The purpose of this diary is to bring to the attention of readers a story published in a national newspaper in Canada about the response to my public outreach efforts aimed at reporting the results of scientific research into the impact of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on the environment. Some of my first forays into public communication on the subject were here, on the DailyKos, motivated by my previous experiences reading fine, scientifically grounded diaries here on various topics (while exercising my guilty pleasure of keeping up on US politics). Much more work is clearly necessary to increase science literacy and better communication from scientists on the panoply of research being conducted is required so that the public understands why and how scientific research is being conducted at present. I'll continue to report the results of the Fukushima monitoring project with which I am involved and new results published in the peer reviewed literature that apply the scientific method to understand human impact on our natural environment.
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