Bloomberg ¨C Hong Kong is so opposed to Japan¡¯s plan to release treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant that it¡¯s banning seafood products ¡ª 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.
Combined with the fact that right on Hong Kong¡¯s doorstep, nuclear plants in the Chinese province of Guangdong emit similar or higher levels of tritium (the main radioactive element that remains in the Fukushima wastewater after treatment), it¡¯s clear that science isn¡¯t leading this debate. It feels opportunistic at best.
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