This Week's Update — Discussions about Internal Exposure from Food (6th February, 2012)
This week's column
1) The numbers of people, who are anxious about health damages by internal radiation exposure, have been increasing in Japan since Fukushima nuclear power plant accident.
Hiroyuki Matsuda, Professor of Yokohama National University, Faculty of Environment and Information Science, Ph.D. contributed a column " Strict Standards for Food: Human-Induced Disaster for Affected Fishing and Farming Households". Professor Matsuda has questioned the policy of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare who are trying to apply more strict safety standards for radioactive substances.
There are possibilities that agricultures and fisheries in Fukushima can be no longer feasible by applying these strict standards. He pointed out “the institution of such regulations is a divisive act that cuts the ties between affected farmers and fishermen, and their consumers".
2) GEPR editorial staffs reported a column “Green jobs cannot be created with subsidies - Illusion of Feed-in Tariff".
This column shows the promotion of renewable energy relying on subsidies does not work.
