Hong Kong Shoppers Stock up on Japanese Milk Powder
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The nuclear crisis in Japan is having an effect on its neighbors. In Hong Kong, parents queued for hours on Tuesday to buy milk powder imported from Japan. Many fear future products from the quake-devastated country could be tainted with radiation.
Japan's escalating nuclear crisis is causing alarms in neighboring countries. On Tuesday, hundreds of Hong Kong residents waited in line for hours to buy baby formula imported from Japan. They fear that radiation leaks from the country's quake-stricken nuclear power plants could taint future products.
Hong Kong police were brought in to control parents and grandparents queuing outside a specialty shop. Once the store opened, shoppers were limited to one carton of milk powder per person.
[Ray Chueng, Hong Kong Resident]:
"If I don't buy it now, the next batch might not be safe because the baby is used to this Japanese milk formula. Even if the suppliers say it's OK (in the future), I don't feel safe. I don't want to feed my baby with that. I'm worried about radiation contamination."
Growing children are more susceptible to radiation poisoning, which can cause mutations in DNA and cancer. A Greenpeace campaigner says radiation leaks in the environment could have lasting effects on fresh produce like milk.
[Prentice Koo, Greenpeace Climate Change Campaigner]:
"There is also a very serious danger for milk products because there is another radioactive element called cesium. Cesium, the half-life is 100 of years, so in a more simple way to describe it, it emits radiation for hundreds of years so it will really contaminate the food chain and pose a long, very long danger to the food."
Japan's neighbors like South Korea, Singapore and Thailand have all said they will be testing imported Japanese products for radiation.
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The nuclear crisis in Japan is having an effect on its neighbors. In Hong Kong, parents queued for hours on Tuesday to buy milk powder imported from Japan. Many fear future products from the quake-devastated country could be tainted with radiation.
Japan's escalating nuclear crisis is causing alarms in neighboring countries. On Tuesday, hundreds of Hong Kong residents waited in line for hours to buy baby formula imported from Japan. They fear that radiation leaks from the country's quake-stricken nuclear power plants could taint future products.
Hong Kong police were brought in to control parents and grandparents queuing outside a specialty shop. Once the store opened, shoppers were limited to one carton of milk powder per person.
[Ray Chueng, Hong Kong Resident]:
"If I don't buy it now, the next batch might not be safe because the baby is used to this Japanese milk formula. Even if the suppliers say it's OK (in the future), I don't feel safe. I don't want to feed my baby with that. I'm worried about radiation contamination."
Growing children are more susceptible to radiation poisoning, which can cause mutations in DNA and cancer. A Greenpeace campaigner says radiation leaks in the environment could have lasting effects on fresh produce like milk.
[Prentice Koo, Greenpeace Climate Change Campaigner]:
"There is also a very serious danger for milk products because there is another radioactive element called cesium. Cesium, the half-life is 100 of years, so in a more simple way to describe it, it emits radiation for hundreds of years so it will really contaminate the food chain and pose a long, very long danger to the food."
Japan's neighbors like South Korea, Singapore and Thailand have all said they will be testing imported Japanese products for radiation.