Biological monitoring in Tokyo (January 7, 2014)

Biological monitoring at Tokyo Sea Life Park (Kasai Rinkai Suizokuen)

I visited Tokyo Sea Life Park (Kasai Rinkai Suizokuen) to see biological impacts of Fukushima No.1 nuclear power plant accident. Though I have visited various places in Japan to see the health consequences of the accident, I have never found any effect against creatures in Japan.

Tokyo Sea Life Park shows us realistic and dramatic displays of freshwater and marine life not only from Tokyo, but also from around the world, even from the Antarctic. In the huge 2,200-ton tank, you can enjoy watching bluefin tuna darting swiftly around. The aquarium also exhibits sea birds including penguins, and giant kelp from California, US.  The facility sits on the beach of Tokyo Bay and could be reached in half an hour by train from Tokyo station.

Generally speaking, animal's growth is so fast than human beings that they are more sensitive to radioactive materials of the environment than us.
So I visited Tokyo Sea Life Park (Kasai Rinkai Suizokuen) to see effects of the accident against creatures which are grown up by Japanese food and water. Fortunately, I could see them grown up safely and I couldn't find any impact of the accident. It seems that there is no problem for childbirth and child-rearing in Tokyo Japan.
Posted by Yoshitaka Kiriake from Japan on January 7, 2014.




葛西臨海水族園では泳ぐタチウオの姿を見ることが出来る。泳ぐ姿は名前の通り太刀に見える。シモフリタナバタウオは彗星のように綺麗だ。

タチウオ

largehead hairtail

 

 

シモフリタナバタウオ

marin comet

 

 

 

Kasai Rinkai Suizokuen : Tokyo Sea Life Park

About Tokyo Sea Life Park
http://www.tokyo-zoo.net/english/index.html

Google map
http://goo.gl/maps/uQBSZ


Scalloped hammerhead

Chinese trumpetfish

Threadfin butterflyfish

Nurseryfish

White-barred boxfish

blue-green chromis

striated surgeonfish

golden butterflyfish

sohal surgeonfish

lyretail hogfish

Red Sea bannerfish

painted comber

porkfish

lumpfish

queen angelfish

 spotted ratfish

largehead hairtail

bluefin tuna

 

 

Humboldt Penguin

Rockhopper Penguin

Common Murre

 

 

yellow tang

 manybar goatfish

yellow-brown wrasse

Japanese angelfish

wrought iron butterflyfish

 

 

 

Japanese foods are good and safe.

Because of stricter food safety law by Japanese government, we have no worry about foods.

 

 

Seafood Curry With Rice

 

 

 

About 3 years have passed since Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. I have visited various places of Japan to see the health consequence of the accident.
Fortunately I have never found any impacts by the accident among Japanese creatures. As far as I know, nobody has health problem which is caused by the accident in Japan.

Our Prime Minister Abe assures that "The situation is under control. The influence of the contaminated water is completely blocked within Fukushima. There are no health-related problems until now and there will never be health problems." He also said that "Tokyo is 250 kilometers away from Fukushima, and the kind of danger that you imagine does not exist in Tokyo. Tokyo is a very safe city."

As PM Abe said, Tokyo is very far away from Fukushima, people in Tokyo have no concern about the nuclear power plant accident. People in Tokyo have already forgotten the accident, because they think radioactive materials cannot reach there.
We know there is no problem for child birth and child rearing in Tokyo. So people in Tokyo are living without any concern about the accident.
I continue to visit various places in Japan to see the effects of the accident, because I can meet various creatures which are more sensitive to radioactive materials from the environment. It is important to see their health for our safety.

 

公衆衛生ネットワーク

Public Health Network in Japan

http://plaza.umin.ac.jp/phnet/