several countries agreed in London to adopt theConvention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter, referred to as theLondon Dumping Convention, which sets strict rules on dumping waste into the ocean.
* In a public opinion survey conducted earlier this month, 90.5 percent of Fukushima residents believed that dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean would cause reputational damage to the area's products. * Susceptible to the wastewater issue are the Pacific island countries that have ...
Youngsolwara Pacific, a prominent environmental advocacy group, asked, "How can the Japanese government, which has experienced the same brutal experiences of nuclear weapons in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki, wish to further pollute our Pacific with nuclear waste? To us, this irresponsible act of trans...
the agriculture and forestry minister said thursday. sixteen south korean university students were arrested by police thursday for attempting to enter the japanese embassy in seoul in protest of japan's dumping of nuclear-conta...
As expected, Washington is willing to sacrifice the welfare of the wider Asia-Pacific region to prioritize its geopolitical and geostrategic interests in the region, and turn a blind eye to the Japanese government's risks and dangers posed by the planned dumping of nuclear wastewater into the Pa...
Why Dumping Waste Water In The Ocean Is A Bad Idea According to the Nuclear Energy Institute, nuclear wastes should be safely contained and carefully disposed of. However, Japan’s plan to dump radioactive waste into the ocean is detrimental to the marine environment and public health...
Media reports say Japan will begin dumping the second batch of nuclear-contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean around the end of this month or early October. If the plan goes ahead, another 78-hundred tons of wastewater will enter the global marine ecosystem. An Indian ecologist...
* In a public opinion survey conducted earlier this month, 90.5 percent of Fukushima residents believed that dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean would cause reputational damage to the area's products. * Susceptible to the wastewater issue are the Pacific island countries that have ...
Interview: Japan's nuke water dumping to endanger marine products, ocean, says green activist SEOUL, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Japan's plan to dump radioactive waste water from its crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean will endanger marine products and contaminate the ...
lecturer at the University of the South Pacific, said Japan should respect the South Pacific Nuclear Free Zone Treaty, inked by PIF members in 1985, which explicitly prohibits activities such as testing, manufacturing, and stationing nuclear explosive devices and dumping nuclear waste within the ...