Food & Water Watch on GMA

Food & Water Watch Executive Director Wenonah Hauter appeared on ABC's Good Morning America to discuss concerns about radiation in seafood.

Be sure to check out our Executive Director Wenonah Hauter on ABC’s Good Morning America this morning discussing the effects of Japan’s nuclear crisis on seafood. Yesterday, the Japanese government announced it had found high levels of radioactive materials in fish in the Pacific Ocean after millions of gallons of radioactive water was dumped in the sea from the damaged nuclear site.

“I think the concern is that the FDA doesn’t have the resources to properly screen…they only test less than 2 percent of seafood that comes from imports,” said Hauter.

Food & Water Watch is concerned that they are only testing for products from locations near where the accident occurred. The radiative isotopes that have been dumped into the Pacific Ocean are dispersing, and have been detected in small fish that are consumed by larger fish, like tuna, which are consumed by humans.

As our food system deals with this latest threat, we have even more reason to act to ensure that our food and water safety protections are adequately funded. Take action now to tell Congress to protect funding for essential food and water programs that ensure our health and safety in the federal budget.

Want another way to take action? Let Washington know that you want our food and water monitored for radioactive contamination.