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There go my swimming on Korea's east side plans for this year.

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[–] fearout@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know it might sound odd, but you shouldn’t be afraid to swim in Korea. The water isn’t going to get poisoned or become radioactive, it’s diluted so much that there’s not going to be a measurable difference in water quality. What they are doing is standard procedure, and it’s exactly the way you get rid of such water. It’s safe.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Not only that, water released from Fukushima wouldn’t even go into the Sea of Japan. Fukushima is on the east coast of Japan. Water released from it would be going into the Pacific.