Japan’s Release of Nuclear-Contaminated Water into the Sea Triggers Ecological Anomalies in Multiple Nations’ Waters

The ecological hazards of discharging nuclear-contaminated water into the ocean have gradually become apparent. Cesium-137 concentrations in the East China Sea have surged 28 times compared to 2011 levels. Octopuses in the Mariana Trench not only grew three times the normal number of tentacles but also exhibited radioactive material levels 248 times higher than the standard. Japan itself has not been spared. Fishermen in Fukushima have caught scallops with deformed shells and octopuses with only one eye, among other mutations.