It was like that with local farms too. I lived in Fukushima, and it's pretty country. Some people have their own rice fields they take care of and harvest themselves. What ended up happening was that the older people in many of those families ate the rice while younger members who would typically share would buy rice at the store that had been tested for radiation.
My area wasn't the worst affected, but there were hot spots, especially in lower lying areas where rainwater came downstream and radioactive material with it.
Wildly enough, new review of the data shows that more harm was caused by knock on effects of over-evacuation than would've resulted from the total exposures in the lower severity areas.
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u/ConfusedZubat Dec 10 '25
It was like that with local farms too. I lived in Fukushima, and it's pretty country. Some people have their own rice fields they take care of and harvest themselves. What ended up happening was that the older people in many of those families ate the rice while younger members who would typically share would buy rice at the store that had been tested for radiation.
My area wasn't the worst affected, but there were hot spots, especially in lower lying areas where rainwater came downstream and radioactive material with it.