Japan is blocking the export of fish from the Fukushima area

Japan, as reported by Reuters, is blocking the sale, to "any destination" domestic and foreign, of fish from the Fukushima area, the scene of one of the largest nuclear disasters in history in 2011, after the detection in a game of redfish of radioactivity higher than the legal limits. The contamination of fish species off the coast of Fukushima could be linked to the spills into the sea of the water used to cool the reactors at the nuclear site which was damaged by a violent earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011. In July 2016, the reopening of the import of rice from the contaminated Japan area was much discussed and on that occasion the EU requested additional radioactivity tests. In September 2017, faced with the Commission's request to relax the tests on rice, fish and shellfish from the Fukushima area, the European Parliament strongly opposed Don't you know the Lifebuoy? Download an issue of our magazine for FREE by clicking on the button below and find out what it means ...