Two
years after the triple calamities of earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster
ravaged Japan's northeastern Pacific coast, forests that cover 70 percent of
the Fukushima Prefecture have been found to contain high concentrations of
radioactive cesium. With traces revealed not only in the fallen leaves and
soil, but in the trees themselves, the findings suggest that radiation has
permanently found its way into the ecosystem. The government is already
spending billions of dollars decontaminating various towns in Fukushima, but
the forests continue to emit radioactivity, putting the residents at risk........
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Also he wanted to share what he heard from people who
work in the Forest Industry. He felt deeply touched by their words; “They said they just need to
wait patiently and let the land to heal from the radioactive contamination by itself,
and hope for the best.
Removing the radioactive contamination from the leaf molds is impossible.
And anyway, getting rid of the leaf molds would be detrimental to the
environment because the most important aspect of the leaf molds is that the
forests water retention capability would be lost if the mold were removed.
Therefore, decontamination of the forest wouldn’t work for us. We would lose our jobs.
Fukushima prefecture is 70-80% mountainous.
If they decontaminate the land, they need to do all of it (according to
what he described, it’s impossible) or Japan admits the
extent of the contamination in Fukushima prefecture and acts accordingly.
That's the only way to show the world our sincerity, and then we can only start
to gain our trust from the rest of the world.”
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