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OKIsItJustMe

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8. I was making a joke (i.e. the rice does not glow in the dark)
Tue Jan 27, 2015, 12:23 PM
Jan 2015

On the other hand, your statement, “There hasn't been a problem with even Fukushima's rice crop (let alone Japan as a whole) since the crop that was in the field when the earthquake hit.” Is clearly false. Note (for example) the date of the 3rd article, and the location where the rice was grown.

Note also the use of the negative: “In order to quell public fears about rice already shipped from the farm in question, a ministry spokesperson said that spot checks had, until now, given no cause for alarm.” — (As in, this finding gives us cause for alarm.)

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