The health ministry has decided to examine the health risks associated with consuming contaminated whale meat from small whales captured along Japan’s coast, ministry sources said Tuesday.
The study, Japan’s first, will cover 80 animals from five species, such as Baird’s beaked whales, bottlenose dolphins and Dall’s porpoises.
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