Japanese Worried About Eating Fish as Nuclear Contaminated Water Released from Fukushima
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Japanese fish vendors and consumers are worried about the safety of fish, as radioactive water is dumped into the sea near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. There are concerns about the lack of official information since the disaster.
Japanese fish vendors and consumers are starting to worry about the safety of eating fish. That's after the operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was forced to dump radioactive water into the sea.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) started releasing 11,500 tons of the water used to cool overheated nuclear fuel rods on Monday, after it ran out of storage capacity for more highly contaminated water.
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Yoshiaki Saito is a fish vendor at the Tsukiji Market in Tokyo. He says news of the water contamination will again affect his business.
[Yoshiaki Saito, Fish Vendor]:
"This is the most scary thing. If the government clearly says what is safe, then that will make us and consumers feel better about eating fish. The most helpful thing for the government to do for us is to inform the consumers."
Lack of information, both from Japan and the International Atomic Energy Agency, has been a frequent complaint voiced by diplomats and the media since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami which severely damaged the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
[...]
But others are not so worried.
[Teruki Shimoji, Salesman]:
"I don't think that eating fish is too risky. Based on the information from the news on TV, I don't get the impression that I shouldn't eat fish."
Japanese consumers are not the only ones concerned about food safety.
Many countries have also stopped or restricted food imports from Japan and the European Union has urged radiation testing of Japanese food and feed imports.
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Japanese fish vendors and consumers are worried about the safety of fish, as radioactive water is dumped into the sea near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. There are concerns about the lack of official information since the disaster.
Japanese fish vendors and consumers are starting to worry about the safety of eating fish. That's after the operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was forced to dump radioactive water into the sea.
Plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) started releasing 11,500 tons of the water used to cool overheated nuclear fuel rods on Monday, after it ran out of storage capacity for more highly contaminated water.
[...]
Yoshiaki Saito is a fish vendor at the Tsukiji Market in Tokyo. He says news of the water contamination will again affect his business.
[Yoshiaki Saito, Fish Vendor]:
"This is the most scary thing. If the government clearly says what is safe, then that will make us and consumers feel better about eating fish. The most helpful thing for the government to do for us is to inform the consumers."
Lack of information, both from Japan and the International Atomic Energy Agency, has been a frequent complaint voiced by diplomats and the media since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami which severely damaged the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
[...]
But others are not so worried.
[Teruki Shimoji, Salesman]:
"I don't think that eating fish is too risky. Based on the information from the news on TV, I don't get the impression that I shouldn't eat fish."
Japanese consumers are not the only ones concerned about food safety.
Many countries have also stopped or restricted food imports from Japan and the European Union has urged radiation testing of Japanese food and feed imports.