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Radiation Fears Spur Panic Buying as Chinese Government Urges Transparency from Japan

Chinese citizens have been buying out supplies of table salt, under the false impression that it will help protect them from radiation from the nuclear situation in Japan. From the Los Angeles Times: The clamor for salt reportedly started after rumors spread, possibly by cellphone text-messaging, that China would be hit by a radioactive cloud from Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, which had been badly damaged during last week’s earthquake and tsunami.