Radioactive Rice "Far Exceeding" Safe Levels Found in Japan

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2011/09/24

TOKYO - Japan found the first case of rice with radioactive materials far exceeding a government-set level for a preliminary test of pre-harvested crop, requiring thorough inspection of the rice to be harvested from the region, the farm ministry said late on Friday.

The ministry said radioactive caesium of 500 becquerels per kg was found in a sample of the pre-harvested rice in Nihonmatsu city, in Fukushima Prefecture, 56 km (35 miles) west of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant which was crippled by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, triggering the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years.

The ministry said the Fukushima Prefecture will expand the inspection spots nearly ten-fold to around 300 areas.

It is the first case in Japan of rice containing radioactive caesium exceeding 200 becquerels per kg, a level which requires further thorough testing of the area for the harvested rice.

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[rocktivity]

1. I thought Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State.

Oh, you're NOT talking about CONDI Rice...Never mind...

:blush:
rockivity

[lunatica]

2. This is depressing without any hope of something good coming out of it

Japan can only grow food on about 12% of its land.

[Poll_Blind]

3. K&R- important to know.

PB