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Table 1
Contents of the booklet: 30 questions.
| Preparation period (before evacuation orders are lifted) |
| Section 1: An elderly couple |
| 1. Is it really safe to live in Iitate [or hometown]? |
| 2. How can I know the radiation exposure of my family and the dose in and around my house? |
| 3. Can I grow vegetables in my garden? |
| Section 2: A mother |
| 4. I can’t make up my mind to return with my children ... |
| 5. What is the effect of radiation on children? |
| 6. Is it true that pediatric thyroid cancer is increasing in Fukushima Prefecture? |
| 7. What should I do if I am concerned about my children? |
| 8. I am concerned about the dose at school or on the way to school ... |
| 9. Are school lunches safe? |
| Life after returning to the village |
| Section 3: A homemaker |
| 10. Can I open the window for ventilation? |
| 11. Is it safe to dry laundry and bedding outside? |
| 12. Can I hang persimmons under the eaves to dry? |
| 13. Can I use the furniture I left behind? |
| Section 4: A farmer |
| 14. Is it safe to work in the fields as before? |
| 15. Why are radioactive materials detected in vegetables? |
| 16. Are some vegetables more likely to be contaminated? |
| 17. When I measured the vegetables, the result was “ND”. What does that mean? |
| 18. My paddy field has been decontaminated; will it become contaminated again by filling it with water from the mountains? |
| 19. Won’t rice be contaminated unless the footpaths and waterways are decontaminated? |
| 20. How can I avoid the transfer of radioactive cesium to vegetables or rice? |
| 21. Is it safe to use pooled rainwater? |
| 22. Can I turn fallen leaves into compost? |
| 23. Is it risky to visit forests? |
| 24. Is it safe to raise shiitake mushrooms outdoors? |
| 25. Is it safe to drink milk? |
| About the future of life |
| Section 5: Why do we have to keep measuring radiation? |
| 26. Why do we have to measure water, food and internal exposure? |
| 27. When can I start eating wild herbs and mushrooms I picked in the forest? |
| 28. Is it safe to drink tap water or well water? |
| 29. When can we be free of having to measure our exposure? |
| 30. I want to invite workers from outside Fukushima Prefecture into my workplace. How should I explain about radiation in Iitate [or hometown]? |
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