Some readers' responses to the April 17 Zeit Gist column by Gianni Simone, "Bread and becquerels: a year of living dangerously":

In reading the article "Bread and becquerels," I cannot help but be puzzled by the content and implications.

Contrary to the title, in the article there is no mention of real measurements of environmental or food contamination, only hearsay and very general and unhelpful comments that would probably better find its place in a personal blog rather than a daily newspaper that is widely read by the foreign community in Japan and by foreigners who are interested in Japan.