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Report Uncovers Source of Radioactive Isotope-Tainted Shrimp at Walmart, and It’s Not What You Think
Published 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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Since August of this year, the FDA has issued no fewer than five warnings and recalls for shrimp contaminated with cesium-137, a radioactive isotope that’s created only during nuclear fission. And finally, after many months, a new report sheds light on how this shrimp (sold in America) was actually contaminated with cesium-137. Let’s go through it together.