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Radioactive Fish Found in East Japan

04/05/2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

“Japan’s Fisheries Ministry has found high levels of radioactive iodine and cesium in fish caught near the troubled Fukushima nuclear power plant, Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday.

One kilogram of young launce caught near the town of Kitaibaraki on the Ibaraki Prefecture on Monday contained 526 bequerels of radioactive cesium, 500 bequerels more than the legal limit, and 1,700 bequerels of iodine.

The Ibaraki authorities urged people to stop eating fish…”  Read more.

 

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