eli5: Fukushima fish with 180 times legal limit of radioactive cesium fuels water release fears

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[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/24/fukushima-fish-with-180-times-legal-limit-of-radioactive-cesium-fuels-water-release-fears](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/24/fukushima-fish-with-180-times-legal-limit-of-radioactive-cesium-fuels-water-release-fears)
What does this mean? Is it really safe for human to consume the fish with 180 times legal limit of radioactive cesium fuels water?
What is the radioactive cesium fuels water ?

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The syntax wasn’t “cesium fuels water” it’s “cesium fuels water release *fears*” so it’s saying that people are scared about it, not that there’s something called cesium fuels water.

It’s probably bad in an absolute sense, but also probably not as bad as you would think given headlines like that.

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