Deputy PM Aso challenged by China to drink treated Fukushima water
Deputy PM Aso challenged by China to drink treated Fukushima water. After claiming it was safe to drink. Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso drank processed contaminated water stored in the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station. A Japanese official said it wouldn’t concern if we drank this water. So please drink it, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters that Japan’s misunderstanding of the ecological world was completely unjustifiable.
The Japanese government agreed on Tuesday to dump the plant-treated water into the sea in two years. Aso, a former prime minister who has made a number of divisive statements. Since becoming deputy prime minister and finance minister in 2012, said at a press conference on Tuesday. I heard that we don’t have any harm if we drink’ the handled water. Hence, Minamata disease in Japan has come not far away, and the suffering of local patients has not yet cured. Zhao said, referring to one of the country’s four main pollution diseases.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Administration:
Minamata disease, which paralyzes the human central nervous system and causes birth defects which have caused by mercury-contaminated water pumped into the sea from a Chisso Corp. However, in 1956 the local health authority formally recognized the epidemic, which affected thousands of people. Moreover, Japan must not ignore the historic tragedy, Zhao added, urging Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga administration not to spill treated nuclear water into the sea without permission from other countries and the International Atomic Energy Agency.
China, South Korea, and Taiwan have all expressed their displeasure with Japan’s new move, claiming that. Treated water would affect the aquatic climate, food security, and human health. Japanese authorities, on the other hand, pointed out that several other countries with nuclear power stations, such as China and South Korea, have leaked treated contaminated water from their reactors into the atmosphere. Quality journalism is more important than ever in an age of misinformation and overabundance of knowledge. You will help us build the correct article by subscribing.