Abstract
Damage caused by the earthquake is now widespread,having been compounded two-, and then three-fold, by additional events. The health effects of radioactive materials released in the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant disaster and consumed through food have become one of the biggest social issues to arise from the disaster. Using the risk communication paradigm, we will assess the researcher’s role for the public in confronting sociallydevastating circumstances, as well as consider how scientific information and opinions can be exchanged to attain an public understanding of the situation.
Firstly, we provide a description of the public psychological state confronting the effects of radiation contamination of food on health. Next, we will discuss the current state of risk communication and propose a interactive model. Then we will outline the public knowledge and risk perception for effects of radiation contamination of food on health at pre-/post- communication, and validate the evidence of the situations in the focus group communication, especially scrutiny process in discussions of scientific information presented.
