Friday, 16 April 2021, 6:26 am
GENEVA (15 April 2021) - UN human rights experts today
expressed deep regret at Japan’s decision to release
contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear
plant into the ocean, saying the discharge could impact
millions of lives and livelihoods in the Pacific
region.
“The release of one million tonnes of
contaminated water into the marine environment imposes
considerable risks to the full enjoyment of human rights of
concerned populations in and beyond the borders of Japan,”
the independent experts appointed by the Human Rights
Council said.
“The Government’s decision is very
concerning given the warnings about the effect of such a
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Human rights experts appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council issued a statement on March 2 raising concerns about the further industrialization of Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” This largely Black-populated stretch of the Mississippi River between New Orleans and Baton Rouge is lined with more than a hundred refineries and petrochemical plants. The experts said additional petrochemical development in this region, which U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) data shows has some of the country’s highest cancer risks from air pollution, constitutes “environmental racism” that “must end.”
“This form of environmental racism poses serious and disproportionate threats to the enjoyment of several human rights of its largely African American residents, including the right to equality and non-discrimination, the right to life, the right to health, right to an adequate standard of living and cultural rights,” the experts said.
GENEVA (11 March 2021) – UN experts said today contaminated water still remaining at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant poses major environmental and human rights risks and any decision to discharge it into the Pacific Ocean cannot be an .
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