"So then please drink it."Shots Shots Shots
Last week, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that the government could no longer delay its plan to dump radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the ocean.
The Japanese government has repeatedly insisted that the plan wont put biodiversity or people in the area at risk, but plenty of residents of Japan and neighboring countries are reasonably concerned about the dump. Now, the Chinese government is demanding dramatic proof that the water is safe, Japanese newspaper The Mainichi reports.
A Japanese official said it is okay if we drink this water, so then please drink it, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters on Wednesday, according to the paper.
Japan is already capable of purifying Fukushimas contaminated water to a certain extent, but it cant scrub out the radioactive tritium. The plan, however, is to dilute the water down so it contains just 2.5 percent of the tritium concentration permitted by its national standards before dumping it over the course of decades. But still, drinking it straight from the source sounds a bit dicey.
Lijian has since doubled down on the challenge.
Japanese politicians said treated [waste water] is innocent, why dont they drink, cookand wash clothes with the water first? he tweeted on Thursday. They should guarantee sea food wont be contaminated; accept the advice of [The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)] and set up a technical working group with China and [Korea] to make assessment.
However, its worth noting that the IAEA came out in support of Japans plan before Lijian issued his challenge.
The Japanese Governments decision is in line with practice globally, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano said in a press release, even though the large amount of water at the Fukushima plant makes it a unique and complex case.
READ MORE: Please drink treated Fukushima water: China asks Japanese minister [The Mainichi]
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