Tokyo ... or leave it ?
Nov 29, 2011, 6:05 pm
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The effect of eating a kilogramme of beef with the maximum limit allowed for caesium in Japan is the equivalent to one-50th of an annual dosage from naturally occurring radioactive materials, and one-13th of levels received on a one-way flight between Tokyo and New York.
Nov 29, 2011, 7:09 pm
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- They are not testing all agriculture, only a small sample
- They are not testing seafood in any significant quantities
- They are only testing for cesium and iodine, not other radioactive matierals
- Ingesting radioactive materials is quite different from merely being exposed to radioactivity
I don't have enough information to say that the food is unsafe, and it's probably nothing to worry about for a tourist. But I don't think you have enough information to say that perpetually eating such food is safe either.
Nov 30, 2011, 3:37 pm
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I reiterate:
I don't have enough information to say that the food is unsafe, and it's probably nothing to worry about for a tourist. But I don't think you have enough information to say that perpetually eating such food is safe either.
- They are not testing all agriculture, only a small sample
- They are not testing seafood in any significant quantities
- They are only testing for cesium and iodine, not other radioactive matierals
- Ingesting radioactive materials is quite different from merely being exposed to radioactivity
I don't have enough information to say that the food is unsafe, and it's probably nothing to worry about for a tourist. But I don't think you have enough information to say that perpetually eating such food is safe either.
Nov 30, 2011, 5:06 pm
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I read that after the incident at 3 Mile Island, children were fed milk from cows that had eaten grass contaminated with radioactive material. And ingesting that milk had significant long term health consequences for those children. As much as I want to visit Tokyo and other parts of Japan, I don't feel comfortable with the information that the Japanese government has put out so far.
Nov 30, 2011, 5:27 pm
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Dec 16, 2011, 1:57 am
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I have also visited a lot of Asian cities in the recent years (Hong Kong, Bejing, KL, Singapore, Bangkok) to name a few. I just came back from a week of Japan and we did Tokyo, Nikko and Kyoto.
I was not impressed by Tokyo and we felt after 2 days we had seen it.. we only did one day in Kyoto and where sad we did not spend more time there.
Japan is quite different then the rest of Asia and worth a visit. But I think you can actually go to Japan but just skip Tokyo and spend some time in other cities and the country side.
I was not really impressed with Bangkok but liked it far more then Tokyo.
I was not impressed by Tokyo and we felt after 2 days we had seen it.. we only did one day in Kyoto and where sad we did not spend more time there.
Japan is quite different then the rest of Asia and worth a visit. But I think you can actually go to Japan but just skip Tokyo and spend some time in other cities and the country side.
I was not really impressed with Bangkok but liked it far more then Tokyo.