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Japan: Fukushima Fallout Hits Farmers
2013-07-30 10:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Life for Yoshihiro Watanabe and his wife Mutsuko, mushroom and rice farmers from Fukushima, has changed drastically since the disastrous meltdowns in the Dai Ichi nuclear plant that was hit by a massive tsunami after a 9.0 strong earthquake struck on Mar. 11, 2011. Dangerous levels of radiation from the crippled nuclear reactors have effectively forced us to stop our mushroom cultivation and reduced our farming income almost 80 percent, Watanabe told IPS. He added that the family is also taking...
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