Due to high radiation levels detected in water, milk, spinach and other foods, at least six countries decided to restrict the import of products from Japan. The Japanese government says that vegetables and milk from Fukushima and three surrounding provinces have already been withdrawn from the market, but the governments of Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Philippines, Russia and Canada want to take precautions, as before United took together.
High levels of radiation in food is a result of failures at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, which resulted in the expulsion of gas with radioactive iodine and cesium, contaminating people and food. Yesterday was first detected radiation in a type of spinach grown in a district of Tokyo, according to NHK.
The vegetable known as komatsuna-a variety of spinach, had a concentration of 890 becquerel radiocaesium per kilo, compared to the legal limit of 500. According to the station was cultivated in a research entered the district of Edogawa, Tokyo, and was not going to be sold. Wednesday was detected at a concentration of iodine in drinking water exceeded the allowable threshold for babies, so it is advised not to furnish the children under one year.
The presence of radioactive food and water has started to cause chaos, because people crowded malls to buy bottled water, especially after the authorities confirmed that their consumption would be harmful to infants. Yesterday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that Japanese researchers found measurable concentrations of radioactive iodine and cesium in seawater samples taken at about 30 kilometers from the coast.
"Iodine concentrations are at or above regulatory limits and Japanese cesium levels are far below them, "said a statement from the agency of the United Nations Organization (UNO). The IAEA says that a ship of the Japanese Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology had collected water samples at various points to 30 miles offshore and found measurable concentrations of iodine and cesium.
The agency said three workers from the Fukushima plant had been exposed to high radiation levels. "Two of them were taken to a hospital for treatment of seriously polluted feet." The average dose per worker over five years at a nuclear plant is 50 mSv and the victims had levels of between 170 and 180.10 MIL confirmed the death toll, according to Kyodo news agency.
The earthquake and tsunami disaster is the second country, only after the 1923 earthquake that left 142 000 dead. 
High levels of radiation in food is a result of failures at the nuclear plant in Fukushima, which resulted in the expulsion of gas with radioactive iodine and cesium, contaminating people and food. Yesterday was first detected radiation in a type of spinach grown in a district of Tokyo, according to NHK.
The vegetable known as komatsuna-a variety of spinach, had a concentration of 890 becquerel radiocaesium per kilo, compared to the legal limit of 500. According to the station was cultivated in a research entered the district of Edogawa, Tokyo, and was not going to be sold. Wednesday was detected at a concentration of iodine in drinking water exceeded the allowable threshold for babies, so it is advised not to furnish the children under one year.
The presence of radioactive food and water has started to cause chaos, because people crowded malls to buy bottled water, especially after the authorities confirmed that their consumption would be harmful to infants. Yesterday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) reported that Japanese researchers found measurable concentrations of radioactive iodine and cesium in seawater samples taken at about 30 kilometers from the coast.
"Iodine concentrations are at or above regulatory limits and Japanese cesium levels are far below them, "said a statement from the agency of the United Nations Organization (UNO). The IAEA says that a ship of the Japanese Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology had collected water samples at various points to 30 miles offshore and found measurable concentrations of iodine and cesium.
The agency said three workers from the Fukushima plant had been exposed to high radiation levels. "Two of them were taken to a hospital for treatment of seriously polluted feet." The average dose per worker over five years at a nuclear plant is 50 mSv and the victims had levels of between 170 and 180.10 MIL confirmed the death toll, according to Kyodo news agency.
The earthquake and tsunami disaster is the second country, only after the 1923 earthquake that left 142 000 dead.
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