#fukushimapeaches — Public Fediverse posts

So, one of the things my friend in Japan told me via DM is that the prices of peaches were raised -- in an attempt to make them seem more consumer-worthy -- despite that only a few peaches are actually tested for radiation (and also, the Japanese government raised the "safe" level of radiation -- just like we did here in the US)!

Can Overpriced Peaches Convince Us That #Fukushima Is Safe?

Years after a nuclear disaster wiped out Fukushima’s agriculture, peach growers are banking on #Harrods to sell the area’s recovery story

By Kate Graham-Shaw
October 9, 2024

Image: Customers sample peaches from Japan's #FukushimaPrefecture at Harrod's.

Read more: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-overpriced-peaches-convince-us-that-fukushima-is-safe/

Japanese Fearful of Govt-Set Radiation Standards for Food

Suspicions government acting on behalf of producers, not public health

Common Dreams Staff
Mar 01, 2012

As Japan has raised the permitted level of radiation in food by a factor of five, many Japanese are fearful that radiation has contaminated their diet.

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2012/03/01/japanese-fearful-govt-set-radiation-standards-food

#NoNukes #TEPCOLied #TEPCOLies #JGovLies #FukushimaIsntOver #FukushimaPeaches #RethinkNotRestart #USPol #JapanPol #RadiationLevels