. >> reporter: tepco has pledged to compensate industries in the area. but some businesses are taking matters into their own hands. >> this restaurant in tokyo is choosing to use ingredients from fukushima to support the area. fish caught off the fukushima coast are famous for its amazing taste. shipments were suspended after the nuclear accident. the restaurant was only able to start buying it again five years ago. >> translator: i want people to try it not only because it's safe. it's also really good. >> reporter: but the restaurant understands that some people may have concerns. it started handing out leaflets explaining that the fish and the treated water are safe. >> translator: there haven't been any cancellations or a decrease in reservations so far, so i'm not worried. i'll be happy if people can see that officials and celebrities eat it and think it tastes good. >> reporter: but for ono, the fishermen, his biggest concern isn't what's happening now but in the future. >> translator: if the real damage happens 100 or 200 years from now the politi

inside the plant, tepco has built fish tanks filled with flounder. the diluted tritium. the utility says it will closely monitor their health. it's an effort to assure the public. but that is of little consolation to fisherman haruo ono. haruo ono: if you throw garbage or anything else in the sea, you will be punished. why is only tritium different and allowed to be dumped in the sea? really, the politicians in office now are stupid or something else, i don't know. whatever they say, we can't recover our jobs. miles: the politicians apparently have reckoned with this possibility, creating a 50 billion yen -- $340 million -- fund to compensate fishermen for potential losses. scientists may not be worried about properly diluted tritium, but perceptions driven by fear and fed by misinformation can become reality at the seafood counter. for the pbs newshour, i'm miles o'brien in soma-city, japan. geoff: and that is the newshour for tonight. i am geoff bennett. amna: and i'm amna nawaz. on behalf of the entire newshour team, thank you for joining us. >> m

plant operator tepco, the tokyo electric power company, says it has filtered more than 60 radionuclides from the wastewater, leaving behind only tritium. tepco says levels of tritium being released are significantly lower than amounts released by normally operating nuclear power plants around the world, including those in china. intense heat waves continued to grip much of the world, putting 2023 on track to become the hottest year on record. in bolivia come a town reached 113 degrees fahrenheit thursday, matching the hottest winter temperature on record in the southern hemisphere. extreme wintertime heat is gripping southern africa where records were broken in several cities. southern europe is experiencing historically summer heatwave with hundreds of monthly records falling across france, portugal, and spain. scientists warned this week percent of italy's alpine glaciers risk disappearing by 2016. this is the italian environmentalist. >> we are hearing near the glacier and it is not cold. the zero temperature is rising again these days. there's another heatwave about 5000 meters. the

tepco says the only radioactive element that will remain cannot be removed. it says these will be at such minute levels it will not harm people or the environment. they argue the water haseleased because the tanks used to store it are almost full. the 1.3 million metric tons of liquid would be pumped out over decades. tepco says it looked into alternative options including burying the water underground before deciding on the plan to discharge the water into the ocean. some experts say there might not be a better option. the problem is public trust is lacking. >> among a group of bad options, maybe the best bad option is to put it into e ocean. the problem is they do not have a lot of trust and credibility on their messaging which is that the levels of radiation are going to be quite small and will not have an appreciable impact on public health. >> some analysts highlight that such a move to release treated wastewater is unprecedented and the long-term risks are unknown. for the residents of fukushima, the decision has stirred up bad memories of the earthquake and tsunami that has had a lasting impact on so many people's lives. official figures show 18,005 her people we

plant in the world routinely discharges tritiated water, and now tepco and the japanese government are planning to do the same here. this hashain reaction of anger and concern from fishermen nearby -- fishermen nearby and other countries throughout the region. more on that when we continue our series. for the pbs "newshour," i'm miles o'brien in futaba, japan. ♪ geoff: a recent government study estimates nearly half of america's tap water could contain toxic "forever chemicals" known as pfas. as stephanie sy reports, there are thousands of these chemicals and exposure to them can lead to serious health outcomes. stephanie: last month, the u.s. geological survey tested the nation's drinking water and found at least 45% of samples had one or more forever chemicals. the study also found contamination centered in urban areas and near industrial sites. have been used in many everyday -- these chemicals have been used in many everyday items since the 1940's, from nonstick cookware to cosmetics to rain jackets. pfas are also widely used as a firefighting chemical. 3m, a pfas manufacturer, recently proposed a more than $10 billion

decades, but science has no reliable data on how long-term accumulation of radionuclides will affect marine organisms. representatives of the japanese government and the operator company tepcoeting with residents of fukushima prefecture calmed people with the help of beautiful charts and trend charts. such is to listen to the inhabitants of the government. they really don't want to take responsibility. they just pour water. this sura namura called the water from fukushima contaminated kishida. he characterized such a statement as extremely priryat, purified water, prime minister anton dadykin matvey popov emphasized. developers in china are facing serious problems. one of the largest companies in the country music sector, its losses hit a record level, but china's credit rating is stable. so how dangerous the situation will be told by anna lazareva china's real estate sector is shaken by unpleasant news, one of the country's largest developers, country garden holdings, showed a record net loss in the first half of the year from january to june, the company went negative by almost $ 7 billion holding, asked creditors for a delay of 40 days, experts note, that the implication

has banned all imports. elizabeth palmer reports. >> reporter: experts for tepco, the company in charge, explain they've collectedn and runoff over the years, they kept having to add tanks to contain it. now these tanks are almost full of water. more than a million tons of it, and tepco says the only solution is to start getting rid of it by piping it into the sea next to the plant. for haru ono, who's been fishing this ocean all his life, that is an outrage. "it's not a garbage dump," he tells me. "they say it's safe, but the consequences could be 50 years down the road." there will be no consequences, says tepco, because its technology removes all radioactive compounds from the water except one, tritium, which stays in but is diluted to meet international standards. so even when the water is piped back into the sea, tepco says fish from fukushima will be safe to eat. the international atomic energy agency broadly backs the tritium-laced water release, but will consumers actually eat the fish? unlikely, said haru ono, who is now looking at the end of his livelihood. i'm elizabeth palmer in fukushima, japan. >>>

decades, but science has no reliable data on how long-term accumulation of radionuclides will affect marine organisms , representatives of the japanese government and the operator company tepco residents of fukushima prefecture reassured people with the help of beautiful diagrams and graphs trend. such is to listen to the inhabitants of the province and do nothing this approach does not find. we do not have a response from the government. they really don't want to take responsibility. they just pour water. it is unacceptable. in the very the government of japan is sometimes inadvertently blurted out, according to the agency minister of agriculture tetsura, namura named the water from fukushima, the polluted one described such a statement as extremely regrettable and demanded an apology. purified water is the only correct option, the prime minister emphasized. anton dadykin matvey popov lead. after the nigerian and gabunia coup, the eu should reconsider its policy towards africa , this was stated by the head of eu diplomacy jose barrel, but the truth is, he did not explain exactly how earlier, the new authorities of the country accused the eu and the us of supporting the form

now, it has caused a great deal of anxiety from the moment it was announced and of course on a day like today. the science says it is safe, the government says it is safe. tepcoing more than 60 radionuclides. 0ne remains, which is tritium, it is very hard to remove from water, but they say with the dilation, the fact it is in the ocean, the concentration levels are going to be well below safety standards. that does a very little to reassure people here in fukushima, injapan, and around the region. how much does a humboldt penguin weigh, you may ask. chances are you haven't, but if you have, london zoo might have the answer. every year, the zoo—keepers record the vital statistics of their animals to monitor their health and well—being, and today is weigh—in day. live now to london zoo and our reporter, naomi choy smith. a wonderfuljob today, and what a day for it as well. we have been at london zoo all morning for the annual weigh—in of 14,000 animals, not all today, it will take one week. we have seen the tigers, gorillas and we saw the penguins being weighed and now we are at the squirrel and monkey enclosure, some of the smallest primates, each weighing onl