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Fukushima wastewater released into the ocean, China bans all Japanese seafood (www.reuters.com)

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Japan exported about $600 million worth of aquatic products to China in 2022, making it the biggest market for Japanese exports, with Hong Kong second. Sales to China and Hong Kong accounted for 42% of all Japanese aquatic exports in 2022, according to government data.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And that's probably the figures China allows the international community to know. If the reports on that are anything like their emissions reports, it's not even worth the time it took to generate them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Anyone can measure it, you fill a bucket near the plant and you put a dosimeter in it through a plastic bag, if something is wrong you'll know