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In reply to the discussion: Hillary Clinton, the TPP, and Protecting Our Food [View all]Koinos
(2,792 posts)The instructions could have come from the same sources who said that the Gulf of Mexico was safe to swim in and seafood from the Gulf of Mexico was safe after the BP "spill."
The nuclear industry did everything it could to cover up the consequences of the ongoing Fukushima disaster.
The US did what it could to protect trade with Japan.
The US has rejected no food imports from Japan, while other countries have. What types of testing are done? And for what kinds of contaminants?
FDA standards of acceptable levels of contamination have changed since Fukushima. Why? Products are considered safe now that would not have been considered safe in the past.
I raise the question: What went on between the US and Japan after the Fukushima disaster?
Helen Caldicott seems to believe that Clinton was involved. I can't find a definitive answer to that question, but I do know that protection of our food supply -- however "iffy" it is right now -- will not improve with the passage of TPP.