series of scandals about what employees were irradiated, and what untreated contaminated water "leaked" into the sea. It's hard to justify even talking to yourself. Therefore, pollution is absolute, and the harm to the human body is also absolute. Once the pollutants reach China's coastal waters, the issue of eating seafood needs to be taken seriously. There will be pollution, and it will definitely cause harm to the human body.
However, it is not possible to eat all seafood after August 2024, at least everyone can eat seafood in the following three places with confidence.
1. In the Bohai Sea area, due to the unique structure of the Bohai Sea, it takes 20 years for the sea water outside to flow in, so the seafood is safe for 20 years. As for the possibility of contaminated fish swimming in and being eaten, it is very small.
2.Gulf of Tonkin Bay. Due to the semi-closed form of the sea water in the Beibu Gulf, the inflow of seawater is also relatively long, especially the Beibu Gulf current and the ocean current are in opposite directions in winter and summer, so they will be polluted one year later. In other words, by 2025, everyone can eat seafood from the Beibu Gulf with confidence.
3.This place can always be eaten with confidence, this place is Xinjiang. Xinjiang also produces seafood?? That's right, Xinjiang's inland "seafood" is already on the market, and it is cheaper and tastier than marine seafood. The first choice for those who like to eat seafood in the future.
In addition to these three places, after July 2024, I do not recommend everyone to use any seafood in China's coastal waters, not only seafood, but also any seafood, including, kelp and the like.