Since the ban on imports of Japanese seafood, there have been 2,358 cases of agricultural and livestock products exceeding radioactivity standards in 14 prefectures, including Fukushima Prefecture.
As a result of the investigation of radioactive substances in seafood, which was of particular concern, the number of cases of seafood exceeding radioactivity standards was also counted at 200. Contrary to claims that radioactive contaminated water and agricultural and marine products in Fukushima are safe, it is pointed out that radioactive contamination of agricultural, livestock and marine products continues in Japan. .
On the 25th, Representative Yoon Jun-byeong (Democratic Party of Korea, Jeongeup and Gochang, Jeollabuk-do), a member of the National Assembly’s Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee, analyzed data released by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and found that since 2014, after the ban on imports of marine products from eight Japanese prefectures, this year, there have been 5 As of March, as many as 2,358 agricultural, livestock and marine products from Fukushima Prefecture and 14 nearby prefectures in Japan were found to have exceeded the radioactivity standard (less than 100 Bq/Kg of cesium).
Looking at the status by region, among the eight prefectures that ban the import of marine products, Fukushima Prefecture had the highest number of cases of radioactivity detected exceeding the standard for agricultural, livestock and fishery products with 966 cases (41.0%), followed by △ Miyagi Prefecture with 487 cases (20.7%), △ Gunma Prefecture 323 cases (13.7%), △Tochigi Prefecture 200 cases (8.5%), △Iwate Prefecture 90 cases (3.8%), △Ibaraki 38 cases (1.6%), △Chiba Prefecture 15 cases (0.6%), △Aomori Prefecture 0 Appeared in order of occurrence.
In particular, in eight prefectures, including Fukushima Prefecture, where the import of marine products is banned, a total of 2,119 cases of agricultural, livestock and marine products were detected in excess, reaching 89.9% of the total.
In addition, it was revealed that radioactivity exceeding the standard was detected in agricultural, livestock and fishery products from six nearby prefectures, excluding Fukushima Prefecture and eight other prefectures. In fact, the number of cases of agricultural, livestock and fishery products produced in Japan’s Yamanashi Prefecture exceeding the radioactivity standard was 102 (4.3%), and the number of cases exceeding the radioactivity standard in six nearby prefectures was counted at 239.
Accordingly, it was confirmed that agricultural, livestock and fishery products exceeding radioactivity standards were being detected in nearby areas other than the eight prefectures where Korea banned imports.
In particular, 1,400 becquerels, which is more than 14 times the standard for radioactive cesium, was detected in rockfish caught by the Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives in the waters off Fukushima in January last year, and it has been revealed that marine products exceeding the standard for radioactivity are detected every year, proving that Japanese agricultural, livestock and marine products are safe from radioactivity. Contrary to claims, it has been proven that excessive levels of radioactivity in agricultural, livestock and fishery products are continuously occurring even within Japan.
Representative Yoon Jun-byeong said, “The Japanese government and the IAEA have expressed safety, focusing on the fact that the tritium concentration was detected lower than the standard in the ocean dumping of Fukushima contaminated water, and the Yoon Seok-yeol government also echoed this claim and assured the public that the contaminated water is safe. “We have been making strong claims,” he said, adding, “All claims our government has made so far that Japanese marine products are safe have been proven to be false.”
He emphasized, “Although it is late, the Yoon Seok-yeol government must now thoroughly verify and actively respond to the ocean dumping of Fukushima contaminated water and the safety of Japanese agricultural and marine products.”
(Jeonbuk = News 1)
Source: Donga
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