Louisiana senator John Kennedy has drawn attention after claiming during a Senate debate that eating imported shrimp contaminated with radioactive material could cause people to 'turn into an alien' or 'grow an extra ear'.
The comments, delivered with a still from the 1979 sci-fi film Alien as a prop, quickly spread online. A video of the speech, confirmed as authentic by C-SPAN, has been viewed more than a million times, prompting scientists and regulators to clarify the genuine risks behind contaminated seafood.
