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by WhereIsTheTruth 1031 days ago
Looks like I'll have to ban Japanese products (Tea/Fish) and potentially anything from the pacific..

Japanese government is irresponsible

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I'd recommend reading some of the other comments on here wrt how radioactive the water actually is. It seems to be well within safe levels for all but the most stringent agencies as-is, and they're going to put it in the ocean, where it will dilute to unnoticeable levels. This is a nothingburger story, plain and simple.
Did you read how high the WHO limit is for drinking water? Just using that as a baseline, this doesn't seem all that irresponsible.
You'd be surprised what the WHO allows McDonald's to put in their food and in the whole supply chain

Do you own research of the risks, I listen to scientists, not politicians

> You’d be surprised what the WHO allows McDonald’s to put in their food and in the whole supply chain

Literally anything, but only because while there are many gorganizations in the world that regulate food, food service, and agricultural suppy chains, WHO isn’t one of them, being an intergovernmental coordination and information sharing entity, not a regulatory agency.

You should probably ban bananas as well, not to mention smoke alarms. And brazil nuts? Forget it. Do you consume potatoes, carrots, or avocados? Those are all radioactive as well
Best to ban products from the Atlantic as well. It touches the Pacific.
how would Japanese tea be affected by sea water?