Japanese find radioactive rice
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November 17, 2011, Thursday
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RICE with radiation levels exceeding Japan's safety standards has been found for the first time since the March earthquake and tsunami triggered the world's worst nuclear accident in 25 years, the country's farm ministry said yesterday.
Japan's normal rice harvest in autumn has been closely monitored near the nuclear accident site at Fukushima in northeast Japan after excessive levels of radiation were found in beef, vegetables and seafood in the area.
Crops harvested in a Fukushima farmer's rice paddy were found to contain 630 becquerels of radioactive caesium per kilogram, compared with the government-imposed cap of 500 becquerels, a ministry official said.
"So far, rice with radiation levels exceeding 100 becquerels (per kg) was found only at 0.8 percent of more than 3,000 monitoring points," he said.
The farmer who grew the rice in question and nearby farmers in Fukushima city, 60 kilometers northwest of the crippled nuclear plant, have been asked not to ship their rice, the official said.
Japan's normal rice harvest in autumn has been closely monitored near the nuclear accident site at Fukushima in northeast Japan after excessive levels of radiation were found in beef, vegetables and seafood in the area.
Crops harvested in a Fukushima farmer's rice paddy were found to contain 630 becquerels of radioactive caesium per kilogram, compared with the government-imposed cap of 500 becquerels, a ministry official said.
"So far, rice with radiation levels exceeding 100 becquerels (per kg) was found only at 0.8 percent of more than 3,000 monitoring points," he said.
The farmer who grew the rice in question and nearby farmers in Fukushima city, 60 kilometers northwest of the crippled nuclear plant, have been asked not to ship their rice, the official said.
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