A team of international researchers has found that levels of radioactive material in farmland in parts of northeastern Japan exceed safety standards.
The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, found that Fukushima prefecture was “highly contaminated” after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was damaged in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
The level of radioactive material found in neighboring prefectures, such as Miyagi, Tochigi and Ibaraki, was lower but could still pose a threat to food production in some areas, the researchers said.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/11/japan-nuclear-crisis-farm-land-contamination.html
Article courtesy of The Los Angeles Times –World Now-posted by Alexandra Zavis in Los Angeles
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