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before you eat those delicious Tohoku region veggies

 
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timmytopee



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 6:48 am    Post subject: before you eat those delicious Tohoku region veggies Reply with quote
http://news.yahoo.com/deformed-vegetables-fruit-reportedly-pop-around-japan-nuclear-105710274--abc-news-topstories.html
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kah5217



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 7:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Scare tactics.
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Black_Beer_Man



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
The last paragraph says not to worry. Smile
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Rooster.



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PostPosted: Fri Jul 19, 2013 11:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
kah5217 wrote:
Scare tactics.


It sells the news.

But I would not knowingly eat food grown in the Fukushima area for the time being.
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Pitarou



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 6:41 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Next up: the Ohio gardener who grows vegetables in the shape of Elvis and the British Mom who found the phrase "There is no God but Allah" written in a tomato.
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TokyoLiz



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 2:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Debunked - http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/07/20/scaremongers-strike-again-mutant-vegetables-attributed-to-fukushima/
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Pitarou



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PostPosted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
TokyoLiz wrote:
Debunked - http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/07/20/scaremongers-strike-again-mutant-vegetables-attributed-to-fukushima/
Thank you, TokyoLiz.

And I hope that, in future, people think twice before sharing this kind of scaremongering crap.
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