This incident got plenty of publicity when it happened, but it's important to remember it. It's a powerful reminder of what's at stake when our reliance on nuclear technology goes badly wrong. The Japanese weren't to blame to what happened at the Fukushima Power Plant in 2011; it was caused by a powerful tsunami which tore the land apart. The results for the environment, however, were devastating.
Three years after the incident, radioactive tuna was found off the Pacific coast of the United States of America, having migrated there from Japan and been affected by the fallout from the disaster. Malformations have been reported in both the trees and the wildlife around Fukushima. In 2018, a full seven years after the meltdown, a robotic drone tested conditions in the interior of the shattered reactor and determined that it's still too dangerous for human beings to go in there. We have that choice. Birds and other animals which might accidentally wander into the land do not.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.