Norway whale meat dumped in Japan after pesticide finding
Tokyo (AFP) March 11, 2015 - Whale meat imported into Japan from Norway has been dumped after tests found it contained up to twice the permitted level of harmful pesticide, the government said Wednesday. The announcement came after Western environmentalists first exposed the issue, in the latest salvo of a battle that pits Japan against many of its usual allies, such as Australia and New Zealand. An official at Japa ... more

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