![]() | Food Safety after Fukushima: Scientific Citizenship and the Politics of Risk Subjects: Food contamination -- Risk assessment -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken; Radioactive pollution -- Risk assessment -- Japan -- Fukushima-ken; Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Japan 2011 -- Environmental aspects; Nuclear accidents and agriculture -- Japan -- Fukushima-; The triple disaster that struck Japan in March 2011 forced people living there to confront new risks in their lives. Despite the Japanese government's reassurance that radiation exposure would be small and unlikely to affect the health of the general population, many questioned the government's commitment to protecting their health. The disaster prompted them to become vigilant about limiting their risk exposure, and food emerged as a key area where citizens could determine their own levels of acceptable risk. Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna is assistant professor of anthropology at Southern Methodist University. |
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