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Fukushima forests found to be radioactive via Al Jazeera English

Link to the movie -> http://aje.me/16iy2mh   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 … Continue reading

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Fukushima radiation threatens to wreak woodland havoc via The Japan Times

FEB 17, 2013 PRINT SHARE For Yuji Hoshino, mushrooms were a way of life. The 50-year-old farmer grew up watching his father raise shiitake mushrooms on their land at the foot of the mountains in Sanno, southern Tochigi Prefecture. Later, … Continue reading

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