BEIJING: Seafood sellers in Beijing expressed consternation on Thursday (Aug 24) over Japan's gradual release of wastewater from the disaster-hit Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. Hours before the rel
Hours before the release began, a store manager named Wang Jinglong in one of the Chinese capital's biggest seafood markets told AFP there had already been a"major impact" on his business, especially tuna sales.
"There's a large gap in our sales volume compared with before. In the past, such as during the pandemic, we had to kill three to five tuna every week," Wang said.The 53-year-old said the quality of those products is"very poor, and not comparable to that of Japan"."This pollution topic is being closely followed."
Chinese shoppers snapped up large amounts of salt in the wake of the 2011 Fukushima disaster, based on groundless rumours that the iodine in it could prevent radiation poisoning.
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