Scientist Turns To Public To Test Pacific Ocean's Radioactivity

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Channel: GBH News · 2014 · News & Politics

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How radioactive is our ocean? That's a question that has been on the mind of many West Coast residents since the Fukushima nuclear disaster nearly three years ago. Now, a scientist in Woods Hole is asking for concerned citizens' help in answering that question. He's launched a crowdsourcing campaign to gather both funding and water samples, as WGBH News' Heather Goldstone reports.

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