Are journalists trending towards facts over fear in their stories about Japan and seafood? If the Associated Press is any bell weather that may be the case. APs Q and A includes this:

Q. Will ocean creatures be harmed by the discharges of the radioactive water?

A. Experts say animals very near the plant may face problems like higher rates of genetic mutations, but that this would probably happen within only maybe a half a mile or so.

Hmmm half a mile. And Japan is what, 5,000 miles away?

Got it.

And according to another AP article, it’s this distance and the vastness of the Pacific Ocean that will serve as a very effective safety net. Experts agree that “releases of radioactive water into the ocean near Japan’s stricken nuclear complex shouldn’t pose a widespread danger to sea animals or people who might eat them.”