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“Says aquatic life near Alaska, Canada and Australia have been found with cancer and mutations as a result of the Fukushima nuclear disaster.”
Social media posts Claim dated 8 Sep 2019.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False

In short

This claim spread on social media around 8 September 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 11 September 2019, 3 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.

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