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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Shweta Sharma

Drink Fukushima water if it’s clean, South Korea tells Japanese officials

AP

South Korea’s opposition leader has challenged Japanese officials to drink treated radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant amid concerns over Tokyo’s plan to release the water into the sea.

Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, implored Japanese officials to make good on their claims that the radioactive water is filtered and safe to be released into the sea.

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