【新唐人2011年3月18日讯】日本福岛县第一核电站，由于海啸造成机组故障爆炸，恐怕辐射物质大规模的外泄，目前除了担心空气被污然，部分民众也忧虑海水可能“核污染”，因此目前中国出现了抢盐人潮，超市、杂货店货架上的食用盐，通通被抢购一空。
中国许多地区的超市、杂货店外，都排起了这样长长的买盐人龙，工作人员忙着秤盐给客人，手都没停过，买盐的人却也不减﹔抢购人潮还使得盐价从1包1块多人民币，一下子被哄抬了数倍。
广西自由作家荆楚：“今天早上出去加油，看到很多人在街上成群结队的大家在买盐，开始的时候一块五一包，后来买的二块五 、三块 、四块、五块、六块、七块还有人在买。”
据一位目前住在北京的民众介绍，他老家江西已经出现缺盐情况，周四他到北京各地找盐，发现北京情况更严重。
北京民众：“反正盐我今天上午转了一圈，到市区去了，大超市全部没有，我又坐了一个多小时的车，大兴区啊、丰台区啊到处去看看，到九龙城（音译）小批发市场或小卖部，哪怕很小的小卖部都没有盐 ，货架上全是空的”
西单一家超市，工作人员周四傍晚告诉记者，目前北京各超市的食用盐几乎都已卖到断货。
超市工作人员：“各个商家都是这样，它在供货但是供货是供不过来，谁也不能保证您什么时候有、什么时候没有，现在他（市民）缺不缺盐他都要买两袋，那肯定是不够的。你特意在这儿等着，他也不知道什么时候来货。”
目前在北京不只超市的盐供不应求，一些卖盐的批发店，原来叠满了盐袋的地方，现在也显得空空荡荡，而店外，仍然徘徊着许许多多等待买盐的顾客。
这几天，中国民间由于流传中国周边海域可能受到日本核泄漏的辐射污染，造成未来食用盐的不安全，以及“吃碘盐能预防辐射污染”的传闻影响，掀起了疯狂的抢盐浪潮﹔中共各地方政府被迫相继召开新闻发布会辟谣，呼吁民众不要恐慌﹔不过由于政府的长期没信用，官方越辟谣民众的疑虑越大。
北京民众：“昨天那个中央新闻播的辟谣啊，不辟谣还好，有些民众说对中央已经不相信了，越辟谣民众越感到恐慌。”
中国多地和香港民众，因日本核泄漏所引发的辐射污染恐慌，目前不只表现在买盐，药房中的碘片、口罩也都成了民众抢购的对像﹔有专家提醒民众，碘盐中的碘含量低，无法起到预防放射性碘的作用，而碘片则对防治其他放射性物质同样没有作用，因此民众不要盲目过量吃碘盐或碘片，以免对身体造成伤害。
新唐人记者常春、王馨、萧宇采访报导。
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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
