昨日省內有三分之一城市局部出現食鹽搶購潮，省鹽業局啟動應急預案
南方都市報 20113/17
摘要：昨天，網上盛傳核日本核洩漏將擴散到國內，補碘可以防止核輻射，而且海水品質將受到核污染，今後產的海鹽不安全。傳言導致昨日省內有三分之一左右城市局部出現食鹽搶購潮。
On the Internet yesterday, it was rumored that the Japanese nuclear leakage will be reaching China and that iodine can repel nuclear radiation. It was also said that sea water will be contaminated by nuclear fallout and therefore sea salt will be unsafe. As a result, people were rushing out to buy as much salt as possible. Yesterday evening, the Guangzhou supermarkets and convenience stores were all sold out of salt. Many 500gm packages of salt were being sold at 10 yuan apiece. The Guangdong province Salt Industry Bureau convened an emergency meeting. They announced that they have a three month supply of salt on hand and therefore they can fully meet the demand.
According to Shenzhen City Salt Industry Company's general manager Yi Huanqing, the rush to buy salt began in the afternoon in eastern Guangdong province and spread westwards. Salt was sold out after 6pm in certain locations. In Shenzhen, the rush began around 6pm and extended across the city later.
According to Guangdong province Emergency Office director Ji Jiaqi, the rush for salt is presently more serious in medium- and small-sized cities such as Shantou. The situation in the larger cities is not as bad. "We have made announcements on Shantou television. We are telling the public that the sea water around China has not been polluted by nuclear fallout. The Guangzhou Marine Affairs Department and the Ocean Fishery Bureau are monitoring the situation closely. There is no need to buy and hoard salt. We will be making similar announcements in other cities."
According to the Guangdong province Department of Health, there is no scientific basis to think that iodized salt can fend off nuclear radioactive fallout. Beijing Fuwai Hospital Nuclear Medicine Department director He Zuoxiang said that the panic buying of salt is due to unfounded fear.
He Zuoxiang said that it was pointless for people to buy iodine tablets or iodized salt. Based upon all the information, the nuclear leakage in Japan will not have any practical impact on China. There is no need to buy anything to fend off nuclear radiation. "Our biggest problems now are the excessive fear and the lack of basic knowledge."
If radioactive iodine were to enter the body, then the intake of iodine tablets may lessen the thyroid gland's absorption of radioactive iodine. But we are worried about the nuclear radioactive contaminants coming in the air and the environment. In such cases, the iodine tablets are useless and the iodized salt which contains only a minute amount of iodine is even less meaningful. Besides, iodine tablets may have unnecessary side effects.
Some people are concerned that the sea water will be polluted by the nuclear fallout, and thus the sea salt will be contaminated in the future. He Zuoxiang said that there is absolutely no reason to worry about this because the likelihood is extremely small.
On March 15, the World Health Organisation stated on its website that potassium iodine tablets cannot ward off external radiation nor can it prevent harm caused by radioactive materials other than iodine.
Just before or shortly after receiving radiation, the intake of potassium iodine can saturate the thyroid gland and reduce the intake of the radioactive iodine-131 (and thus the risk of cancer). However, one has to be cautious about taking potassium iodine. For example, those will kidney problems may fall ill and pregnant women may damage the thyroid functions of their fetuses.
But here are some interviews with the men in the street:
Guangzhou:
"We bought enough salt to last three years." Yesterday Mr. Chen drove his car all the city to visit numerous supermarkets. He spent more than four hours and bought more than 100 packets of salt. "In the afternoon, some customers were coming to blows over salt." At 9pm, the supermarket manager also named Chen said their iodized salt was sold out in the morning. They were not able to re-shelve because the supplier could not meet the demand. So it is likely that this supermarket won't have any iodized salt for the next couple of days.
Shenzhen:
The Shenzhen Salt Industry Company said that the mayor has taken a personal interest in the matter. According to the company, sea salt accounts of 1/3 of the salt on sale with rock salt accounting for the rest. "Shenzhen can guarantee a four months supply of salt to its citizens."
Foshan:
Salt dealers deal in boxes of of iodized salt. Each box has 40 packs, each pack weighing 500 grams. The wholesale price of a box is 43.5 yuan and the retail price of a pack is 1.3 yuan (although some retailers sell two packs for 2.5 yuan). With a period of 35 minutes or so beginning 5pm, the wholesaler Mr. Huang's 300 plus boxes of salt was sold to retailers. "This was like the rush for kelp during the SARS period." In one instance, a BMW drove up to a supermarket at around 1030pm and a man got off and purchased a whole box of iodized salt.
Dongguan:
At the Chang'an Yongtou market, things were normal at 8pm as salt was still being sold at 1.30 yuan per pack. By 9:20pm, there was a sudden influx of customers for salt. Many convenience stores jacked up their prices to 2.5 yuan per pack. The 43.5 yuan per box wholesale price became 150 yuan per box at the retail level. A convenience store owner said, "This has never happened before."
Shantou:
The Shantou City Salt Industry Bureau's retail outlet was mobbed by citizens seeking to buy salt. The outlet sold out all its salt. At past 8pm, there were still citizens waiting outside. In Puning, the price of a pack of salt went up to 3 yuan but the demand continued to be high. The Shantou city government made announcements on the local television stations as well as sent out text messages.
昨天，網上盛傳核日本核洩漏將擴散到國內，補碘可以防止核輻射，而且海水品質將受到核污染，今後產的海鹽不安全。傳言導致昨日省內有三分之一左右城市局部出現食鹽搶購潮。昨日傍晚，廣州市各個超市和便利店含碘食鹽都已售罄，不少士多內500g一包的食鹽賣至10元。省鹽務局昨日連夜緊急開會。省鹽務局表示，省鹽業局已經啟動了應急預案以保證食鹽的供應，且省內食鹽儲備夠3個月用量，完全可調度供應滿足需求，請市民無需恐慌。此外有關專家認為，日本核洩漏也不會污染我省食鹽。
省鹽務局透露，昨日下午起該局陸續接到省內一些城市出現食鹽搶購的情況，截至昨晚廣州、深圳、茂名、陽江等省內三分之一左右城市的局部出現此狀況，主要出現在部分超市、農貿市場。深圳市鹽業總公司總經理葉環青介紹，昨日下午，搶購鹽的現象從粵東開始，然後是粵西，有個別地方晚上6點多鹽開始脫銷。深圳從昨晚6點左右開始有搶購碘鹽的跡象，昨晚已經蔓延到全市。
省鹽務局昨日連夜啟動應急預案，24小時值班，加強調度及時組織供應。省鹽務局表示，廣東省按照國家要求，庫存保證了3個月的儲備量，完全有能力滿足市場需求，對部分食鹽已斷檔的超市、農貿市場將加強調度供應，希望市民不要恐慌。對於個別超市、農貿市場擅自提高鹽價的現象，省鹽務局表示，任何提鹽價的行為都是違法的。
省衛生廳、鹽業總公司及業內等相關人士接受採訪時說，從目前的監測結果來看，廣東的海域並沒有受到日本核污染的情況，核洩漏不會污染我省食鹽，而再加上國家有充足的食鹽儲備，因此，市民不必過於緊張和恐慌，搶購碘鹽沒有必要。相關專家也認為，買碘鹽防輻射也毫無意義。物價部門則表示，趁機哄抬價格將受嚴懲。
官方反應
省應急辦：中小城市搶購較嚴重
省應急辦主任紀家琪告訴南方都市報記者，搶購食鹽的現象目前只在汕頭等中小城市比較嚴重，大城市情況尚好。“我們已經在汕頭的電視臺發佈資訊，告知公眾中國海域沒有受到輻射影響，廣東海事部門、海洋漁業局等都在加密監測，無需搶購食鹽。同樣的資訊也會陸續在其他城市發佈。”
省鹽業總公司：連夜緊急開會
昨天晚上8時，廣東鹽業總公司馮啟明主任稱，鹽業總公司已經得知食鹽搶購風潮，領導非常重視，正在連夜緊急開會，具體措施將在第一時間通報。
省衛生廳：未收到海水受污染報告
廣東省衛生廳等業內人士告訴記者，關於碘鹽可以防止核輻射的說法沒有科學根據。目前，廣東仍然沒有收到海水受污染的報告，因此，廣大市民不必過於恐慌。
廣州市物價局：絕對不允許哄抬商品價格
廣州市物價局副局長吳林波表示，近日鹽的銷售量很大，市物價局已派檢查人員去調查瞭解情況，絕對不允許趁機哄抬商品價格，一旦發現有類似現象，就會給予嚴肅處理。
專家說法
核醫學專家： 買碘鹽防輻射毫無意義
“購買碘鹽防輻射毫無意義。”昨晚，北京阜外醫院核醫學科主任何作祥教授接受南都記者採訪，就部分民眾搶購碘鹽的現象，他認為這更多是來自不必要的恐慌。
不需要購買任何東西來防輻射
何作祥表示，現在一些民眾購買碘片，甚至搶購碘鹽，這是沒有意義的。日本的核洩漏，從各方資訊來看，並不會對我國造成實際影響，不需要購買任何東西來防輻射，要做的是瞭解資訊，勿過度恐慌，“我們現在的最大問題是過度恐懼，缺乏基本常識”。
其次，如果有放射性的碘進入到人體內，那麼用碘片可能會減少甲狀腺對放射性碘的攝取，但現在人們擔心的來自日本的核污染，則是空氣、環境中的放射性，那用碘片毫無意義，至於含有微量碘的碘鹽同樣毫無意義。而如果服用碘片還可能有不必要的副作用。
一些民眾擔心海水受到日本核電站事件影響，進而污染未來製成的海鹽，何作祥表示完全沒有必要擔心日本這次核洩漏會影響中國的海鹽，這種污染的可能性微乎其微。
世界衛生組織：服用碘片應謹慎
據新華社報導，世界衛生組織說，碘化鉀片並不是“輻射解毒劑”，也不是所有人都適合服用，只有在公共衛生機構的明確指導下，才需要也才能夠服用。
世界衛生組織15日在其網站上發佈資訊，指出碘化鉀片並不能防禦外部輻射，也不能防禦放射性碘以外的放射性物質傷害。
在遭受輻射之前或之後不久，服用碘化鉀片可使碘在甲狀腺裡飽和，減少甲狀腺對放射性碘-131的吸收，從而減輕癌症風險。但服用碘化鉀需謹慎，如腎功能不全者服用碘片可致病，孕婦服用碘化鉀會損害胎兒的甲狀腺功能等。因此，服用碘化鉀必須在明確的公共衛生指導下進行，不能擅自服用。
深圳市職業病防治院副院長李智民接受採訪時也說，“沒有受到污染就沒有這個必要(補充碘)。”
廣東沿海海鹽場肯定安全
中華預防醫學會全國職業病專業委員會副主委、廣東省職業病防治院院長黃漢林說，在日本發生地震後次日即3月12日，該院已開始著手對廣東沿海各主要城市進行海水及海產品放射物監測。綜合目前環保等部門匯總的情況顯示，廣東沿海至少目前是肯定沒受到放射性物質污染的，廣東沿海的海鹽場肯定也是安全的。他表示，該院今後肯定將加強對海產品、海水放射性物質的監測。一旦發現問題，將循規定途徑向社會發佈。
各地搶購潮
廣州
一次買夠吃三年
“我們買了夠吃3年的鹽。”昨晚8點，五羊新城的陳先生驅車走遍全城多間超市，用四個小時買了100多包鹽。“下午的時候還有顧客因為買鹽打架。”昨晚9點，海珠區珠影好又多超市陳經理稱，超市加碘食鹽昨日上午已搶購一空。配送跟不上銷售，貨源不足，進貨也難。可能一兩天內都沒加碘鹽賣了。
深圳
市長主動過問
深圳市鹽業總公司表示，深圳市政府總值班室已向鹽業公司瞭解情況，市長也已親自過問。據介紹，市面上銷售的鹽，海鹽僅占三分之一，其餘基本都是井礦鹽。“深圳庫存保證深圳市民四個月用量都沒有問題。”
佛山
開著寶馬買鹽
鹽商們將廣東鹽業出產的加碘食鹽一箱稱為一件，每件40包，每包500克。批發價每件43.5元，零售價每包1.3元，也有零售商賣兩包2.5元。昨日下午5時許，35分鐘左右，黃先生庫存300多件食鹽被零售商搶購一空。同市場7家批發商存貨都被搶購一空，“像非典時搶購板藍根一樣”。而禪城區張槎古灶，晚10時半許，一輛寶馬車停在一家超市旁，一個男子從車上走入超市，購買了一箱食鹽。
東莞
批發價漲三倍
長安湧頭市場，晚8點，價格正常，1 .3元/袋。晚9點20分，買鹽顧客突增，多家便利店價格漲到2.5元/袋。長安錦夏開便利店的老張去副食批發部採購時瞭解，原本44元/箱，漲到150元/箱，“這是從來沒有的事情”。
汕頭
應急辦短信闢謠
汕頭市一政府部門有關人士告訴南都記者，昨天，汕頭市鹽務局的門市部也被市民圍堵搶買鹽，導致門市部的食鹽被搶購精光，直至晚上8時許，仍有市民在門外等候。揭陽普甯一包食鹽漲至3元，同樣緊俏。但在潮州市饒平縣一些鄉鎮則未出現哄搶現象。汕頭市應急辦在當地電視臺和手機使用者發佈資訊闢謠。
Microbloggers Comment On The Great Salt Buying Spree
Twitter:
"Hey, man, give me one whole salted chicken -- but hold the chicken."
Salt all sold out in Hohhot (Inner Mongolia)!
Fuck! A relative told me that there is no salt in Changji city (Xinjiang province). This is the inland city which is farthest from the ocean.
In Zhejiang, a male citizen expired yesterday after taking in too much salt in order to ward off radiation. By the time that his family took him to the hospital, it was too late.
If at first people bought out salt, it was through sheer ignorance. But those who are now buying salt, soy sauce and even chicken bouillon cubes are suffering from psychological fears. I heard someone said while making a purchase, "Are people doing this because the price of salt is expected to rise?" "Are salt being shipped off to Japan?" "If there is no salt left, we better hoard up on chicken bouillon cubes." You can clear up the ignorance via popular science education, but it is hard to eliminate the mass fears.
If I bring two packs of salt to see my thesis advisor, will she pass my proposed outline this time?
According to my field observations in Hangzhou, the supply of iodized salt is normal (with no restrictions on purchase amount), the price was fair (1.5 yuan per pack) and there was no panic buying (people typically bought two packs each). If you spend all day reading the Twitter and Weibo and refuse to reach out to the real world, you will be misled into believing that the Chinese people are a bunch of panic-stricken stupid c*nts.
I am shocked that the person above was the only one who was in touch with the real world.
All supermarkets large and small are out of salt. There is only one supermarket which is still selling -- the original 1.3 yuan pack is now going at 20 yuan per pack.
On August 4, 2006, the China News Agency had this report: "The Qinghai Salt Lake Development Group president Xie Kongmin told our reporter that they have a reserve of 55 billion tons of sodium chloride (that is, salt), enough to last 2,000 years for the entire global population."
They are making buying sprees while we scorn them. But when we need salt at home, we find that we have none.
At the Beijing Jinyuan supermarket, salt is all sold out. They are now buying and hoarding seaweed.
Among the salt buyers, middle-aged and senior citizens are pre-dominant. This has to do with their education and information, which have to do with what happened during the first 30 years of the people's republic.
We heard that the Jasmine Revolution meeting points this Sunday have been moved to the various large supermarkets, and the secret code is to buy 10 packs of salt.
The Jasmine Revolution advocates do not understand the true situation in China. Actually, if they had released the story that children are at risk on such a date and that the parents must walk three times around a government building, it would have been a much bigger event than calling people to come down to McDonald's.
On Taobao, someone has come up with the ultimate trick -- one pack of salt free if you purchase something from them!
Salt panic buying has reached Macau.
When people believe in rumors, lack a sense of security and are easily panic stricken, who do you blame except the government? First, you have to blame the education system for not proving common basic knowledge. Secondly, you have to blame the government for not gaining public trust and therefore cannot dispel rumors effectively. Thirdly, the government has not lifted up the quality of Chinese citizens and this is the unfortunate result of a system which has economic development as its core.
This episode shows that the Chinese people are so ready for democracy. They wanted something and they showed that they are ready to do everything possible to get it.
This episode also shows that the Chinese government is failing its people. The people want salt but there is no salt to be found anywhere. This is the failure of the government. If there were free elections, salt would be available to anyone who wants it anytime.
I was buying a magazine at a newsstand and the owner said that salt has been sold out at the nearby supermarket. It does not matter which city you are, there is no way to hold back a bunch of uneducated/uninformed people.
The Carrefour salesperson told me that the salt rush here at Beican began in the afternoon. After salt sold out in Ningpo, people traveled to Beican to buy salt. But he told me quietly that they will be getting another salt shipment at 2pm. That is less than one hour from now -- I wonder if I want to taste the joy of being able to procure salt ...
Can we talk about something else? All I see are salt stories. This is getting to be very boring. Can we talk about something more interesting instead?
My wife called her parents in Xinshao city, Hunan province. There does not seem to be any rush on salt in Xinshao. Her mother said that there had been salt-buying panic last year for unknown reasons. Nowadays old men and women are hoarding musical instruments. Her mother purchased an er-hu for 880 yuan, which is the cheapest around. Many old men and women are buying saxophones which cost several thousand yuan apiece. Er-hus can cost more than 10,000 yuan. We felt very happy. Praises!
It is true that I went to buy salt, but several supermarkets were all sold out. I was heartbroken. But it is pointless now to buy salt because the rumor has faded away. I have decided to start a rumor to say that the Android phones are radioactive and then I will buy a cheap second-hand one after the rumor takes effect.
The salt buying spree shows that the Chinese people lack a sense of security. I don't think that this came because of a certain natural disaster, or the distrust of the government. Instead, it comes from the deep memories of hunger, want and chaos over several thousand years. These memories have become part of the collective sub-consciousness of the people.
Someone recommended that there should be a "Don't buy salt" campaign on the microblogosphere. I think that the salt buyers are those who don't use the Internet and lack accurate information. That is why traditional media such as television, radio and newspapers should be used to bring more accurate information to these people. [Comment: The people on this side of the information gap are obliged to communicate their knowledge to the people on the other side. They should do so by getting away from the computer and talk to others directly. The more people they speak to the better. The total number of conversions may be small, but this is doing a good deed.]
The government is being blamed for lack of public trust in this salt-buying mass panic. I think that the answer is the lack of commonsense. People say that commonsense requires the government to provide education. But the government is never omnipotent and omniscient. If we have to rely on the government to give you commonsense, then how could we complain that the government has too much power? How could we complain that the government is depriving our civil rights by saying that we are not good enough? The people who need commonsense education are those in government.
There is even a rush on salt in Sichuan. In Sichuan, the salt comes from the salt mines! Even if the ocean is contaminated, it won't affect Sichuan. My friend called to say that he ran out of salt and went to buy salt. He was stunned to see the empty shelf at the supermarket. He had to go and fetch a spoonful from his grandmother ... everybody is talking about salt ... it is rumored that Sichuan will be sending its salt to the eastern coastal region.
Do not be deceived by these crooked businessmen. Stop buying salt. Most of the salt comes from salt mines anyway, not from the Pacific Ocean. So they have nothing to do with any nuclear radiation. Besides, radioactive elements are quickly diluted by the sea water. Eating salt won't ward off radiation. But you can end up with edema if you eat too much salt and have hypertension. The crooked businessmen are jacking up the price, so why do you want to be a sucker? The salt-buying spree shows that people are ignorant. They have become the global butts of the jokes. A grand nation may have risen, but the wisdom of its people is lagging far behind.
How to dispel the rumors? There is no salt to find anywhere from large supermarkets to small corner stores. Meanwhile the salt industry representatives say that there is a sufficient supply of salt in store. So why not move the stored salt into the stores? Isn't this the best way to dispel rumors. The more you talk without doing anything, the more suspicious people become. Just shut up!
At the supermarket, everybody was clamoring to buy salt except for one old lady who was shopping for other items while scoring at the other people. When asked why she didn't want to buy salt, she said: "I haven't even finished using the salt that I bought during the SARS period ..."
Caixin: We started a debate this morning: "There are salt buying sprees in many places in China. What is your view? What would you do?" At this time, 359 people said that this was stupid; 51 people said that they would go and buy salt; 19 people were neutral.
At Hong Kong supermarkets, people were buying rice and salt. This shows that Hong Kong people still lack commonsense. The salt supply is basically inexhaustible. The rice comes mostly from Thailand and is not affected by radiation.
At a time when people have such poor scientific knowledge, it seems premature to discuss freedom. It is a luxury. Rebuttal: What has scientific knowledge got to do with freedom?
The reason for the salt buying spree is due to the sense of insecurity and the distrust of the government. "I don't understand what your experts are saying and I am not willing to listen to them. I don't trust the authorities. I can only depend on myself."
Japan had a magnitude 9 earthquake and they held up. But we fell apart over salt! We can see how the Chinese are psychologically vulnerable and how they cannot distinguish rumors from facts! When the government hears the word "jasmine," they fall apart! When the people hear the word "salt," they fall apart! We don't need any earthquake, tsunami or volcano -- all it takes is a rumor for China to collapse!
The worst thing in the world -- I have been forwarding salt-related items on my microblog all day but when I got home, there was no salt.
With respect to all these compatriots who are said to be buying salt, I can only say: "Please line up and stay in order -- everybody will get their share." This reminds me of the panic buying of honeysuckle during the SARS period -- the price went from 10 yuan per kilogram to 600 yuan per kilogram in a matter of days. Many people who bought were sorry later on. Eight years have passed, but people have not gotten any better. [Comment: Can such 'people' build a democracy? I have my doubts. If they really build a democracy, it would be a tofu-residue construction project which will topple at the sign of a breeze.]
The most awesome and richest city in all of China right now is Yancheng (Jiangsu province) [Explanation: The literal translation is "Salt City."]
China was not stricken by any disaster, but there is a nationwide salt-buying panic spree. Meanwhile the Japanese are holding steady in the face of earthquakes, tsunamis and nuclear radiation leakages. What does this say? Which society is more stable? Apart from the troublesome Tokyo Electric Power Company, how is Japan worse than us? Apart from our fearless People's Liberation Army soldiers, what can be do better than Japan?
Frankly, the various microblog posts that make fun of the panicky salt-buying spree seems to indicate that everybody has superior wisdom. On the microblogsphere, have you seen anyone saying that they lined up to buy salt in order to ward off radiation? Frankly, I have not seen anyone yet. This is how microblogs are successful as media because the rumors have been filtered out.
Now that we are done with salt-buying, the next step will be to hoard lead pencils!!! Why? Because the Baidu encyclopedia says that lead can keep out nuclear radiation!!!! Attention: Stick to type 2B!!!!!!!
To summarize Chinese reactions to the Japan earthquake: hoard salt, create rumors, scare themselves.
My understanding is that the Chinese people are in a prisoner's dilemma situation. We are all living in black boxes and we assume the worst about other people. What is they are stupid? When everybody else is buying up salt, you would think: "Maybe I won't have any salt." So you buy salt not because you are stupid, but because you are worried that other people may be stupid. If I hadn't just purchased a pack of salt, I would have gone downstairs and gotten into line to buy a pack ...
Salt is all sold out in Shenzhen. Many people are rushing over to Hong Kong to buy salt. Very soon, the foreign media will be printing large numbers of reports about the salt-buying panic and we will lose face around the world.
They have panic salt-buying in Ningxia, Inner Mongolia and even Xinjiang. For the sake of harmony, I ask: Are they buying up salt in Lhasa yet?
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