Japan Begins Purposely Dumping 100s Of Tons Of Radioactive Water From Fukushima Into The PacificMichael Snyder This is being done even though water radiation levels near Fukushima spiked to a brand new all-time record high just a few days ago. The radioactive material that is being released will enter our food chain and will potentially stay with us for decades to come. Fukushima is an environmental nightmare that never seems to end, but the mainstream media in the United States decided to pretty much stop talking about it long ago. So dont expect the big news networks to make a big deal out of the fact that Japan is choosing to use the Pacific Ocean as a toilet for their nuclear waste. But even though they arent talking about it, that doesnt mean that radioactive material from Fukushima is not seriously affecting the health of millions of people all over the planet. According tothe Japan Times, Tepco released 560 tons of radioactive water into the Pacific on Wednesday, and Tepco says that for the foreseeable future we should expect another 100 tons of radioactive water to be released into the ocean every single day But this is the same company that could not tell us why radiation levels in water near Fukushimareached a new all-time high just a few days ago So do you trust Tepco? I certainly do not. And this is not just a Japanese issue. Radioactive material from Fukushima has literally been found all over the planet. For example, a nuclear fuel fragment from Fukushima has been found as far away as Norway. Once this radioactive material gets into the ocean and into our food chain, there is no telling where it may end up. If the mainstream media really did care about the environment, they would be talking about this. But instead, there seems to be a conspiracy of silence. Just consider the comments thatMartin Fackler of the New York Times made during one recent interview And the U.S. media certainly doesnt seem to want to talk about how radiation from Fukushima could be affecting the west coast of our country. But the evidence continues to mount that something very unusual is happening. Just consider what is happening to young sea lionsalong the coast of California And as I wrote about just the other day, something is causing millions of fish to die in mass death events all over the globe right now. Could Fukushima be a contributing factor? A lot of people out there are attempting to downplay the impact that the Fukushima nuclear disaster has had on the Pacific Ocean. I believe that this is a huge mistake. Nuclear radiation causes cancer. Nuclear radiation kills. The total amount of nuclear material released from Fukushima just continues to increase and slowly accumulate in our food chain. When these nuclear particles get into you, they can literally start cooking you from the inside out. In a previous article, I included a quote from an opinion piece by Helen Caldicott that was published in the Guardian. Doesnt that sound lovely? And it has been documented that radioactive material from Fukushima has been getting into the seafood being sold in North America. For example, back in 2012 the Vancouver Sun reported that cesium-137 was being discovered in a very high percentage of the fish that Japan was selling to Canada So why was radiation testing for seafood subsequently shut down in Canada? Since that time, as I detailed in one of my previous articles, a high school student up in Canada tested seafood bought at local grocery stores for radioactive contamination. What she found was absolutely stunning Why arent we being warned about this? Earlier this year, a fish that was caught just off the coast of the Fukushima prefecture was discovered to have 124 times the safe level of radioactive cesium. But virtually nobody in the mainstream media considers this to be important enough to talk about. A lot of people seem to think that the Fukushima nuclear disaster is old news. But in many ways the biggest problems for North America may just be beginning. For example, according to scientistsat the University of South Wales, the main radioactive plume of water from Fukushima has finally crossed the Pacific Ocean and is going to hit our shores at some point during 2014 The following graphics come directly from that study So as the main plume of nuclear radiation reaches our shores, what will that do to our wildlife, our fishing industry and our beaches? And what kind of danger does this radioactive water pose to those living along the west coast? These are very important questions, but unfortunately those in power and those working for the mainstream media dont really want to talk about these things. So what do you think? Please feel free to share your thoughts by posting a comment below This article first appeared here at the American Dream. Michael Snyder is a writer, speaker and activist who writes and edits his own blogs The American Dream and Economic Collapse Blog. Follow him on Twitter here. 