Comments on: Eat This Now – Oyster Gigantus at KABUTO

By: george

george — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:05:57 +0000

Not to start a flame war here, but Keita you are completely and totally wrong with your statement. There is a categorical difference between particle radiation and radiation you get from staying out in the sun or any type of ray ionizing radiation for that matter… Particle radiation amplifies and concentrates through the food chain and radioactive particles ingested are taken up by the body like similar elements. For example, Cesium is taken up and used by the body like Potassium and decays to Barium over many years, however as it undergoes Beta decay it releases particles that cause damage to DNA. Damaged DNA lead to mutation and those mutations cause cancer. However, with particle radiation, the ingested radioactive particle stays in your body for years continuously releasing ionizing radiation damaging DNA, whereas exposure to ray ionizing radiation is a one time event and does not mimic normal elements your body uses and also does not continue to cause damage over time like particles do (think of Cesium building up in Tuna like Mercury does) That is why continued ingestion builds up the radioactive load over time and one particle, even though the measured radioactivity is minuscule, over time it can kill. Simply put, a small amount of ingested cesium can do a lot more damage to your body over your lifetime than an x-ray will. You cannot compare the two. In closing, I am not “semi-educated” or even “truly educated”, I have a degree in Physics and I’m an M.D. However, even with this in mind, I enjoy going to Kabuto and if Fukushima reactor 4 blows we’re all dead anyway so make an informed decision and know your risks. I’m sure people have ingested radioactive iodine through milk from California anyway already and Fukushima radiation has been in our food chain since last April. Finally, Seafood sourced from the Sea of Japan or southern Japan is probably safer than that sourced from Alaska now given the dispersion of the radioactive plumes.

By: Keita

Keita — Wed, 30 May 2012 01:17:55 +0000

I think it’s good for the rest of us that those who are semi educated are avoiding seafood from the western pacific, and perhaps now the entire pacific as blue fin tunas caught close to San Diego are found to have cesium isotopes from Fukushima. It just means that there will be more seafood for the truly educated :D. And the semi educateds won’t blink an eye about eating vegetables or getting out in the sun or taking long flights that expose them to much higher levels of radiation. It’s all good.

By: john

john — Fri, 25 May 2012 07:39:55 +0000

I won’t eat it:

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2012/01/governments-worldwide-raise-acceptable-radiation-levels-based-upon-politics-not-science.html

By: keita

keita — Fri, 25 May 2012 05:11:34 +0000

Japanese government has a list of radioactivity levels for produce/seafood that are permissible to be released to the market. Therefore any seafood or produce that exceed that level for the particular product would be banned from being shipped to the market and destroyed. Also, the Japanese producers pride themselves in what the make. The last thing they want is contaminated product being recalled from the market, and food safety and labeling laws extremely strict and both consumers and producers are keeping a close eye on radioactivity.

Short story => don’t worry, it ain’t China.

By: artswanson

artswanson — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:01:40 +0000

George, well my friend if you really like Japanese sourced seafood, go ahead and indulge yourself! You will either end up with a very big nose or a very large schlong compliments of the Fukushima Nuclear mishap!

By: george

george — Sun, 20 May 2012 07:50:25 +0000

Actually I would like to ask an important question: What effect is the Fukushima nuclear accident having on the seafood sourced for Japan?

Seriously, I’m seeing stuff like this pop up around the internet and it begs the question.

http://enenews.com/fukushima-daiichi-worker-nothing-can-be-done-except-to-leak-radioactive-water-honestly-feel-that-we-are-dumping-massive-amounts-into-ocean-will-spread-all-over-world-reaching-hawaii-and-us-so

By: AndyA

AndyA — Fri, 18 May 2012 18:04:24 +0000

I’m sold. Thank you, ELV.

By: John Curtas

John Curtas — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:41:03 +0000

ELV responds: Right now: Kabuto, no question about it. You’ll have twice the fun at half the price (or less).

By: AndyA

AndyA — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:37:24 +0000

That looks delicious.

Would you be willing to make a (qualified) recommendation on Bar Masa vs. Kabuto for your twice-a-year Vegas visitor readership?