Radiation Poison in our Food & Water
April 9th: The Japaneses government announced Saturday it will ban farmers from planting rice in soil contaminated by radiation from the tsunami-flooded nuclear power plant, adding another food central to Japanese culture to the list of items raising concerns. The ban will apply to any soil found to contain high levels of radioactive cesium, and farmers who cannot grow rice will be compensated. So far, soil that exceeds the new limit has been found in only two places in Iitate, a village about 40 kilometers from Fukushima Daiichi, the nuclear plant crippled by the March 11 tsunami. "We had to come up with a policy quickly because we are in planting season," said Agriculture Minister Michihiko Kano.. "Following this, I want to hear the opinions of experts and local officials on how to remediate the soil." Earlier in the week, high levels of seawater contamination around the plant prompted the nation that gave the world sushi to set limits for the first time on the amount of radiation permitted in fish. The contamination levels have since decreased after plant workers managed to plug a leak. There has been concern about radiation in vegetables and milk, and several countries, most recently China, have banned imports of some items from Japan.
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There is no safe level of radionuclide exposure, whether from food, water or other sources. Period,” said Jeff Patterson, DO, immediate past president of Physicians for Social Responsibility. “Exposure to radionuclides, such as iodine-131 and cesium-137, increases the incidence of cancer. For this reason, every effort must be taken to minimize the radionuclide content in food and water.”
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* Waretown, NJ collected 3/31: 0.38 * Muscle Shoals, AL collected 3/31: 0.16 * Las Vegas NV collected 3/28: 0.30 * Las Vegas, NV collected 3/30:: 0.088 * Las Vegas, NV collected 3/29: 0.044
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* Montgomery, AL collected 3/31: 0.055 * Nome AK collected 3/30: 0.17 * Nome AK collected 3/29: 0.36 * Nome AK collected 3/27: 0.36 * Nome AK collected 3/26: 0.46 * Nome AK collected 3/25: 0.26 * Juneau AKcollected 3/26: 0.43 * Juneau AK collected 3/27: 0.38 * Juneau AK collected 3/30: 0.28 * Dutch Harbor AK collected 3/30: 0.14 * Dutch Harbor AK collected 3/29: 0.11 * Dutch Harbor AK colleccted 3/26: 0.21 * Boise, ID collected 3/27: 0.22 * Boise, ID collected 3/29: 0.27
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* Oak Ridge, TN collected 3/28: 0.63 * Oak Ridge, TN collected at three sites 3/29: 0.28, 0.20, 0.18 * Chatanooga, TN collected 3/28: 1.6 * Helena, MT collected 3/28: 0.18 * Columbia, PA collected 3/29: 0.20 * Cincinatti, OH collected 3/28: 0.13 * Pittsburgh, PA collected 3/28: 0.36 * East Liverpool, OH collected 3/30: 0.42 * Painesville, OH collected 3/29: 0.43 * Denver, CO collected 3/30: 0.17 * Detroit, MI collected 3/31: 0.28 * Trenton, NJ collected 3/31: 0.38
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@uturniaphobic well its more now, if you just Google radiation detected in food you get many returns, this will be an ever increasing problem until the Japanese entomb the reactors, my guess a lot of people will have to become sick before they take any actions forcing them to acknowledge the Nuclear Meltdown is uncontrollable. Anyways, America has a lot of Nuclear Poisoned Crops, Water and food sources. The Gov Talking about raising what is currently known as the safe limits, to hide the problem
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I love the way these articles say "13 cities" yet quietly omit the names..
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