"Each bag has this label saying it's a product of Fukushima, but the important thing here is this sticker here which says it's been cleared for radiation testing and is safe to eat."
This is a very short video on rice grown in Fukushima, being sold in a supermarket in Singapore. It features a woman passing out samples of the rice for customers to try-- some accept and some decline. The previous post to the blog, about the performance of offering soup made from ingredients grown in Fukushima, reminded me of this video. Listening to the reporter, I believe the initial mistake she made, by saying the rice was tested for radiation, perpetuates the media's inaccurate choice of words for defining radiation v.s. radioactivity, which makes it harder to understand why the rice is safe to eat. I assume she meant to say the rice as been cleared for radioactive material.
Watch the video here-
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28913467
-Ava
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