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TSUKUBA, Japan (Kyodo) --
About 20 percent of adults avoid buying farm produce grown in places
they think likely to be contaminated with radiation, a nationwide
survey by the National Institute for Environmental Studies has found.
The survey with replies from
1,121 people aged 20-79 was conducted in February, about two years
after the multiple nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
power plant following the March 11, 2011 quake and tsunami.
"While (produce) is
strictly inspected in the shipping and distribution phases, there is
much misunderstanding," said Midori Aoyagi, head of the
environmental planning section at the institute in Tsukuba, Ibaraki
Prefecture.
Asked if they avoid
localities with the likelihood of radioactive contamination when
buying farm produce, 20.7 percent said they "always" do so
and 15.4 percent said they "often" so do, while those who
said they "do not do so at all" came to 34.9 percent.
Asked to what extent the
spread of radioactive materials through the accident will affect the
health of children and grandchildren, 49.9 percent said it will have
a "big impact" and 39.5 percent said there will be
"somewhat of an impact," together accounting for nearly 90
percent of the total.
The institute commissioned
the survey to a Tokyo-based private research company, Survey Research
Center Co.
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