Online Snake Oil Salesmen Exploit Japanese Radiation Fears
Japanese police arrested two people for allegedly selling fake drugs to protect from radiation exposure in Tokyo.
Natsumi Chiba, 29, and Fumitaka Umewaka, 50, allegedly sold “Premium Zeolite,” advertising it as a substance that absorbs and removes radiation from the body. Tokyo’s Metropolitan Police Department said that they sold the drug online to people in Ibaraki Prefecture near the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, reports CNN.
The suspects have been charged with selling medicine without a license.