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TOKYO: Japan should do more to address fears over radiation in the area around Fukushima, a UN health expert said on Monday, urging it to consult those affected by nuclear pollution.
Anand Grover, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, told reporters the government needed to depend less on experts and give more information directly to people living with nuclear fears.
“Everything should be done with the participation of communities,” he told reporters at the end of a 12-day tour of Japan that included Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures.
The Fukushima crisis, where reactors went into meltdown after cooling systems were swamped by the tsunami of March 2011, was “a man-made disaster”, said Grover, echoing the Japanese parliament’s own finding.
Grover said the failure of the government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co to disclose key information on radiation limits had added to the confusion and hurt.
Anand Grover, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health, told reporters the government needed to depend less on experts and give more information directly to people living with nuclear fears.
“Everything should be done with the participation of communities,” he told reporters at the end of a 12-day tour of Japan that included Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures.
The Fukushima crisis, where reactors went into meltdown after cooling systems were swamped by the tsunami of March 2011, was “a man-made disaster”, said Grover, echoing the Japanese parliament’s own finding.
Grover said the failure of the government and plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co to disclose key information on radiation limits had added to the confusion and hurt.
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