(NaturalNews) New data released by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and
Welfare (MHLW) shows once again that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear
disaster is far from over. Despite a complete media blackout on the
current situation, levels of Cesium-137 (Cs-137) and Cesium-134 (Cs-134)
found in produce and rice crackers located roughly 225 miles away from
Fukushima are high enough to cause residents to exceed the annual
radiation exposure limit in just a few months, or even weeks.
According to Fukushima-Diary.com,
which posts up-to-date information about the Fukushima disaster, rice
crackers and tangerines produced in the Shizuoka prefecture are testing
high for both Cs-137 and Cs-134. Rice crackers, according to the data
sheet, tested at 3.7 Becquerels per kilogram (Bq/Kg) of Cs-137, while
tangerines tested at 1.46 Bq/Kg of Cs-134 and 3.14 Bq/Kg of Cs-137.
The
Shizuoka prefecture is located about 80 miles southwest of Tokyo, which
is highly concerning as it is actually farther away from Fukushima than
Tokyo. This suggest that potentially deadly levels of radiation are
still affecting large population centers across Japan, including those
that are not even in close proximity to the Fukushima plant.
It
is generally regarded that adult radiation workers should be exposed to
no more than 50 millisieverts (mSv) of radiation per year in order to
avoid serious health consequences. For children, this number is far
lower, probably somewhere around 10 mSv, with this being on the high
end. But the average adult and child eating these tainted foods at their
current radiation levels will not only reach but exceed the safe maximum in just a few weeks.
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