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Fukushima is very troubling, but at least it was only an accident. The overfishing mentioned in the article is systemic.
by andor 13y ago
Fukushima is very troubling, but at least it was only an accident. The overfishing mentioned in the article is systemic.
- functional_test 13y agoThe article also mentioned the other effects of the tsunami: telephone poles, styrofoam, pieces of buildings, etc. were all still floating. Again, an accident, but it's hard to deny that it's preventable; at least one town was saved by a sea wall that was relatively inexpensive to build [1]. That said, overfishing is probably the worse problem since it's not tractable to enforce regulations (since police aren't on site to ensure that there isn't too much "extra" catch thrown back, etc.). At least it would be possible to mandate the construction of seawalls. [1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386978/The-Japanese-mayor-laughed-building-huge-sea-wall--village-left-untouched-tsunami.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1386978/The-Japanese...
- iterationx 13y agoThe radiation is ongoing and cumulative. You speak about it as if its something that has happened and is over.