【新唐人2011年3月18日訊】日本福島縣第一核電站，由於海嘯造成機組故障爆炸，恐怕輻射物質大規模的外洩，目前除了擔心空氣被污然，部分民眾也憂慮海水可能「核污染」，因此目前中國出現了搶鹽人潮，超市、雜貨店貨架上的食用鹽，通通被搶購一空。
中國許多地區的超市、雜貨店外，都排起了這樣長長的買鹽人龍，工作人員忙著秤鹽給客人，手都沒停過，買鹽的人卻也不減﹔搶購人潮還使得鹽價從1包1塊多人民幣，一下子被哄抬了數倍。
廣西自由作家荊楚：「今天早上出去加油，看到很多人在街上成群結隊的大家在買鹽，開始的時候一塊五一包，後來買的二塊五 、三塊 、四塊、五塊、六塊、七塊還有人在買。」
據一位目前住在北京的民眾介紹，他老家江西已經出現缺鹽情況，週四他到北京各地找鹽，發現北京情況更嚴重。
北京民眾：「反正鹽我今天上午轉了一圈，到市區去了，大超市全部沒有，我又坐了一個多小時的車，大興區啊、豐臺區啊到處去看看，到九龍城（音譯）小批發市場或小賣部，哪怕很小的小賣部都沒有鹽 ，貨架上全是空的」
西單一家超市，工作人員週四傍晚告訴記者，目前北京各超市的食用鹽幾乎都已賣到斷貨。
超市工作人員：「各個商家都是這樣，它在供貨但是供貨是供不過來，誰也不能保證您甚麼時候有、甚麼時候沒有，現在他（市民）缺不缺鹽他都要買兩袋，那肯定是不夠的。你特意在這兒等著，他也不知道甚麼時候來貨。」
目前在北京不只超市的鹽供不應求，一些賣鹽的批發店，原來疊滿了鹽袋的地方，現在也顯得空空盪盪，而店外，仍然徘徊著許許多多等待買鹽的顧客。
這幾天，中國民間由於流傳中國周邊海域可能受到日本核洩漏的輻射污染，造成未來食用鹽的不安全，以及「吃碘鹽能預防輻射污染」的傳聞影響，掀起了瘋狂的搶鹽浪潮﹔中共各地方政府被迫相繼召開新聞發佈會闢謠，呼籲民眾不要恐慌﹔不過由於政府的長期沒信用，官方越闢謠民眾的疑慮越大。
北京民眾：「昨天那個中央新聞播的闢謠啊，不闢謠還好，有些民眾說對中央已經不相信了，越闢謠民眾越感到恐慌。」
中國多地和香港民眾，因日本核洩漏所引發的輻射污染恐慌，目前不只表現在買鹽，藥房中的碘片、口罩也都成了民眾搶購的對像﹔有專家提醒民眾，碘鹽中的碘含量低，無法起到預防放射性碘的作用，而碘片則對防治其他放射性物質同樣沒有作用，因此民眾不要盲目過量吃碘鹽或碘片，以免對身體造成傷害。
新唐人記者常春、王馨、蕭宇採訪報導。
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Japan Nuclear Leak Causes Chinese to Panic in Salt Supplies
Japan』s nuclear leak due to earthquake and tsunami
makes people worry about air pollution and
possible seawater contamination.
Because of the worry, in China, crowds rush to swipe
salt from supermarkets and grocery stores.
In front of the supermarkets and grocery stores in
many regions of China, people are waiting in long lines
just for buying salt, and the number is increasing.
The rush for salt has brought up salt price
from 1.5 Yuan RMB per pack to several times more.
Jing Chu, a freelance writer in Guangxi: “I went out
this morning for gasoline and saw a lot of people
on the streets waiting to buy the salt. The price started
from 1.5 Yuan RMB per pack all the way to 7Yuan
and there were still people buying the salt.”
A civilian who is currently living in Beijing said,
his hometown in Jiangxi had run out of salt supply.
Thursday, he looked at many places in Beijing and
realized Beijing had even a worse shortage of salt.
The Beijing folk: “I checked quite a few places this
morning including the downtown, salt was out of stock
at all supermarkets. Then I took bus to Daxing and
Fengtai districts, and the Kowloon Wholesalers Market,
all salt shelves are empty there.”
A supermarket employee in Xidan said Thur. evening,
salt is nearly out of stock at all supermarkets in Beijing.
Supermarket staff: “All supermarkets are the same.
The suppliers can』t meet the demand, and nobody
can guarantee the supply of salt.
If anybody buys two packs no matter whether he is
in need or not, the supply is for sure not enough.
Even you deliberately wait here,
we don』t know when the salt will be coming.”
Salt supply is not only short at Supermarkets in Beijing,
Many wholesale places used to be full with salt bags
and now seem to be empty,
Outside the stores, customers are still waiting for salt.
Rumor spread among Chinese folks that the Japanese
nuclear leak may cause contamination on the oceans
near China and lead to unsafe salt supply. The rumor
also said “Eating iodized salt can prevent radioactive
contamination," which set off a wave of rush for salt.
The local governments held various press conferences
to stop the rumors and urged the public not to panic,
but they failed due to poor creditability of the CCP.
The more the officials clarified, the bigger the doubts.
The Japanese nuclear leak not only caused people』s
panic and salt rush in China and Hong Kong, but also
rush for iodine tablets and face masks.
Experts advise the public that the iodine content of
iodized salt is too low to prevent radioactive impact.
It is advised that people do not purposely eat an excessive
amount of iodized salt or iodine tablets
to prevent any detrimental effects on health.
NTD reporters Chang Chun, Wang Xin and Xiao Yu