Residents from South Korea, China, Hong Kong, and Macau are considering removing seafood from their diet over fears of how Japan’s nuclear waste release may contaminate the ocean.
from Japan. Ministry of Commerce spokesperson Shu Jueting called the discharge"extremely selfish and irresponsible" and said it would"cause damage and harm to the global marine environment that cannot be predicted."
"The Yoon Suk Yeol government and the ruling People Power Party are accomplices in the dumping of the wastewater," said Kwon Chil-seung, a spokesperson for the main opposition Democratic Party. Yoon administration officials have tried to ease public concerns by expanding radiation tests on seafood at major fish markets. Last month, some governing party lawmakers even drank seawater from fish tanks at a seafood market in Seoul to emphasize food safety.show that more than 80% of respondents oppose the Japanese discharge plan and more than 60% said they won’t eat seafood after the water release begins.is truly a bad thing," said Lee Jae-kyung, a Seoul resident.
"I haven’t had any customers today. In past years, I sold fish worth $300-$380 by this time on a normal day," Kim said in a midday phone interview Wednesday."Others in this market have had few customers today as well." In Hong Kong, about a dozen residents took part in a march in a central business district to protest against Japan’s move.
"I want to act as a role model for my children, so they will stop eating these products even when they grow up," she said.
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