Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a polarising move that prompted China to announce an immediate blanket ban on all aquatic products from Japan.

China is “highly concerned about the risk of radioactive contamination brought by… Japan’s food and agricultural products,” the customs bureau said in a statement.

The Japanese government signed off on the plan two years ago and it was given a green light by the U.N. nuclear watchdog last month. The discharge is a key step in decommissioning the Fukushima Daiichi plant after it was destroyed by a tsunami in 2011.

  • @Hazdaz
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    -1241 year ago

    It’s pretty bad when China is in the right when it comes to a safety-related topic.

    • @[email protected]
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      881 year ago

      You do realise that the potassium alone in your body is more radioactive than that water, right?

      You are literally more radioactive.

      This isn’t even worth a story.

    • @Kbobabob
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      331 year ago

      LMAO. This IS a joke, right?

      • @Treczoks
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        31 year ago

        No. Many people (especially in the US) are completely ignorant about science. This guy knows nothing that would help him (or her) to actually rate the danger.

    • @theyoyomaster
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      141 year ago

      Yeah, it would be interesting to see that ever happen.

    • @Ryumast3r
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      101 year ago

      It’s pretty bad when you’re this misinformed and frankly, extremely ignorant on a topic and then make a comment like this.

    • @Treczoks
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      51 year ago

      Then you better don’t eat bananas. Because bananas are more radioactive than the Fukuchima water.

      • @[email protected]
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        31 year ago

        Why would a troglodyte know anything about bananas? It probably subsists off of frozen pizza/hot pockets.