Ethan Stewart

Still recovering from his own disaster of sorts, longtime Indy staffer Ethan Stewart, pictured with rod in hand, decided to do some good old-fashioned reporting and get to the bottom of what he calls the “Fukushima Phenomenon,” the largely social-media-driven fearmongering surrounding the now three-year-old meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan. Is it safe to eat fish? Play in the ocean? Take home a trunkful of seaweed? Click here to find out.