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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It means nothing really, 18,000 Becquerels = 18,000 decay events per kilogram in this case. That probably sounds like a big number, but translated into a more useful metric, it’s the equivalent of eating between 4-18 Brazil nuts.

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