China's blanket seafood testing deals blow to Japanese firms

Because they could have used other excuses, before this tainted seawater one evolved.

That does nothing to contradict that this excuse can be used, it still is part of what "any excuse" could include. What you would need to contradict the claim is a reason why THIS and not other excuses would not be used.

Why not? is an excuse, so it can be used. That would be what "any" would mean.

Because they could have used other excuses, before this tainted seawater one evolved.

That was easy!

are you taking precautions? It is true that it is getting better year by year.

However, it is still very difficult to say that it is safe throughout the year.

Numbers such as photochemical smog are on the decline, but severe days are still at the level of news in developed countries. I still can't go out without a mask.

China, known as the department store of pollution, is still far from overcoming environmental problems, spreading pollution around the world.

I have never heard that air pollution from China is decreasing year by year on the Korean Peninsula, which is connected to China by land.

I would love to hear the opinions of people living on the Korean Peninsula.

Also, it seems that yellow dust is flying from the Gobi Desert to Japan, but I would like to hear the opinions of the Japanese as to whether the frequency has decreased.

If the Chinese Communist government cares about its people, why doesn't it take action when millions of people die each year from respiratory diseases caused by air pollution?

Did you google to see if they are? You'd find a lot on their efforts to improve air pollution. Like this:

China revised and issued its Ambient Air Quality Standards in 2012 and it has made great efforts in the "golden decade" on air pollution prevention and control. China has become the world's fastest improving country in terms of air quality, and many of its emissions control standards are already at the world's advanced level, said the report.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202211/1280734.shtml

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If the Chinese Communist government cares about its people, why doesn't it take action when millions of people die each year from respiratory diseases caused by air pollution?

Dolphins in the Yangtze River have become extinct due to dam development, and rivers are full of plastic due to garbage problems.

Excessive use of chemical fertilizers pollutes the soil, and sewage flows into the ground, which continues to pollute groundwater.

In addition, China's increase in nuclear power plants is certainly polluting the ocean more than Japan, but no one complains.

Do Chinese people appreciate the seafood caught in such places and eat it?

The EU used to inspect all imports, but recently stopped. why? It's just that it's been scientifically proven that there's no problem in the inspection so far. China, on the other hand, has started testing for political reasons, even if it is scientifically substantiated. It's the same flow as rare earths.

Unfortunately, nothing seems to deny the fact that everything is wrong with China.

like a gold rush !

The Chinese has absolute right to protect her people from consuming radioactive agricultural products. This is a risk and if many people got cancer after eating those seafood, then who is going to bear that responsibility? The Japanese government, I doubt.

This is nothing nothing nothing a political issue. Stop complaining everything at China. My advice to Japan is they should be responsible over health issues even those people were not your nationaks, don't make dirty money like a good rush !

It is healthier to eat seafood than meat.

I don't know the exact science on this, but the FDA recommends for adults not to eat seafood more than 12oz a week and for children under 12 to only have 8oz/wk of seafood.

This is due to "forever" chemicals that build up in the long-lived fish that humans eat like tuna, salmon, mackerel are examples. Fish caught by family and friends are likely to be tainted, so no more than 1 serving per week is recommended, if there isn't a specific advisory for the location of the catch. https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/selecting-and-serving-fresh-and-frozen-seafood-safely

https://worldofcooking.net/10-foods-made-in-china-you-must-avoid/ China is a major player in the global food market, exporting a wide variety of products to countries all over the world. However, there have been numerous instances of food safety scandals in China, ranging from toxic baby formula to contaminated frozen seafood.

The majority of exports to China are scallops ($1.2 billion) and Fukushima is irrelevant. Other than that, tuna and bonito ($0.2 billion) have little to do with Fukushima.

If countries around the world don't import it, shouldn't the Japanese eat it?

It is healthier to eat seafood than meat.

At least, it's better than seafood from the seas polluted by nuclear power plants in China and South Korea.

If China could use any excuse, then they would not need this excuse

Why not? is an excuse, so it can be used. That would be what "any" would mean.

The Japanese government should be fully aware that China will use any excuse they could get to put pressure on Japanese products, this is just part of the foreseeable consequences of the release of tainted water.

If China could use any excuse, then they would not need this excuse.

Eastman

yes soon all normal people in Japan will stop buy japanese fish too.as will follow foreign media,will see results of tests from neigbouring countries.

Except they won't.

The truth of the matter is, it has non thing to do with health. Its all about geopolitics. When Japan chose to echo/parrot America in their action against the Chinese, non thing is off the table, its a game they also can/know how to play.

The Japanese government should be fully aware that China will use any excuse they could get to put pressure on Japanese products, this is just part of the foreseeable consequences of the release of tainted water. I disagree that this is intended as pressure to make Tokyo refrain from releasing the water, it seems much more natural to think putting Japanese products in disadvantage is the main objective and they are just using something that Japan has no realistic way of avoiding.

More needless economic aggression from China (though "passive aggressive" in this case) for purely political reasons.

Xi doesn't seem to realize (or care) that economic aggression doesn't bend other countries to your will - it just turns public opinion in those countries against you, and causes them to look to other markets and decouple from you.

Look what happened in the trade war with Australia. China behaved aggressively, and Australia quickly found other markets for things like its coal and wine. China is even resuming those imports now, resulting in an even bigger win for Australia.

China needs to be testing seafood in her own waters more, where China releases over 10x more nuclear waste-water annually, than Fukushima 22T becquerels will over 40 yrs. Hongyanhe: 90T becquerels (2021) Qinshan: 143T becquerels (2020) Ningde: 102T becquerels (2021) Yangjiang: 112T becquerels (2021)

Test it all. Of course, China won't, because FACTS don't matter.

Hit back Japan. Hit China hard!

We will continue to eat fish. We eat a lot of local fish from the Harima-nada Sea. Always good. Also fish from Hokkaido. Foreign fish from the Canadian west coast.

Good! But Better If more nations follow. And still better if All nations in the world ban Japanese seafood. 

i concur

Ditto

The radiation from eating seafood from the affected area is less than that from flying in an airplane or from eating a banana (https://oceana.org/blog/worried-about-fukushima-radiation-seafood-turns-out-bananas-are-more-radioactive-fish/).

The real problem is that people have lost faith in their government because of all the stupid coverups surrounding Fukushima.

Good! But Better If more nations follow. And still better if All nations in the world ban Japanese seafood. 

i concur

Good! But Better If more nations follow. And still better if All nations in the world ban Japanese seafood. Japanese people are among the smartest in the world. But the Japanese Government is the stupidest government in the world for poisoning the Pacific Ocean for forty years with carcinogenic nuclear waste.