The radiation emanating from the damaged Japanese nuclear plant in Fukushima has caused the water leaving the keys in Tokyo radioactivity exceeding the limit considered safe for children, authorities said Wednesday, raising concerns about food safety in Japan. Residents emptied the shelves of bottled water after the governor of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara, said the levels of radioactive iodine in tap water doubled the limit considered safe for infants.
Officials asked residents of the city to buy only what you need, grab it can affect hundreds of people without any water in the areas devastated by the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March. "I've never seen anything well, "said Toru Kikutake clerk while exploring a supermarket in downtown Tokyo where all stocks of bottled water sold out almost immediately after the news broke, despite the limit of two bottles of two liters per person.
The water office told reporters that a water treatment plant potable in downtown Tokyo, which provides service to much of the city found that the liquid containing 210 iodine-131 becquerels per liter. A subsequent measurement showed elsewhere 190 becquerels per liter. Children are particularly vulnerable to radioactive iodine, which experts say can cause thyroid cancer.
The recommended limit for adults is 300 becquerels, and the infant should not exceed 100 becquerels per liter. The limits refer to sustainable consumption and officials are urging people to remain calm. Ensure that current levels pose no immediate health risk to children or adults. The disturbing new development in the Japanese city's most populous, home to some 13 million people, joined the growing fears about the country's food security.
Radiation Fukushima plant has gone from unpasteurized milk, sea water and 11 types of vegetables in areas near nuclear facility, including broccoli and cauliflower. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, for its acronym in English) said Tuesday it was suspending imports of dairy products and those produced in the region of Fukushima.
Hong Kong went further and required that Japan carried out safety inspections in meat, eggs and seafood before taking these products. Officials are still trying to stabilize the nuclear plant, which he left on Wednesday a new cloud of black smoke that forced the evacuation of workers, delaying efforts to make necessary repairs in their cooling systems.
The crisis is emerging as the costliest natural disaster in history, and probably can cost up to 309 billion dollars, according to the recalculation of the government. Police estimated that about 18 thousand people died. "It is really scary. It's like a vicious negative from the nuclear disaster," said Etsuko Nomura, the mother of two children aged two to five years.
"We have milk and vegetables contaminated, then the tap water in Tokyo, and now I wonder what more may come." 
Officials asked residents of the city to buy only what you need, grab it can affect hundreds of people without any water in the areas devastated by the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March. "I've never seen anything well, "said Toru Kikutake clerk while exploring a supermarket in downtown Tokyo where all stocks of bottled water sold out almost immediately after the news broke, despite the limit of two bottles of two liters per person.
The water office told reporters that a water treatment plant potable in downtown Tokyo, which provides service to much of the city found that the liquid containing 210 iodine-131 becquerels per liter. A subsequent measurement showed elsewhere 190 becquerels per liter. Children are particularly vulnerable to radioactive iodine, which experts say can cause thyroid cancer.
The recommended limit for adults is 300 becquerels, and the infant should not exceed 100 becquerels per liter. The limits refer to sustainable consumption and officials are urging people to remain calm. Ensure that current levels pose no immediate health risk to children or adults. The disturbing new development in the Japanese city's most populous, home to some 13 million people, joined the growing fears about the country's food security.
Radiation Fukushima plant has gone from unpasteurized milk, sea water and 11 types of vegetables in areas near nuclear facility, including broccoli and cauliflower. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, for its acronym in English) said Tuesday it was suspending imports of dairy products and those produced in the region of Fukushima.
Hong Kong went further and required that Japan carried out safety inspections in meat, eggs and seafood before taking these products. Officials are still trying to stabilize the nuclear plant, which he left on Wednesday a new cloud of black smoke that forced the evacuation of workers, delaying efforts to make necessary repairs in their cooling systems.
The crisis is emerging as the costliest natural disaster in history, and probably can cost up to 309 billion dollars, according to the recalculation of the government. Police estimated that about 18 thousand people died. "It is really scary. It's like a vicious negative from the nuclear disaster," said Etsuko Nomura, the mother of two children aged two to five years.
"We have milk and vegetables contaminated, then the tap water in Tokyo, and now I wonder what more may come."
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