In March of 2011, a giant tsunami
hit Japan, crippling the Fukishima Nuclear Power Plant. Since that time
the nuclear plume has been slowly spreading across the Pacific Ocean,
even as tons of irradiated debris has been washing up on the west coast
of the united states. Every time this radioactive debris washes up on
our shore it carries thousands of radioactive invasive species, which
have to be destroyed by special scientists.
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| De Jesus shows off a possibly mutated catch. |
So you would think that as an American Consumer you would be safe.
But you are not. It has recently come to my attention that several fast
food chains could be selling poisonous fish.
Juan Ortiz De Jesus, is a fisherman from California, everyday he
wakes up and takes to the sea. He works for a company called Southern
Pacific Fisheries (SPF). The company has a fleet of trawler ships that
catch thousands of tons of fish a day. This fish haul is then sold to
plants that process the fish. From there the fish is divided by quality
into lots, with high quality fish being sold to high price restaurants,
fish markets and grocery stores. Low quality fish is sold to fast food
chains to be further processed into their fast food fair.
