Japanese Legislator Takes Dare, Drinks from Fukushima Puddle
Reporters challenged Japanese official Yasuhiro Sonoda to drink water from the quake-leveled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and today he did.
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Reporters challenged Japanese official Yasuhiro Sonoda to drink water from the quake-leveled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, and today he did.
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Military trucks and helicopters are dousing the plant with water to cool exposed fuel rods
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