Fukushima Water Opposition Is Steeped in Anti-Science
Skepticism over Japan’s plan to discharge water from the Fukushima nuclear plant must not give way to scaremongering.
Crabs imported from Japan's Nagoya region at an omakase restaurant in Hong Kong on July 14, 2023. Hong Kong eateries are looking for new seafood supplies as authorities plan to ban imports of aquatic products from Japanese regions if the country releases treated water from the Fukushima site.
Photographer: Lam Yik/BloombergHong Kong is so opposed to Japan’s plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant that it’s banning seafood products — from four of the country’s landlocked prefectures.
That sounds a bit off, yes?
Tochigi, Gunma, Nagano and Saitama, which have a combined zero kilometers of coastline between them, are among the 10 regions whose aquatic produce will no longer be welcome in Hong Kong’s restaurants once Japan proceeds with its aim to begin releasing the more than 1 million cubic meters of treated water into the ocean, possibly as early as next month.