After the Fukushima Nuclear disaster in 2011, many mass media started to warn about Fukushima and Japanese products, In consequence, the Korean Government started to regulate the importation of agricultural and marine products from Japan. Korea Food and Drug administration, in May 25th 2013, announced that they will stop importation of some items from Chiba. As the result of this policy, importation from 8 provinces, 21 kind of agricultural and whole marine products are restricted. They also noted that they will reinforce this regulation if radioactive material is detected from other items. In consequence, the consumption of agricultural and marine products is in rapid decline. The whole market suffers sales slump and price drops due to the worrying of consumers about radioactive contamination of the products.
According to the Agricultural marketing industry, the average price of fresh agricultural products has generally fallen (2011.4.22) as wholesale market on a national scale. For example, price of green chili pepper (10kg) is 28,800won which is less than half of a year ago price, 61,200 won. Also in other products, the prices also declined about half of last year price. The agricultural industry officials said that the main reason of this price drop is apprehension by Fukushima nuclear disaster.
The marine products are is under same circumstances. According to the sales volume of marine product in E-mart, marine products which fished in the East sea and Southern sea which is near to the Japan falls off 40% as maximum. The marine industry official said that the consumer is having unconditional repulsion about both Japan marine product and domestic marine products.
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the effective doses from diagnostic CT procedures are typically estimated to be in the range of 1 to 10 mSv. This range is not much less than the lowest doses of 5 to 20 mSv estimated to have been received by some of the Japanese survivors of the atomic bombs. These survivors, who are estimated to have experienced doses slightly larger than those encountered in CT, have demonstrated a small but increased radiation-related excess relative risk for
...r. Iodine 131, another radioactive element, can dilute very quickly in the air, but if it is deposited on grass eaten by cows, the cows then re-concentrate it in their milk. Absorbed into the body's thyroid gland in a concentrated dose, Iodine 131 can cause cancer. In the Chernobyl disaster, the biggest health effect has been cases of thyroid cancer especially in children living near the nuclear plant. Therefore, because of the Chernobyl disaster we know to test the grass, soil, and milk for radiation. Also, an evacuation of the Chernobyl area was not ordered until over 24 hours after the incident. Japanese authorities evacuated 200,000 people from the area of Fukushima within hours of the initial alert. From the mistakes and magnitude of the disaster at Chernobyl, the world learned how to better deal with the long and short term effect of a Nuclear Fallout.
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The symptoms of radiation poisoning - or Acute Radiation Syndrome - vary depending on the dosage of radiation that a person has received. If someone is exposed to 400 mSv of radiation in a short amount of time, it is very likely that they will begin to experience these symptoms. The person may find themselves afflict...
prized seafood and commercial item on the West Coast, the species could vanish from California
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