Olympic Organizer Wants To Feed Athletes Fukushima Produce

New submitter Grady Martin writes: Toshiaki Endo, Japan's government-appointed parliament member in charge of planning for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, has expressed hopes of supplying the Olympic/Paralympic village with foods grown in Fukushima [Google's autotranslation], stating, 'Using foods from Fukushima in the village is another possibility. I wish to strengthen ties with ground zero in numerous ways.' Would you eat it?

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Re:Yes.

[AmiMoJo]

Indeed, the question is how good is the equipment used for testing. There are concerns that only samples are being tested, and that the samples are too large. There is a conflict of interest too. The government wants produce to be declared safe, to reduce the compensation that has to be paid out.

It's probably safe, but there are non-zero risks and a lot if mistrust.