The purpose of this diary is to update readers 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. Despite ongoing threats and bullying I'll continue to report the results of the Fukushima monitoring project with which I am involved. I'll continue, too, to summarize results published in the peer reviewed literature that report on the scientific evidence relating to impacts on the natural environment.
Mark Hume of Canada's Globe and Mail wrote the following article this morning about the situation with threats and harassment that cause me to fear for my health and the health of people around me:
Charges laid against B.C. man who called for death of Fukushima researcherMark Hume
VANCOUVER — The Globe and Mail
Published Friday, Nov. 06, 2015 6:00AM EST
Last updated Friday, Nov. 06, 2015 12:37PM EST
A British Columbia man who posted a video calling for the death of scientists whose research shows the Fukushima nuclear accident is not destroying the Pacific has been charged with two counts of criminal harassment.
The charges were laid against Dana Durnford of Powell River shortly after he posted a video on YouTube defending the attack on Jay Cullen, a chemical oceanographer at the University of Victoria, and another researcher. more...