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Archive for February, 2012

Safety Standard Or Double Standard?

Consumers Union of Japan held a seminar about radioactivity and food safety at Meiji University in Tokyo on January 29, 2012. By Emilie De Montessus (CUJ Intern from Lyon University) Furitsu Katsumi, Hyogo College of Medicine, spoke about the lessons learnt from Chernobyl. Since the Chernobyl accident in 1986, in Belarus, as well as in [...]

Posted: February 15th, 2012 under Civil Rights, Corporate Responsibility, Food, Nuclear.

Lecture Series: Consumers’ Perspective on the TPP Problem

Consumers Union of Japan and other organizations have jointly started a lecture series to discuss the problems with free trade agreements from the consumers’ perspective. During the APEC meeting in the fall of 2011, the Noda Administration expressed that Japan will participate in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. Mass media made it appear as [...]

Posted: February 8th, 2012 under Biotechnology, Civil Rights, Food, Food Additives, Food Security, TPP, Trade.

Consumers Protest Against the Radiation Limits for Food

Consumers protest against the radiation limits for food: We strongly protest against the old provisional limit for radioactive contamination of food, while asking the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) to reexamine the new limits Protest Letter To: Komiyama Yoko Minister of Health December 27, 2011 First of all, we protest against the provisional [...]

Posted: February 1st, 2012 under Chemical pollution, Civil Rights, Food, Nuclear.

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