Locals lament prolonged sales ban on wild mushrooms due to nuke crisis

Locals lament prolonged sales ban on wild mushrooms due to nuke crisis

Mineko Tsukuda, owner of a mushroom shop in Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, laments in an interview on Oct. 23, 2015, that business has dropped about 80 percent due to a ban on sales of local wild mushrooms imposed for fear of radioactive contamination from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant some 80 kilometers away. With little she can sell except cultivated mushrooms, Tsukuda said she is considering closing down the two-decade-old shop. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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    Photo taken on Oct. 23, 2015, shows "kishimeji" or a type of beech mushroom growing in the wild on a mountain in Inawashiro, Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Wild mushrooms in the town, about 80 kilometers west of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, were traditionally an important source of income for local farmers in autumn, but they remain banned from the market due to fears of radioactive contamination. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo