Fukushima

Aajonus's assessment of the contamination's scope was severe and unflinching. He stated that trillions of fish would die and that many humans would fall to radiation poisoning and cancer as a result of the fallout. The wind current from Fukushima, in his description, runs directly across the top of the Pacific to the continental United States, making America the primary recipient of airborne contamination, more so than Japan itself. He extended his personal dietary restriction to include not eating fish from the Pacific from Baja California all the way up to Alaska, and he communicated that this was not a temporary precaution but an ongoing commitment based on his assessment of the contamination's persistence.

He was also explicit that the contamination was not confined to the ocean. He described experiencing radiation in both Thailand and the Philippines, acknowledging that even the main jet stream has wind patterns that shift, so contamination was reaching areas far removed from the North American coast. He repeated the instruction emphatically: "YOU HAVE TO TEST THE FOOD." This was not a casual suggestion but a directive he capitalized to emphasize that geographic assumptions about safety were no longer adequate.

Aajonus identified specific isotopes that were acknowledged even by mainstream sources as being dispersed from Fukushima, and he described what each was understood to do in the body. Iodine-131 was said to accumulate in the thyroid and to radioactively decay relatively quickly. Cesium-137 was described as lingering for decades, dissolving in water, mixing with rain, entering soil and groundwater, and being taken up by plants and animals. Strontium-90 was characterized as posing a deeper health risk because it behaves like calcium in the body, accumulating in bones and teeth. Plutonium-241 was described as presenting a more insidious threat because, as it slowly decays, it produces the much more dangerous isotope americium-241. He cited researchers who noted that concentrations of americium-241 were still increasing in Ukraine and Belarus from Chernobyl's dispersed plutonium, with projections that it would peak around 2050. He used this Chernobyl precedent to illustrate that the full cost of nuclear disasters plays out over decades and that the ultimate impact of Fukushima remained genuinely unknown.

When a reader asked specifically which isotopes to test for with a Geiger counter, Aajonus listed: cesium-137, iodine-131, strontium-90, and plutonium-241, along with plutonium-241's decayed waste product americium-241. He specified that the Geiger counter purchased should be one capable of reading all three types of isotopes gassing from Japan, and he instructed that if oysters, milk, or any food did not read any radioactivity on such a device, they were good to eat.

Because Aajonus believed that geographic location was no longer a reliable proxy for food safety, he recommended that people invest in Geiger counter testing of their food. He suggested that groups of people pool resources to purchase one or two very efficient Geiger counters and test all food each time they shopped, with particular emphasis on food from any area where the jet stream had carried nuclear contamination. He was explicit that Hawaii was in the jet stream and therefore could not be assumed safe. When asked about Ahi tuna from Hawaii, he said to get a Geiger counter and test it. When asked about Ahi tuna from Fiji, he again said the winds change and shift even around the main jet stream, that he was personally experiencing radiation in Thailand and the Philippines, and that the only responsible course was to test the food.

For oysters specifically, including Hood Canal oysters from Seattle, he stated he would not trust anything from the West Coast or Florida or the Gulf without testing. He recommended checking oysters monthly for radioactive material with radiation Geiger counters. Regarding in-shell versus processed oysters, he had already noted that he considered irradiation of canned and processed oysters a concern, and advised buying only in-shell oysters, but that Fukushima added the further obligation of regular Geiger counter testing even of in-shell product.

Aajonus's personal dietary response to Fukushima was clear and consistent across multiple sources. He stopped eating fish caught in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California to Alaska. In workshops he told audiences he would no longer eat at sushi bars in Los Angeles or any major American city, though he acknowledged that was partly for independent reasons related to chemical treatment of sushi fish under health department regulations. He stated that when in the Philippines he would eat fish all day long because he knew it was clean there. He identified the Philippines as a location meaningfully removed from Fukushima contamination, particularly a remote island he described as being on the far side of the Philippine archipelago, 200 miles from the Vietnam border, with no volcanoes nearby and no typhoons.

He extended his concern beyond fish to all food, stating "ALL food" when asked what needed to be tested, not just seafood. He directed people to run searches on isotope testing of food and pointed to an external resource at quartarad.com for practical guidance on food testing methodology.

One of Aajonus's strongest positions on Fukushima fallout was his rejection of the widespread advice to take iodine supplements to protect the thyroid. He described this guidance as misinformation promoted by iodine manufacturers profiting from the radiation bandwagon and politicians offering people a false sense of security. He pointed to the Chernobyl crisis 25 years prior as proof that iodine supplementation did not prevent thyroid cancer, leukemia, or bone cancers, but instead promoted them. His reasoning was that blocking radioactive iodine from the thyroid does not neutralize it but redirects it to the bones and bone marrow, increasing the risk of leukemia and bone cancers.

He further argued that any form of iodine not naturally present in fresh food is an oxide, a rock mineral, not a bioavailable substance. He described iodine used as an antiseptic as proof of its toxicity, stating that antiseptics are poisons and that humans do not eat rock. He observed that animals whose diets are low in iodine do not suffer higher rates of thyroid problems or thyroid cancers at rates consistent with what chemistry predicts, which he took as evidence that the isolated chemical model of iodine's function in the body was fundamentally flawed.

He described a specific clinical observation that reinforced his concern about supplemental iodine: four years prior to writing, during a city of private consults, eight of his first-day clients who had been on the Primal Diet for two to six years showed high levels of supplemental iodine stored in their bodies in areas where it had not been in previous years. Crucially, the iodine was mostly stored not in the thyroid but in the intestines and nervous systems. Three more clients on the second day also showed large amounts of supplemental iodine in their bodies, with only one having it in her thyroid. He then discovered that an iodine manufacturer had been marketing to the area's health food community. He took this as direct evidence that supplemental iodine does not behave as claimed and that it accumulates in non-thyroid tissues with unknown long-term consequences.

He also drew on his own personal experience with radioactive iodine. During his cancer treatments in 1968, he received injections of radioactive iodine immediately preceding radiation therapy. Forty-three years later he was still, on average once per year, experiencing intense episodes of radiation nausea and an iodine taste, lasting in his most recent episode 36 hours but as painful as the original experience. He tested his vomit during these episodes and found high doses of non-decayed iodine as well as barium as recently as six years before writing. He cited a nuclear physicist who told him that in animals the half-life of a nuclear-charged isotope can have many times more years than the physics textbooks describe, and he used this to argue that atomic charts are not accurate when biochemistry is involved.

Aajonus was equally critical of both mainstream and alternative health communities for parroting the nuclear, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries on radiation protection. He described paid-for and free advice in both spaces as fundamentally shaped by industry interests. He objected to chemistry-based thinking about radiation protection on the grounds that chemists are trained with what he called blindfolds, biases, and prejudices that do not allow for practical and rational variations, and that the idea of fixed and controllable chemical reactions is "the big fantasy" of those profiting from nuclear, chemical, food, fabricated products, and pharmaceutical industries.

He cited criticisms he received after his first radiation email for calling iodine a rock mineral when it is technically an element, and he acknowledged his critics were not incorrect as far as it went, while arguing that the gross miseducation about chemistry serves industry respectability and profitability. He noted that if chemists truly had everything understood, categorized, and under control, Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and Fukushima would not have happened.

On the specific question of whether foods like oranges and avocados can affect radiation, he quoted a chemistry-based objection that "these chemicals can have no effect on radiation emitted from the nucleus of other atoms" and called this framing the fantasy, describing himself as living proof of its untruth. He grounded his rebuttal in clinical experience: having worked with at least a hundred people who suffered radiation treatments, he found that eating oranges and avocados together lessened the symptoms of radiation poisoning time after time, especially nausea and burn, and that when taken regularly, radiation symptoms eased dramatically.

He also raised the concern about combined toxins, citing University of Bristol researchers who found that electromagnetic fields intensify the carcinogenic effects of radon gas by attracting radon decay products and causing them to vibrate, making them more likely to adhere to human tissue. He suggested that people living industrialized electromagnetic lifestyles would likely have similar intensification of radioactive particles coming from Japan.

Aajonus directly countered the media instruction not to drink milk following Fukushima. He argued that if raw milk were the radiation-contaminated killer the media described, there would be no healthy animal life within 700 kilometers of any nuclear disaster, because animals in those zones consume raw milk. He acknowledged that milk can be contaminated with radioactive particles just as any other food exposed to fallout, but argued that raw milk in its raw form contains more assimilable minerals than any other food for humans and most adolescent animals, and that the body uses high concentrations of minerals to neutralize toxins including radioactive particles. Therefore, he described raw milk not as a food to avoid but as a food to embrace and consume during periods of radiation exposure.

He pointed to the animals of Chernobyl as a reference point: although they have deformities, animals that survived near Chernobyl seem functional and in relative good health, which he took as evidence that nutritional resources, including raw dairy, provide meaningful protection even under severe radiation conditions. He used this as justification for his position that raw dairy should be increased, not eliminated, during radiation fallout.

One of Aajonus's specific practical recommendations for radiation contamination from Fukushima was the use of clay, specifically Terramin clay, which he specified must NOT be of volcanic origin. He explained that clays formed from volcanic activity grew in molten metals and are extremely deficient in assimilable minerals, making them useless or counterproductive for this purpose.

For contaminated raw milk, he described a protocol: add one tablespoon of moist Terramin clay per quart of raw milk, stir it thoroughly, and let it settle for several hours or overnight in the refrigerator. Then carefully pour off the milk above the clay to approximately three-quarters of an inch above the settled clay, keeping and drinking that milk as normal, making yogurt, kefir, or cheeses with it. The milk that has settled with the clay is to be discarded. He noted that a person could add another tablespoon of moist clay to the milk they are drinking for additional peace of mind, but cautioned that the clay must be consumed with the milk rather than separated from it, or too many beneficial minerals would be lost. For large quantities, the same ratio applies: four tablespoons of moist Terramin clay per gallon of raw milk, following the same settling and separation procedure. He referenced pages 181 and 182 of We Want to Live for instructions on how to make moist clay.

For internal use during radiation contamination, he specified one tablespoon of moist Terramin clay blended in three ounces of raw milk to help draw out and neutralize radioactive particles through the intestines.

For external use, he described clay baths, applying wet clay over the body to draw out and neutralize radiation and radioactive particles through the skin. He also recommended, for a person with nuclear material stored in a specific area of the body, placing a hot water bottle over the area as often as possible every night, as long as possible, to allow perspiration to carry the radioactive material out of the body. He explicitly warned against surgically cutting out such an area, because if any radioactive material was present in fluid form, cutting into it could release it and spread contamination throughout the body.

Drawing on what he described as having effectively helped him reduce radioactive toxins and symptoms in his own body following his radiation therapy in 1968, and extending that protocol to address environmental radiation including from Fukushima, Aajonus compiled the following set of remedies:

Organic no-salt raw cheeses eaten frequently to help absorb and neutralize free-radical radioactive minerals. He described having people eat a piece of cheese every 15 minutes, sometimes grated into meals so that toxins entering the body have cheese available to bind them before they can mix into the rest of the body's tissues. He described construction workers, who face high radiation exposure from depleted uranium in building materials, carrying a jar of sugar-cube-sized cheese pieces in a leather pouch on the job, eating one every 15 minutes with a buzzer on their watch as a reminder.

Aloe vera gel eaten directly from the plant, not the green skin, to soothe and heal radiation burn.

Oranges and avocados eaten together to help neutralize radiation, including by easing nausea and burn, based on his clinical observation over decades with radiation treatment survivors.

Pineapple and no-salt raw cheeses eaten together to help dissolve cellular radiation damage and harness byproducts.

Papaya eaten with no-salt raw cheeses to help prevent scarring from radiation damage.

No-salt raw butter eaten with no-salt raw cheeses to help prevent radioactive substances from entering cells and to buffer nuclear exchanges.

No-salt raw butter eaten with unheated honey to help digestion and healing.

One ounce of raw milk consumed once hourly to help protect intestines and nerves.

Clay bath, applying wet clay over the body, to draw out and neutralize radiation and radioactive particles through the skin.

One tablespoon of moist Terramin clay blended in three ounces of raw milk to draw out and neutralize radioactive particles through the intestines.

He also noted elsewhere that eggs are needed to bind with radioactive acids and cancer acids, and that Rocky-style raw eggs were preferable for this purpose. He mentioned chlorella taken with sour cream and meat as something he would use when environmental bombing or heavy contamination was occurring. He noted that eating avocado with orange, or with melons, facilitates the body's ability to discard stored radiation, and that this applies to radiation from any source including medication, medical testing, X-rays, fluorescent lighting, television, computer monitors, laser printers, cellular phones, Bluetooth technology, irradiated food, microwaves, scanners, industrial pollution, jewelry, building material, and EMF exposure.

Aajonus consistently embedded Fukushima within a larger picture of deliberate environmental destruction and government complicity. He described the event as part of a pattern alongside the Gulf oil leak, and characterized the HAARP-generated earthquake as timed precisely when currents led to the West Coast of North America all the way to Illinois. He described something "very clandestine" transpiring globally and characterized the information suppression he personally experienced in Thailand as purposeful.

He was also emphatic that governments hide the truth about the severity of radiation poisons and that the nuclear energy industry continues to rule governments. He stated directly: "We know from experience that governments only harm us as they claim to protect us from insane panic." He was explicit that the panicked governmental response, including the iodine distribution and the prohibition on milk, was itself the danger against which people needed to defend themselves.

He connected Fukushima's contamination to his broader observations about Pacific military nuclear waste: he had previously noted that nuclear submarine bases in Mobile, Alabama and several locations in Florida dump nuclear waste into the ocean, with servicemen going around openly discussing it because they have been told it goes neutral in water. He noted that the Gulf of Mexico was already compromised by these dumping practices as well as by Deepwater Horizon, and that he would not eat anything from the Gulf regardless of Fukushima. He stated that Japanese people would "probably be pretty gone" as a result of the Fukushima disaster, given the scale of ongoing contamination in northern Japan, which he described as being most severely affected among Japanese regions.

He also commented on the trajectory of Fukushima relative to Chernobyl, noting he had considered traveling to Ukraine to photograph Chernobyl as a way of keeping nuclear dangers in public consciousness, and that 500,000 Ukrainian and Russian cleanup workers were all exposed to dangerous radiation levels and all became sick, with generations affected. He saw Fukushima as overshadowing even that precedent in severity.