The gears of fate finally turned to the United States, looking at the mutated seafood sent by the Japanese brother, I wonder if the United States will regret its original decision.
This time, how did the United States and Japan play out the filial piety of fathers and sons?
The information in this article comes from (Observer.com2024/4/9), in order to improve the readability of the article, the details may be polished, please read sensibly, for reference only!
Polluting the oceans
Just a few days ago, on April 19, Japan began this year's nuclear sewage discharge.
This disgusting practice has led to a boycott of Japanese seafood exports.
Since the thrilling Fukushima nuclear power plant accident in Japan in 2011, Japan's nuclear problems have been exposed.
It turns out that there has always been a large amount of nuclear wastewater and nuclear contaminated materials in Japan that have not been treated, but they are only stored in huge water tanks, but in recent years, the water tanks have also been close to saturation, and Japan has begun to plan to disgust the world.
In the second half of 2023, Japan openly claimed that it could not afford to treat this nuclear wastewater, and planned to discharge more than 100 tons into the sea.
China, South Korea, Russia and many other countries strongly oppose Japan's plan to discharge nuclear sewage into the sea, believing that it will have an immeasurable negative impact on the global marine ecosystem.
However, at this juncture, the United States stands up for Japan and supports the issue of the younger brother's nuclear wastewater.
The Japanese side is also dead-faced, not only insisting on opening the sea discharge mechanism, but also ironically launching a propaganda mascot called "Little Tritium" in an attempt to justify this practice.
Even Japanese officials drank a glass of nuclear wastewater in front of the world, but the trembling hand betrayed them, and even they themselves did not believe it.
Seafood pile-up
As we all know, Japan, an island country, is short of resources, which means that seafood products can be exported as resources.
But now people don't buy it, especially the mainland, after Japan opened the nuclear sewage discharge into the sea, immediately closed the door to Japan, banning the import of Japanese aquatic products.
This has had a huge impact on Japan's fishing and related industries, and you must know that the main export of Japan's seafood is the mainland, especially scallops, which are almost 80% digested by the mainland.
Now, our embargo has caused a huge amount of scallops, fish, and other stocks in Japan to climb sharply and pile up.
Some coastal areas in Japan have even opted to distribute these unsalable goods free of charge in the hope of reducing losses. However, their loss of money is a foregone conclusion.
Faced with such a predicament, the Japanese government's "wise" approach is to call on the whole country to eat more of the nuclear-contaminated seafood to support the stranded fishermen.
Ironically, while calling for an increase in national consumption, the government has instead discouraged the export of these "safe" aquatic products to avoid sanctions from other countries.
Seeing that the prospects for exports are slim, Japan began to seek other ways out, especially inviting its big brother Lao Mei to buy some to share the pressure.
Although the United States has publicly expressed its support for Japan's emissions, it is cunning and cunning, and the actual import volume is pitiful.
For example, in September last year, the United States imported only one ton of seafood from Japan, and distributed it to the troops stationed in Japan.
However, the accumulation of seafood in Japan is not more than a ton, which is already an astronomical amount, and seeing that the United States is reluctant to help itself, Japan has started a unique operation and sent it over itself.
Sent to the United States in disguise
Faced with a dire situation, Japan decided to open up a new sales channel with a bypass.
They set up a large seafood processing plant in Mexico, where they transported nuclear-contaminated seafood for so-called "processing."
The repackaged and labelled seafood is then transformed into a pollution-free product that is shipped to the U.S. market via Mexico.
This wave of operations can be described as a win-win situation.
First of all, for Japan, this greatly consumes the inventory and can still sell it at a good price, while for Mexico, Japan has invested real money, and if there is money to be made, why not do it yourself.
And for the United States, a former supporter of nuclear wastewater, they have finally eaten the seafood of nuclear wastewater that they have been dreaming of.
Of course, it is highly likely that the American people of China did not know about it.
In addition to the United States, Japan has also opened a way to Europe, allowing Europeans to taste Japanese souvenirs.
It is hard to imagine how the United States will feel when it reacts.
However, we must also be vigilant against Japan's approach, because after all, they have completely lost their conscience, and once they are allowed to open up a sales route to the mainland, Japan will undoubtedly become even more rampant.
Hazards of nuclear wastewater
Japan's actions are undoubtedly harming the world, and you must know that the discharge of nuclear wastewater will bring extremely serious harm to the environment and human beings.
First of all, the most direct is that radiation pollutes the marine environment, endangers the marine ecosystem and marine life, and these will further endanger human health through the food chain.
Secondly, we all know that the sea and land are circulating, and this radiation pollution may spread to the land through seawater and air, polluting the soil and groundwater, and endangering agricultural production and drinking water safety.
In addition, nuclear radiation increases the risk of cancer and other serious diseases in humans, and poses a great threat to vulnerable groups such as babies and pregnant women.
We also hope that the Japanese government will face up to this problem and immediately stop discharging nuclear wastewater into the ocean.
If it's really hard to solve, then shut down these risky nuclear power plants and gradually transition to clean and safe renewable energy.
Resolution
Today, Japan's practice is a complete manifestation of its disregard for the interests of other countries and its pursuit of profit.
And those allies who once openly supported Japan's decision-making are also hard to blame for this matter.
In the face of Japan's unscrupulous move, the international community should take joint precautions and take concrete and effective action to stop it.
First, the world should unite and take concrete actions to stop and curb Japan's nuclear pollution emissions and prevent the pollution from spreading and intensifying.
Second, countries need to further strengthen the testing of imported food, especially seafood, and establish a more stringent nuclear contamination testing mechanism to ensure the "safety of the tip of the tongue" of consumers.
It is only through a global effort that we can ensure that consumers around the world have access to clean and safe food.
Nuclear contamination knows no borders and endangers human health, which is related to the sustainable development of the entire human community. We must not allow Japan's wanton destruction of the earth's environment and endanger the health of all mankind.
Reference Sources:
Huanqiu.com - 2024/4/19
https://baijiahao.baidu.com/s?id=1796771463546493335&wfr=spider&for=pc
Observer.com - 4/9/2024
https://www.guancha.cn/internation/2024_04_09_731078.shtml