Nuclear experts would drink Japan's treated radioactive wastewater

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Photo: AFP / IAEA Independent nuclear experts have offered to drink water and eat fish from the Pacific Ocean after Japan dumps its nuclear waste water into the Pacific. Japan is planning to inject ...

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We know that they have planned that for many years, but I really thought that they will reconsider that,\" Cross said.\nFor her, all nuclear issues are personal. Japan's plans are of interest in particular as they impact her ocean, the Pacific.\n\"I remember my great grandmother and my grandmother that were sick. Then my mum and my auntie, they had the thyroid cancer,\" Cross said.\nWhen she was around 10, her sister got sick and at 23-years-old she was diagnosed with leukaemia.\nAll of the women she loves and looked up to \"poisoned\" by French nuclear testing in the Pacific, she said.\nNow that she is a mother of two, her voice has become staunchly against nuclear colonialism. She wants better healthcare for survivors of French nuclear testing.\n\"I'm anxious about the health care of my children, are they going to be sick or no? 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